Geology of the Oman Mountains, eastern Arabia. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mike Searle.
• Authors: Searle, M. P
• Contents: Intro; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; Geography, History and Exploration; 1 Arabia: Geography, History and Exploration; 1.1 Regional Tectonic Setting; 1.2 Geomorphology and Vegetation; 1.3 Climate; 1.4 History of Exploration; Bibliography and References; 2 Exploration of the Oman-UAE Mountains; 2.1 Earliest Geological Explorations; 2.2 Discovery of Oil; 2.3 Geological Mapping; Bibliography and References; Geology; 3 Geology of the Oman-United Arab Emirates Mountains; 3.1 Precambrian Basement Rocks; 3.2 Proterozoic Sediments and Salt Basins 3.3 Paleozoic Sequence3.4 Middle Permian-Cretaceous Shelf Sequence; 3.5 Permian-Cretaceous Tethyan Basin Sequence; 3.6 Permian-Triassic Volcanism; 3.7 Oman Exotics: Baid and Misfah Platforms; 3.8 Late Triassic Ocean-Island 'Exotic' Limestones; 3.9 Aruma Foreland Basin; 3.10 Maastrichtian-Cenozoic Sedimentary Sequence; References; 4 Ophiolites and Regional Tectonics; 4.1 Semail Ophiolite (Oman-UAE); 4.2 Metamorphic Sole; 4.3 Ophiolite Origin and Obduction; 4.4 Masirah Ophiolite; 4.5 Late Cretaceous Folding and Thrusting; 4.6 Continental Subduction and High-Pressure Metamorphism 4.7 Musandam Culmination4.8 Cenozoic Deformation; 4.9 Regional Tectonics; 4.10 Jebel Akhdar and Saih Hatat Culmination; References; 5 Oil and Gas; References; Regional GeoPark Sites; 6 Musandam Peninsula and Straits of Hormuz; 6.1 Hagil Window, Ras al Khaimah; 6.2 Wadi Bih, Jebel Jais; 6.3 Bukha-Harf; 6.4 Khawr As Shaam; 6.5 Kumzar; 6.6 Sal Al A'la, Khawr Najd, Khawr Habalyn; 6.7 Limah and East Coast; 6.8 Ras Haffah and Zighy Bay; References; 7 United Arab Emirates (UAE); 7.1 Dibba Zone; 7.2 Jebel Qamar Exotic; 7.3 Masafi Metamorphic Sole; 7.4 Bani Hamid (Madhah) Granulites 7.5 Ras Dadnah Leucogranite Dykes7.6 Khawr Fakkan Ophiolite; 7.7 Wadi Hatta; 7.8 Jebel Faiyah-Jebel Maleihah; 7.9 Jebel Hafit Anticline; 7.10 Liwa Oasis; References; 8 Northern Oman Mountains; 8.1 Jebel Sumeini North; 8.2 Jebel Sumeini; 8.3 Sumeini Window Metamorphic Sole; 8.4 Jebel Ghawil Exotic; 8.5 Wadi Rajmi-Wadi Fizh Ophiolite; 8.6 Wadi Jizzi Ophiolite; 8.7 Aarja, Bayda and Lasail Copper Mines; References; 9 Ibri-Wadi Hawasina-Rustaq; 9.1 Jebel Qumayrah; 9.2 Asjudi Window; 9.3 Hawasina Window and Jebel Rais; 9.4 Jebel Milh Fold-Nappes; 9.5 Wadi Hawasina Base of Ophiolite 9.6 Jebel Misht Exotic9.7 Wadi Damm, Sint Ophiolite Klippe; 9.8 Jebel Kawr Exotic; 9.9 Wadi Abiad Ophiolite Section; 9.10 Wadi Hamaliyah Ophiolite Section; References; 10 Jebel al-Akhdar; 10.1 Birkat al Mawz, Wadi Muaydeen; 10.2 Saiq (Sayq) Plateau; 10.3 Wadi Kamah to Bani Habib; 10.4 Wadi Tanuf; 10.5 Al Hooti Cave; 10.6 Wadi Nakhr Grand Canyon, Wadi Ghul; 10.7 Wadi Sahtan Shelf Carbonates; 10.8 Jebel Shams North Face; 10.9 Wadi Bani Awf, Snake Canyon; 10.10 Wadi Bani Kharus; 10.11 Wadi Mistal and the Ghubrah Bowl; 10.12 Wadi Halfayn and Semail Gap
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 555.353; Geology -- Hajar Mountains (Oman and United Arab Emirates); SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030184537; 3030184536
• Related ISBNs: 9783030184520
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 3, 2019).
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