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Chapter 2 Tectonostratigraphy of the eastern part of the Oman Mountains

Andreas Scharf, Frank Mattern, Mohammed Al-Wardi, Gianluca Frijia, Daniel Moraetis, Bernhard Pracejus, Wilfried Bauer and Ivan Callegari
Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 54, 11-47, 1 March 2021, https://doi.org/10.1144/M54.2
Andreas Scharf
1Department of Earth Sciences, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 36, PC 123, Al-Khod, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
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1Department of Earth Sciences, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 36, PC 123, Al-Khod, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
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1Department of Earth Sciences, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 36, PC 123, Al-Khod, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
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Gianluca Frijia
2Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, 44122, Ferrara, Italy
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Daniel Moraetis
3Department of Applied Physics and Astronomy, College of Sciences, University of Sharjah, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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1Department of Earth Sciences, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 36, PC 123, Al-Khod, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
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Wilfried Bauer
4Department of Applied Geosciences, German University of Technology GUtech, PO Box 1816, PC 130, Halban, Sultanate of Oman
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Ivan Callegari
4Department of Applied Geosciences, German University of Technology GUtech, PO Box 1816, PC 130, Halban, Sultanate of Oman
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This chapter provides comprehensive descriptions of 52 numbered formations/rock units of the Southeastern Oman Mountains, based on available literature. The oldest eight siliciclastic and carbonate formations are positioned below the ‘Hercynian’ Unconformity. The overlying formation (9–16) mostly represent carbonates which accumulated in a passive margin platform setting during or after the opening of the Neo-Tethys Ocean. The passive margin slope and platform collapsed during the late Cretaceous because of the obduction of the Semail Ophiolite along with the deep marine Hawasina sedimentary rocks. The collapsing passive margin interval was recorded within the syn-obductional Aruma Group (17; Muti Formation). Above this formation are the allochthonous units (18–42) of the tectonically lower Hawasina deep-sea basin and the structurally overlying Semail Ophiolite. The former contains Permian to Upper Cretaceous formations, while the latter is Cenomanian in age. Above the allochthonous rocks, the Neo-autochthonous formations were deposited, starting with the post-obductional uppermost Cretaceous Aruma Group (43; Al-Khod Formation) until the Quaternary deposits (52). All these formations/rock units are depicted on an accompanying map and stratigraphic chart.

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Chapter 2 Tectonostratigraphy of the eastern part of the Oman Mountains

Andreas Scharf, Frank Mattern, Mohammed Al-Wardi, Gianluca Frijia, Daniel Moraetis, Bernhard Pracejus, Wilfried Bauer and Ivan Callegari
Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 54, 11-47, 1 March 2021, https://doi.org/10.1144/M54.2
Andreas Scharf
1Department of Earth Sciences, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 36, PC 123, Al-Khod, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
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