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Geology of Oman. 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 ...
The Hajar Mountains are the product of polyphase mountain building. Uplift and deformation of the Arabian passive margin began during the late cretaceous as the African-Arabian Plate began to subduct under the South Tethyan Oceanic Plate imitated at an intra oceanic subduction zone. This initiation may have been the result of plate rotation due ...
Exclusive economic zone. 533,180 km 2 (205,862 sq mi) Oman is a country on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula, situated in West Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf, between Yemen and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The coast of Oman was an important part in the Omani empire and sultanate.
The Samail Ophiolite, also known as the Semail Ophiolite, is a large, ancient geological formation in Oman and the United Arab Emirates in the Arabian Peninsula. [ 2 ] It is one of the world's largest and best-exposed segments of oceanic crust, made of volcanic rocks and ultramafic rocks from the Earth's upper mantle that was overthrust onto ...
55°31’00”E, 19°17’45”N [1] Country. Oman. Gharif Formation (Oman) The Gharif Formation is a geologic formation in Oman. It preserves fossils dating back to the Permian period. The Gharif clastic reservoirs are an important hydrocarbon production unit, and the formation is a major producing oil and gas reservoir in Oman. [1][2][3]
Jebel Shams. Jabal Shams or Jebel Shams (Arabic: جَبَل شَمْس, lit. 'Mountain of Sun') is a mountain located in northeastern Oman north of the town of Al-Hamra. It is the highest mountain in Oman, and is part of the Jebel Akhdar or Jabal Akhdar Mountains, [3] which in turn belongs to the Hajar range. [4] The mountain is a popular ...
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 ...
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.