Tectonic evolution of the Oman Mountains / edited by H.R. Rollinson, M.P. Searle, I.A. Abbasi, A.I. Al-Lazki and M.H. Al Kindi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rollinson, Hugh R. (Hugh Richard), 1949- editor of compilation, author.

Searle, M. P., editor of compilation, author.

Abbasi, Iftikhar Ahmed, editor of compilation, author.

Al-Lazki, A. I. (Ali I.), editor of compilation, author.

Al-Kindi, M. H. (Mohammed H.), editor of compilation, author.

Sharikat Tanmiyat Nafṭ ʻUmān.

Series:

Geological Society special publication ; no. 392.

Geological Society special publication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orogeny--Oman.

Orogeny.

Plate tectonics--Oman.

Plate tectonics.

Hajar Mountains (Oman and United Arab Emirates).

Oman.

Physical Description:

vi, 471 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).

Place of Publication:

London : Published by The Geological Society, 2014.

Summary:

The Oman Mountains contain one of the world's best- exposed and best-understood fold-thrust belts and the largest, best-exposed and most intensively studied ophiolite complex on Earth. This volume presents new international research from authors currently active in the field focusing on the geology of the Oman Mountains, the foreland region, the carbonate platforms of Northern and Central Oman and the underlying basement complex. In addition there is a particular focus on geoconservation in the region. The volume is divided into three main sections that discuss the tectonics of the Arabian plate using insights from geophysics, petrology, structural geology, geochronology and palaeontology; the petrology and geochemistry of the Oman Ophiolite and the sedimentary and hydrocarbon systems of Oman, drawing on the geophysics, structure and sedimentology of these systems. The volume is enhanced by numerous colour images provided courtesy of Petroleum Development Oman.

Contents:

Tectonic evolution of the Oman Mountains: an introduction / H.R. Rollinson, M.P. Searle, I.A. Abbasi, A.I. Al-Lazki and M.H. Al Kindi

Preserving Oman's geological heritage: proposal for establishment of World Heritage Sites, National GeoParks and sites of special scientific interests (SSSI) / M.P. Searle

Pn-velocity structure beneath Arabia-Eurasia Zagros collision and Makrun subduction zones / A.I. Al-Lazki, K.S. Al-Damegh, S.Y. El-Hadidy, A. Ghods and M. Tatar

Magma genesis controlled by tectonic styles in the northern part of Arabia plate during Cenozoic time / M.A. Al-Kwatli, P.Y. Gillot, J.C. Lefèvre, A. Hildenbrand and J.-M. Kluska

Palaeogene non-marine molluscs from Oman: implications for the timing of uplift of the Dhofar Plateau and the opening of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden / M. Pickford, E. Gheerbrant, S. Sen, J. Roger and Z. Sulaimani

Neoproterozoic evolution of the eastern Arabian basement based on a refined geochemistry of the Marbat region, Sultanate of Oman / N.E. Rantakokko, M.J. Whitehouse, V. Pease and B.F. Windley

Structure of the northern Oman Mountains from the Semail Ophiolite to the Foreland Basin / D.J.W. Cooper, M.Y. Ali and M.P. Searle

Structure of the metamorphic sole to the Oman Ophiolite, Sumeini Window and Wadi Tayyin: implications for ophiolite obduction processes / R.J. Cown, M.P. Searle and D.J. Waters

Evolution of volcanism and magmatism during initial arc stage: constraints on the tectonic setting of the Oman Ophiolite / Y. Kusano, M. Hayashi, Y. Adachi, S. Umino and S. Miyashita

Partial melting of oceanic gabbro triggered by migrating water-rich fluids: a prime example from the Oman Ophiolite / J. Koepke, J. Berndt, I. Horn, J. Fahle and P.E. Wolff

Origin of large wehrlitic intrusions from the Wadi Barghah to Salahi area in the northern Oman Ophiolite / R. Kaneko, Y. Adachi and S. Miyashita

A kilometre-scale highly refractory harzburgite zone in the mantle section of the northern Oman Ophiolite (Fizh block): implications for flux melting of oceanic lithospheric mantle / N. Kanke and E. Takazawa

Plagiogranites from the mantle section of the Oman Ophiolite: models for early crustal evolution / H. Rollinson

Structural control on chromitite deposits in ophiolites: the Oman case / F. Boudier and A. Al-Rajhi

Al Khlata glacial deposits in the Oman Mountains and their implications / A.P. Heward and R.A. Penney

Stratigraphic evolution and depositional system of Lower Cretaceous Qishn Formation, Dhofar, Oman / O. Salad Hersi, I. A. Abbasi, A. Al-Harthy, A. Cherchi and R. Schroeder

Late Cretaceous conglomerates of the Qahlah Formation, north Oman / I.A. Abbasi, O. Salad Hersi and A. Al-Harthy

Near-surface diagenesis of ophiolite-derived conglomerates of the Barzaman Formation, United Arab Emirates: a natural analogue for permanent CO₂ sequestration via mineral carbonation of ultramafic rocks / A.M. Lacinska, M.T. Styles and A.R. Farrant

Petroleum systems in the Middle East / A.S. Alsharhan

The main structural styles of the hydrocarbon reservoirs in Oman / M.H. Al-Kindi and P.D. Richards

North Oman fault geometries in outcrops, analogues and subsurface / P. Richard, L. Bazalgette and M. Al-Kindi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781862393783

1862393788

OCLC:

870980491