Geology of the Oman Mountains, Eastern Arabia

• Main Author: Searle, Mike (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: GeoGuide,
• Subjects: Geology.; Earth.; Geomorphology.; Mineralogy.; Popular Earth Science.

This book describes in detail numerous geological sites throughout the mountains of Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Eastern Arabia. The region is well known for its oil and gas reserves in the desert interior, and Permian-Mesozoic shelf carbonates exposed in the mountains of the Musandam...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Geography, History and Exploration. - Arabia Geography and Exploration
• Exploration of the Oman - UAE Mountains
• PART II: Geology
• Geology of the Oman - UAE Mountains
• Ophiolites and Structure of the Oman - UAE Mountains
• Oil and Gas
• PART III. Regional GeoPark Sites
• Musandam and Straits of Hormuz
• United Arab Emirates
• Northern Oman Mountains
• Ibri - Wadi Hawasina - Rustaq
• Jebel al-Akhdar
• Muscat - As Sifah.