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The geology of Oman includes varied landscapes which are a blend of its geological history, and its climate over the past few million years. Rock outcrops in the Hajar, Huqf and Dhofar Mountains are a point of interest for international geologists. The rock record spans about 825 million years and includes at least three periods when the ...
The subsurface Gharif Formation has been informally divided into 3 members (Lower, Middle and Upper) by geologists from Petroleum Development Oman.Though these members may be difficult to distinguish in certain localities due to rapid lateral facies changes, differential incision, salt movement or erosion, multiple studies have shown that these 3 members can be correlated on a regional scale.
The geology of the Hajar can be grouped into four major tectonostratigraphic groups. Group one are the pre- Permian basement rocks, a sedimentary sequence of clastics , carbonates and evaporites . Group two are a middle Permian to Late Cretaceous sequence of continental shelf carbonates , which were deposited unconformably above the basement.
The Abu Mahara Group (c. 725–<645 Ma) is a geologic group of formations that are spread across northern Oman (Jabal Akhdar), east-central Oman (Huqf area), and southern Oman (Mirbat area of Dhofar). It belongs to the Huqf Supergroup. [1] [2] The group hosts two glacial successions in the Ghubrah and Fiq formations.
The Khuff Formation was deposited on the outer shelf of the Arabian Platform and represents a shallow carbonate platform, with a coastline oriented northeast-southwest and facing the spreading Neotethys Ocean. The various units have been interpreted as lagoonal tidal sand flats or barrier beaches, outer-shelf conditions below storm wave base ...
Gulf of Masirah. Coordinates: 19°55′N 58°05′E. Location in Oman. The Gulf of Masirah ( Arabic: بحر الحدري, romanized : Baḥr al-Ḥadrī, literally the "Lower Sea") is a gulf or sea between the Arabian Sea and the eastern coast of Oman south of the Masirah Island and north of Raʾs Madrakah. [1] In some maps, the Gulf of Masirah ...
South Oman Salt Basin. Categories: Geology by country. Geology of Asia by country. Geology of the Middle East. Geography of Oman. Natural history of Oman. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Huqf Supergroup. The Huqf Supergroup of the Sultanate of Oman is a lithostratigraphic unit (volume of rock) located in Jabal Akhdar (northern Oman), Huqf area (east-central Oman), and Mirbat area of Dhofar (southern Oman) and is penetrated by boreholes in the salt basins of the Oman interior. [1] The Supergroup is composed of the Abu Mahara ...