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Downloaded from http://mem.lyellcollection.org/ by guest on September 30, 2021 Appendices to: The Geology and Tectonics of the Jabal Akhdar and Saih Hatat Domes, Oman Mountains Andreas Scharf1*, Frank Mattern1, Mohammed Al-Wardi1, Gianluca Frijia2, Daniel Moraetis1,3, Bernhard Pracejus1, Wilfried Bauer4 and Ivan Callegari4 1Department of Earth Sciences, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box: 36, PC 123, Al-Khod, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman 2Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, 44122, Ferrara, Italy 3Department of Applied Physics and Astronomy, College of Sciences, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box: 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 4Department of Applied Geosciences, German University of Technology GUtech, P.O. Box: 1816, PC 130, Halban, Sultanate of Oman *Correspondence: [email protected] Appendix A Appendix C See foldout. A more detailed topographic map can be found in Prof. Christopher Bailey (College of William & Mary, USA) the online publication. creates and provides a number of helpful and interesting blogs about the fascinating geology of Oman: (1) https://wmblogs.wm.edu/cmbail/inside-ghubrah- Appendix B bowl-oman-dropstones-double-duckbills-pencil-struct ures-oh/ Figure A.3 provides a correlation/comparison of Permian (2) https://wmblogs.wm.edu/cmbail/omans-geological- ages between the ‘International Stratigraphic Chart’ and the triple-point/ ‘Tethyan Time Scale’. (3) https://wmblogs.wm.edu/cmbail/the-road-to-the- moho/ (4) https://wmblogs.wm.edu/cmbail/wadi-bani-ghafir- Int. Stratigraphic Chart Tethys at-sidaq-gorge-water-versus-rock-in-oman/ // / / Changhsingian Dorashamian (5) https: wmblogs.wm.edu cmbail omans-mega- sheath-folds/ (6) https://wmblogs.wm.edu/cmbail/dispatches-from- Wuchiapingian Dzhulfian Lopingian oman-juxtaposition/ 259.8 Ma (7) https://wmblogs.wm.edu/cmbail/dispatches-from- oman-fodder-for-the-tectonic-cannon/ Capitanian Midian (8) https://wmblogs.wm.edu/cmbail/dispatches-from- oman-wadi-jizzi-standing-at-the-bottom-of-the-tethys- ocean/ // / / Wordian Murgabian (9) https: wmblogs.wm.edu cmbail dispatches-from- Guadalupian oman-ophiolite-to-aflaj/ Roadian (10) https://wmblogs.wm.edu/cmbail/finding-sharqiya- 272.3 Ma sands-oman/ Kubergandian Kungurian Appendix D (inconsistencies in maps) Bolorian Inconsistencies are found between the BRGM 1:100 000 and 1:250 000 maps within the Hawasina formations. In all cases we have followed the 1:100 000 maps rather the 1:250 000 map. Artinskian Yakhtashian Cisuralian (1) The geological map of Nazwa (1:250 000; Béchennec et al. 1992b) depicts the Hawasina unit immediately E of Nizwa as Umar Group, while the geological map of Sakmarian Sakmarian Birkat Al-Mawz (1:100 000; Hutin et al. 1986) depicts the same area as Al-Aridh Group. Asselian Asselian (2) Hawasina rocks west of Rustaq are differently mapped 298.9 Ma in the 1:250 000 and 1:100 000 map scale (Béchennec et al. 1992a; Beurrier et al. 1986, respectively). In the Fig. A.3. Comparison of the Permian Period between the ‘International 1:250 000 map some rocks are presented as Matabat Stratigraphic Chart’ and ‘Tethyan Time Scale’. Modified from Angiolini Fm. (Hamrat Duru Group) while the same area in the et al. (2016). 1:100 000 map is Umar Group. From: Scharf, A., Mattern, F., Al-Wardi, M., Frijia, G., Moraetis, D., Pracejus, B., Bauer, W. and Cellegari, I. 2021. The Geology and Tectonics of the Jabal Akhdar and Saih Hatat Domes, Oman Mountains. Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 54, 113–115, https://doi.org/10.1144/M54.7 © 2021 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Published by The Geological Society of London. Publishing disclaimer: www.geolsoc.org.uk/pub_ethics 57°E 57°30’ 58° 58°30’ 59° 37 49 Downloaded from 24 30 Geological map of the Jabal Akhdar and Saih Hatat domes (northeastern Oman) 250 57° 58° 59° 36 0 25 km 47 500 Batinah Coastal Plain http://mem.lyellcollection.org/ 40 Barka Sea of Oman 750 31 23°30’ Nakhl Subdome 23°30’ 39 Saih Hatat Dome Muscat 35 38 Jabal Akhdar Dome 750 52 750 50 37 Semail Gap 23° 33 23° 500 49 11 500 byguestonSeptember30,2021 B’ 750 750 36 57° 58° 59° 250 250 44 250 43 44 42 33 1000 47 Iran 41 31 46 43 33 18 34 37 250 23°30’ 40 23°30’ 250 1000 50 500 A” 7 7 39 35 500 41 250 500 500 250 750 750 250 250 10 250 Saudi Arabia UAE 750 1000 00 500 5 250 250 750 36 500 35 250 750 12 1250 500 500 30 750 500 11 250 1250 500 1000 13 500 20 1000 19 500 19 500 Oman 500 0 32 E. 1000 39 150 750 16 0 5 1000 0 1750 12 17 25 Arabian Sea 1500 1000 500 27 Rustaq 500 17 Yemen 1000 Nakhl Gl. 750 500 19 11 750 500 750 1500 1000 1000 500 500 750 500 750 250 1250 500 15 26 1250 1250 750 1250 51 10 1250 1500 1000 1250 6 750 1750 1000 1000 1 37 1000 500 500 1500 500 500 1000 750 500 750 750 250 1000 1500 1250 34 0 000 500 1 12 10 25 11 1750 750 750 2 500 500 15 2000 50 1500 500 500 1500 1 1000 000 1750 1500 1000 500 2500 2250 8 A’ 15 17 750 1250 10 1250 1250 1000 1750 750 00 1250 750 17 1500 1500 19 5 44 750 750 1000 1000 500 14 1000 1500 500 5 1500 1000 8 7 20 750 27 2000 1500 00 40 500 250 1000 41 Quriyat 1250 1000 750 1500 14 1500 500 750 1000 750 1000 750 1250 1250 1250 750 500 272250 1000 500 4 2000 750 1 750 17 2000 1000 750 19 2000 1 750 750 1250 31 250 750 3 1250 Ca. 1500 2000 750 2250 1000 16 1250 1250 1500 750 1250 2750 750 30 1000 1000 500 750 18 1250 1000 1250 1250 33 17 2 1000 49 1750 750 1000 2250 1500 1250 1000 1500 1250 1000 1750 750 750 1750 1000 500 31 1 2000 125026 1000 750 50 14 1500 2 1250 2000 1250 13 0 1000 1000 1250 75 48 750 1000 2250 1750 500 1500 2000 1000 12 2500 1750 2000 1750 1250 00 1750 1000 2250 10 19 1750 1000 12 17 1250 50 1500 1000 1250 750 1750 75 1250 1000 35 750 0 39 1250 750 1000 1500 1250 2250 500 750 750 35 12 14 11 750 750 13 750 37 27 17 1250 9 16 500 750 10 8 0 10 00 1000 1000 25 28 750 1250 500 10 250 50 750 500 7 2000 2000 1000 1500 750 500 2000 750 26 750 10 1750 1 14 45 500 1750 750 11 19 1000 750 2000 34 500 750 250 1 50 000 23 7 1000 29 1250 750 1 23 3 1500 1 00 1000 250 1000 0 500 750 44 1500 750 44 1750 750 B 24 1750 5 1500 0 00 50 750 1250 750 100 1000 1 00 23°N 23° 000 0 5 75 1000 1000 1 0 750 1250 1500 1000 750 500 12 1500 5 1250 0 A 750 750 750 750 750 750 750 00 44 1000 5 1000 1250 050 13 750 33 33 1000 21 750 35 25 20 35 37 750 1250 00 1500 5 40 500 750 21 39 32 1250 22 750 17 45 1000 750 30 34 500 39 Nizwa 19 1000 750 750 43 750 1250 50 250 7 19 44 1000 500 14 1250 500 750 10 750 750 00 0 500 50 20 1 36 1250 18 500 47 750 750 1 000 23 750 35 1 25 0 00 500 46 25 75 500 500 10 30 19 750 1000 0 500 20 50 57° 57°30’ 58° 58°30’ World Geodetic System Datum of 1984 (WGS84) 59° Contour interval 250 m. The contour lines were extracted from the Digital Elevation Model using the software ArcGis of Esri. A A’ A” B B’ SW Wadi Bani Awf SSWNE NNE SSW Wadi Tayin Wadi Mayh Wadi Mayh NNE 12 10 Andreas Scharf, Frank Mattern, Mohammed Al-Wardi, Gianluca Frijia, 14 11 12 14 2 16 4 5 1516 38 2 2 2 1 25 24 33 1 1 17 13 10 Daniel Moraetis, Bernhard Pracejus, Wilfried Bauer & Ivan Callegari - 2021 19 3 3 33 35 36 37 1 8 11 44 1 28 33 11 4 2 39 0 27 17 14 2 10 13 0 0 11 10 0 Compiled from the geological maps of Oman at the scale of 1:250.000 (Seeb - Béchennec et al., 1992a), 1:100.000 (Barka - Béchennec (km) 21 23 31 15 17 40 (km) 33 33 22 29 27 19 31 34 (km) 6 (km) et al., 1986a; Seeb - Villey et al., 1986b; Muscat - Le Métour et al., 1986a; Rustaq - Beurrier et al., 1986b; Nakhl - Rabu et al., 1986; Fanja - 7 8 Villey et al., 1986c; Quryat - Le Métour et al., 1986b; Bahla - Béchennec et al., 1986b; Birkat Al Mawz - Hutin et al., 1986; Samad - de 12 14 12 17 Gramont et al., 1986; Ibra - Peters et al., 2005; Tiwi - Wyns et al., 1992), and Heward and Penney (2014) for the Al Khlata Fm.; Cross section A-A’ and B-B’ are taken from Béchennec et al. (1992a) and Le Métour et al. (1992), respectively. Semail Ophiolite (Cenomanian) Hawasina nappes Arabian continental margin “Hercynian Unconformity” U.
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  • Public Health Bulletin #2

    Public Health Bulletin #2

    Volume 1, Issue 2 Sultanate of Oman Ministry of Health Apr-Jun 2017 Inside this issue: Launching of the 1 e-surveillance Hand Hygiene Day 4 World Day for Safe- 7 ty and Health at Work Proposal for mater- 9 nal Tdap vaccine Measles-Rubella 10 surveillance: Q1 Launching of the e-Surveillance National ARI 11 The National Electronic Public Health nologies are providing a promising envi- surveillance: Q1 Surveillance System (NEPHSS) ronment for launching surveillance sys- tems in a digital platform and providing Q1 (Jan-Mar 2017) 12 – he Ministry of Health has initiated the real time data for action. Similarly the Communicable 15 T first steps towards a national elec- electronic real time data from environ- Disease Surveil- tronic surveillance (E-Surveillance) of dis- lance data ment monitoring agencies for climate, eases and events of public health concern water quality etc. are increasingly being by launching of the Electronic notification rd shared on the public domains. So also the system on 3 May 2017. E-surveillance has evolution of remote sensing systems com- Editorial Board been initiated with the main objective of bined with the geographical information Executive Editor: utilizing information technology tools to systems have been contributing to the Dr Seif Al Abri achieve the stated objectives of public public health surveillance systems. All Director General, DGDSC health surveillance addressing the current these informations from various sources and the future challenges. Editor: along with the disease data can be opti- Dr Shyam
  • Arabia Catalogue

    Arabia Catalogue

    ARABIA CATALOGUE Arabian Publishing Ltd 4 B LOOMSBURY PLACE , L ONDON WC1A 2QA TEL . 020 7580 8456 • E MAIL : [email protected] Arabian Publishing Ltd The Principles of 4 Bloomsbury Place, London WC1A 2QA Tel. 020 7580 8456 Arab Navigation Email: [email protected] Edited by Anthony R. Constable and William Facey Trade distribution ISBN: 978-0-9571060-1-7 Hardback, jacket • Middle East representation 160 pages; 258 x 200 mm Oxbow Books Colour throughout; 11 maps 10 Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford, OX1 2EW, UK Appendices, Notes, Bibliography, Index www.oxbowbooks.com Publication: February 2013 Email: [email protected] Price: £35.00 Tel. 01865 241249 Fax 01865 794449 Subject areas: Sailing ships; Dhows; Maritime history; Navigation; • United States and North America Astronomy; Arabian Peninsula; Arab World; Arab seafaring; Order from: Indian Ocean; Red Sea The David Brown Book Company PO Box 511 (28 Main Street), Oakville, CT 06779, USA www.oxbowbooks.com/home.cfm/Location/DBBC HROUGHOUT HISTORY , the Indian Ocean Drawing on source material such as the Email: [email protected] Thas been a zone of interaction between far- guides written by the renowned southern Toll-free: 800 791 9354 flung civilizations, connected with the Mediter- Arabian navigators Ahmad ibn Majid and Tel. (860) 945-9329 ranean by the Gulf and Red Sea. The dhows Sulayman al-Mahri in the 15th and 16th cent- Fax (860) 945-9468 that were the vehicles of commercial and uries AD , as well as surviving logbooks of dhow cultural exchange over this vast expanse of captains in the early 20th, the authors cover the • UK, Europe and Rest of the World ocean ranged from small craft rarely venturing principal ideas, techniques, instruments and Order from: out of sight of land, to cargo vessels carrying calculations used, deploying astronomy, geo- Oxbow Books navigators skilled in the art of deep-sea sailing.
  • 5Ea12bbbab34e1587620795.Pdf

    5Ea12bbbab34e1587620795.Pdf

    PREFACE This Distribution System Capability Statement (DSCS) is provided by Muscat Electricity Distribution Company (MEDC) to fulfil its regulatory obligations under Condition number 32 of the MEDC Distribution and Supply Licence as well as the Oman Distribution Planning Code 4.4. MEDC supplies electricity to customers throughout the Muscat Governate as the owner and operator of its electricity distribution system originating from the 33kV busbars of the Oman Electricity Transmission Company (OETC) 132/33kV grid substations down to the final customer’s point of connection; which incorporates 33kV, 11kV and Low Voltage (LV) distribution system voltage levels and associated assets. The aim of this DSCS is to provide an up-to-date distribution system capability for the next three years (2021-2023) along with data to enable customers in identifying parts of the system; which offer opportunities for future connections or upgrading of existing connections to the MEDC system and where constraints currently exist or potentially could exist in future. In addition to the required data made available annually as part of DSCS; MEDC additionally has provided improved detailed system connectivity and additional technical data of assets, impact analysis of Cost Reflective Tariff (CRT) on MEDC customers and an overview of the photovoltaic (PV) system penetration in the MEDC distribution system which is gaining momentum in our licenced area as well. These additions are expected to provide customers and other stakeholders with a transparent understanding of MEDC distribution system and operational overview, sufficient technical parameters to undertake initial system capabilities assessment and the overall distribution system development. Additionally, this year the world including MEDC customers and hence its network have experienced a force-majure event triggered due to the COVID-19 pandemic which has temporarily but significantly impacted electricity demand including future growth in the MEDC licenced area.