『Abstract
　A series of 19 paleofacies maps have been generated for given time intervals between the Late Permian and Holocene to reconstruct the depositional history of the Arabian Plate. The Succession of changing lithological sequences is controlled by the interplay of eustacy and sediment supply with regional and local tectonic influences. The Mesozoic paleofacies history of the Plate is, in its central and eastern portion east of Riyadh, strongly influenced by an older N-trending, horst and graben system that reflects the grain of the Precambrian Amar Collision and successively younger structural deformations. The late Paleozoic Hercynian orogenic event caused block faulting and relative uplift and resulted in a marked paleorelief. This joined structural pattern dominated the entire Mesozoic and, to some extent, the Cenozoic facies distribution. The relationship between producing fields and the paleofacies maps illustrates the various petroleum systems of particular times and regions.』

Introduction
Structural trends
Paleofacies maps
Late Permian: Kazanian to Tatarian (256-248.2 Ma)
　Regional setting
　Paleofacies
Early-Triassic: Scythian (248.2-241.7 Ma)
　Regional setting
　Paleofacies
Middle Triassic: Anisian to Ladinian (241.7-227.4 Ma)
　Regional setting
　Paleofacies
Late Triassic: Carnian to Norian (227.4-209.6 Ma)
　Regional setting
　Paleofacies
Triassic to Jurassic transition: Rhaetian to Hettangian (209.6-201.9 Ma)
　Regional setting
　Paleofacies
Early Jurassic: Sinemurian to Aalenian (201.9-176.5 Ma)
　Regional setting
　Paleofacies
Middle Jurassic: Bajocian to Bathonian (176.5-164.4 Ma)
　Regional setting
　Paleofacies
Late Jurassic: Callovian to Oxfordian (164.4-154.1 Ma)
　Regional setting
　Paleofacies
Late Jurassic: Kimmeridgian to Tithonian (154.1-144 Ma)
　Regional setting
　Paleofacies
Very early Cretaceous: Berriasian to Valanginian (144-132 Ma)
　Regional setting
　Paleofacies
Early Cretaceous: Hauterivian to Barremian (132-121 Ma)
　Regional setting
　Paleofacies
Late early Cretaceous: Aptian to Albian (121-98.9 Ma)
　Regional setting
　Paleofacies
Early late Cretaceous: Cenomanian to Turonian (98.9-89 Ma)
　Regional setting
　Paleofacies
Late Cretaceous to early Paleocene: Senonian to Danian (89-60.9 Ma)
　Regional setting
　Paleofacies
Late Paleocene to early Eocene: Selandian to Ypresian (60.9-49 Ma)
　Regional setting
　Paleofacies
Middle to late Eocene: Lutetian to Priabonian (49-33.7 Ma)
　Regional setting
　Paleofacies
Oligocene: Rupelian to Chattian (33.7-23.8 Ma)
　Regional setting
　Paleofacies
Miocene: Aquitanian to Messinian (23.8-5.3 Ma)
　Regional setting
　Paleofacies
Pliocene to Holocene: Zanclean to present day (5.3 Ma to 0 Ma)
　Regional setting
　Paleofacies
Regional summary
Hydrocarbon occurrences
Acknowledgments
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