Adb El Kuri 590-1, 597 Abu Mahara Formation 310, 601, 622, 659, 660

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Adb el Kuri 590-1, 597 climatic response 566 Abu Mahara Formation 310, 601, 622, 659, 660 methods of analysis 568-70 Abyad, Jabal 55 results 570-7 Acaeniotyle 236 results interpreted 577-80 A diaphorogona 233,236 Alpine deformation in Oman Mountains A umbilicata 236 early phase Acanthocircus 231,281 External Zone 353-5 A. carinatus 230 Internal Zone 350-3 A. dicranacanthos 228, 230, 231,236 late phase 355-8 A. suboblongus 228 Alveopsella powersi 56 A. trizonalis 230 Alwa, Wadi 206-7 A. usitatus 303 Amdeh Formation 30, 310, 622 Aday, Wadi 55 Amin Formation 622, 640 Adrianites 30 Ammonia beccarii 751,753 Afro-Arabian Shield development 585-6 ammoniod assemblages Agah, Jebel 152 Permian 30-2 Agathammina pusilla 231 Triassic 209-10 Agha Jari Formation 789 Ammonitico Rosso 205 Ahmadi Formation 9 amphibolite facies metamorphism air photography in mapping Precambrian terrains methods 569-70 Jebel Ja'alan 591 results 575 Mirbat 589-90 Akagophyllum tibeticum 695 Qalhat 592 Akhdar Group Semail sole 476 Fayah Saddle 447 Amphipyndax 230 Oman Mountains 5, 9, 39, 40, 41, 42, 51--6, 71 Anarek metamorphic complex 811 South Oman 622 Andam Formation 622 Akhdar, Jebel 144, 429-30 Andam, Wadi 346, 350, 566-8 Cenozoic deformation 346, 350 Angulobracchia 236 Cenozoic stratigraphy 561 A. portmani 228, 230 Mesozoic stratigraphy Angulocellularia 625 Cretaceous 60-5, 100, 475 anhydrite occurrence 631 Jurassic/Cretaceous 56-60, 72-7, 110-24 Aqil Formation Permian 40, 42, 43, 53, 54, 55 biostratigraphy 234-5 Palaeozoic deformation 311-18 stratigraphy 6, 7, 8, 214, 217 Palaeozoic stratigraphy 309-11 Ara Formation Precambrian stratigraphy 622 environment of deposition 625-32 A1 Ajal breccia 63 micropalaeontology 624-5 AI Aridh Group stratigraphy 601, 617-19, 620-4 biostratigraphy 235-6 Ara Salt Basin 619-20, 626-32 stratigraphy 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 214, 217,287 Arab Formation 71 AI Aridh tectonic unit 218 Arabian Platform Palaeozoic features 808-9 A1 Aridh Trough 12, 216 Arabian Sea oceanographic features 746-8, 759, 760 A1 Ayn Formation 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 165-6, 167, 192 Araej Formation 71 A1 Fay, Wadi 287 Aragonia 695 A1 Ghafat Formation 6, 9, 214, 217 Archaeodictyomitra 228, 231,236, 281, 303 A1 Hallaniyah Island 586-7 A. apiaria 228, 230, 231,236 A1 Hammah Range 239-40, 241-3 A. excellens 230, 303 A1 Haskiyah Island 586 A. lacrimula 231,236 A1 Jil Formation 6, 33,214, 231 A. vulgaris 230 A1 Khawd Formation 455, 500-2, 552 Archaeospongoprunum 228, 230, 231, 236 A1 Khlata Formation A. tehamaensis 230, 231 Oman Mountains 5, 9, 30, 31, 32 Arenicolites 73, 75 S Oman 622, 643-4 Aricoceras ensifer 30 A1 Khurush, Wadi 273 Aruma Basin 106, 544 Alborz Mountains 811, 813-14, 815 Aruma Formation 544 Alievium 230 Aruma Group A. helenae 228, 230, 231,232, 236 Foreland Basin 426 A. praegallowayi 232 N Oman Mountains 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 51, 52, 60-5, alluvial fans 104, 174-5,774

833 834 INDEX

S Oman 622 Biscutum castorum 104 SE Mountains 431 Bisitun Limestone 793 Suneinah Foreland 403 Bitlis Massif 808 As-Saifr, Jebel 540-2 bivalve assemblages, Maastrichtian 541 Asab Formation 70, 71 Black Sea opening 820-1 Asfar Formation 40, 42, 268-9 blueschists Asjudi window 475 Jebel Akhdar 325-6 Asmari Formation 255 Saih Hatat 482, 483 Aspenites 205,207 Botomaella 629 Assilina 508 Bouger anomaly studies Astera canthus 58 Batinah Coastal Plain 461-9 Aswad, Jebel 349, 423, 559, 560 Strait of Hormuz 393 Asyrinx 269 Bournonia 536, 540, 541 Auha, Jebel 540-2 Buah Dome 603, 610, 612, 659 Aulotortus sinuosus 55 Buah Formation 310, 601, 611-13, 614-15, 620, Awabi Formation 58 622, 660 Awaynah, Jebel 559 Buday'ah unit 8, 367,448 Ayim Formation 42, 266-8 Buhays, Jebel 523, 528 Azava complex 805 Burujerd 789, 792-3 Butabul Group 70 Bab Member 100, 106 Buwaydah Formation Bacinella irregularis 95 biostratigraphy 235-6 backthrusting stratigraphy 6, 9, 214 Foreland Basin 423 Saih Hatat 345 Cadosina fusca 95 Baid Formation 6, 9, 213, 214 Calpionella alpina 58 Baid Platform 12, 197, 216 Calpionella darderi 117 Bajgan Complex 804-5 Calpionella elliptica 95 Bani Khalid, Wadi 702, 703 Calpionellites darderi 95 Bani Kharus, Wadi 40, 42, 43, 55, 73, 76, 80 Calpionellopsis oblonga 58, 95 Bani Shahum breccia 63 Calpionellopsis simplex 58, 95 Barut breccia 63 Calycoceras naviculare 103 Barzaman Formation 571, 579 Cambrian stratigraphy 310 basement rocks Camerisma 694 ages 585 Campanile 528 controls on structures 559-60 C. ganesha 541 Basleophyllum 694 Canoptum anulatum 232 Batain Coast 45, 673, 721-3 Capnodoce 303 Batain Fold and Thrust Belt 684 C. anapetes 234 Batain Melange Capnuchosphaera 229, 231,234 age 691 C. concava 235 clast type 689-91 C. deweveri 234 components 45, 673-82 C. lea 231,234 deformation 682-8, 707 C. mexicana 231 extent 689 C. theloides 231 origin 693 C. triassica 231, 234, 235 Bathi Mahani 152, 168, 170, 172, 175,258, 259, 260, C. tricornis 234, 235 261 carbon Batinah Coastal Plain isotope studics 129-32, 634 gravity survey 461-9 organic concentration 749-50, 764-5 structural styles 553-6 carbonates Batinah Complex 5, 7, 11 detrital or biogenic 765-6 Baumgartneria 231,234 facies analysis B. retrospina 234 Cretaceous 150-4 Bawshar, Jabal 55 Jurassic 146-50 Bayburt Nappe 808 Permo-Triassic 145-6 Bernoullius 233 geochemical studies 129-33 B. dicera 228 porosity studies 133-6 Bih Formation 9, 39, 41-2, 55, 254 Catenohalerites malayicus 207 Bih, Wadi 40, 41-2 Cecrops septemporatus 236 Bilotina 269 celestite occurrences 631 Biplanata peneropliformis 95 Central Iranian Microcontinent 809-12, 813 Biradiolites 504, 535, 536, 540, 541, 699 cephalopod assemblages, Maastrichtian 541 Birkat Formation 58, 59 Chenopus 541 INDEX 835 chert types 241-3, 678-9 Central Mountains 450, 455 Choffatella decipiens 95 SE Mountains 429-30, 438-42 Choffaticeras 104 Cuneolina 95 Chondrites 75, 77, 682 cyanobacteria 624, 625 Chondrondonta 95 Chorchana-Utslevi Zone 807 Daragar Zone 781, 782 Choristites 694 Daymaniyat Islands 560 chromium distribution 763-4 Dayqat, Wadi 346 Chrondrodonta joannae 95 Deh Salm metamorphic complex 810 chronostratigraphic correlations 97-104 Deyader complex 805 Chrysalidina 95 Dhere Formation 6, 7, 30, 257, 287,366 C. gradata 95 Dhruma Formation 71, 622 Cibicides 695 Dibba Formation 3, 6, 7, 257 Cimmerian Continent in Late Palaeozoic 801-8 Dibba Zone 4, 252-3 clast analysis Mesozoic 162, 164, 172, 260-1 alluvial fans 568, 571 Cretaceous Batain Melange 689-91 metamorphism 276-9 cleavage studies sediments 152, 254-5, 261,263 Jabal Akhdar 330 volcanism 272-6 Saih Hatat 344 Jurassic 81, 143, 147-8, 168, 170, 255-8 Cloudina hartmannae 625 Triassic 258-60, 270-2 Coccolithus pelagicus 755 Palaeozoic, 263-5 Coloured Melange 778-9, 782 Devonian 266-8 Composita 45 Ordovician 265-6 C. crassa 694 Permian 268-9, 270 Conobelus 58 Dicarinella algeriana 103 Conoclypeus delanouei 510-11 Dicerocardium 270 Conulus orientalis 540, 541 Dictyoptychus 699 Coptosoma 509 D. morgani 537, 539, 541 coral assemblages, Maastrichtian 541 Dictyoptychus facies Corbula 702 Jebel Faiyah 526, 528, 531 Corum perfectum 303 Jebel Rawdah 538 Cosmorhaphe 682 Jebel Sumeini 539 Costiferina 269 Dicyclina schlumbergeri 95, 104 Coveraia 536, 537 Dielasma 45 Crassicolaria 58 D. emargination 695 C. parvula 95 Diplocraterion 75 Cretaceous events Discorbis turonicus 95 igneous displacement distances estimated 380 Dibba Zone 272-3 Ditrabs 236 Hatta Zone 294-6 dolomite concentrations 764 plate motions 473 dolomitization 633-4 sedimentary Droltus 232 Arabian Platform evolution 60-5, 83-5, 150-4 Drulanta 232 Foreland Basin 421-5 ductile structures 450 Hamrat Duru Group stratigraphy 173-6 Dukhan Formation 71 Hawasina Basin 217-18 Durania 504, 525, 699 Jebel Akhdar 73-7 Durania facies Jebel Ja'alan 698-9 Jebel Faiyah 526, 528, 531 Musandam Peninsula 81 Jebel Rawdah 538 Saih Hatat 77-8 dyke swarms 590, 592 Southern foothills 78-9 Dzirula Massif 805-7, 820 tectonic Cimmeride orogen disruption 813, 820-1 echinoid assemblages, Maastrichtian 541 Huqf-Haushi Uplift 655-62 Echinolampas 509, 511 SE Oman Mountains 104-6, 442-4 E. sweinfurthi devriesi 505 Suneinah 398-406 eclogites 482, 483 Crolanium pythiae 231 Elphinstone Group 9, 57, 71 Crucella 236 Emiluvia chica 228, 230, 231,233 C. irwini 236 Emiluvia orea 230 C. messinae 61 Emiluvia pessagnoi 230, 233 Cruziana 265 Emiluvia sedecimporata 233 Ctenoides 541 Eo-Alpine tectogenesis 65 culminations Dibba Zone 279-80 836 INDEX

Hawasina Basin 218-21 gamma radiation anomalies 634 Jebel Akhdar 333-5 gases, thermogenic 750-1 Eocene events gastropod assemblages, Maastrichtian 541 Jebel Ja'alan 702-4 Gavellinela 695 N Oman Mountains 515-16 Geinitzina 231 Epiphyton 629 geochemistry Eptingium 231 carbonates 129-33 E. manfredi 234 cherts 245 Eucyrtis 231 lavas 273-7,296-9 E. micropora 228, 230 Oman Margin sediments 763-4 E. tenuis 231 Precambrian shield 594-8, 634-5 Euflemingites 207 geochronology, Precambrian 592-4 Eumedlicottia bifrons 30 Gerthia angusta 694 evaporites, environment of deposition of 630-2 Ghaba Formation 40, 41 Exogyra 504, 528 Ghail Formation 9, 42, 254 Ghalilah Formation 9, 57, 254 fabric analysis 450-5 Ghareeb, Jebel 79, 80 facies analysis for carbonates Gharif Formation Cretaceous 150-4 Oman Mountains 5, 9, 28-30, 31, 32, 40, 41 Jurassic 146-50 S Oman 622, 644-6 Perrno-Triassic 145-6 Ghawil, Jebel 368-9 Fahud Beds 510-11 Ghudun Formation 622, 640 Fahud structure 559, 560 Girvanella 629 Faiyah, Jebel 499, 523-37 Gitolampas 505,507 Falicispongus 234 Globigerina bulloides 755 F. calcaneurn 231 Globigerina hoterivica 95 F. rostratus 229 Globivalvulina vonderschmidti 231 Fanjah Saddle Globotruncata fornicata 61 development 455-6 Gondwanaland margin, influence on area of 801-8, folding 346-7 815 stratigraphy 447-50 Goniopygus superbus 540 structure 450-5 granites of Precambrian terrain 587-9 Fars Group 622 graphic correlations 89, 91-7 Fatah, Wadi 162, 168, 172, 175, 349 gravity folding 344-5 Faujasia eccentripora 541 gravity sliding 459-60, 782 fault styles gravity surveys Batinah Coastal Plain 553-6 method limitations 459-61 Huqf-Haushi Uplift 655-6, 662-3 results Jebel Ja'alan 707 Batinah Coast 462-9 Saih Hatat 345 Strait of Hormuz 393 faunal assemblages, Maastrichtian 536, 541 greenschist facies metamorphism 476 Fayah Dome 684-6 Guweyza Formations Fayah Sandstone 679-82, 695-6 biostratigraphy 231-3 Faylah Formation 497 stratigraphy 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 71, 161,214 Fiqa Formation 5, 8, 9, 61, 104 Guweyza Limestone Formation 168, 169-71,217 Lower 403-5,422 Dibba Zone 258-60 Upper 405-6, 423 Hatta Zone 287, 293 Fitri Formation 61 Jebel Sumeini 366 Flemingites 206, 207 Guweyza Sandstone Formation, 12, 81, 166-7, 192, Flysch, Eocene 780, 782, 783 198, 366 fold styles gypsum occurrence 631 Cretaeous 656-62 Gyronites 205, 695 Palaeozoic 653-5 Tertiary 663, 705- 7 Habshan Formation 9 Folliculus monacanthus 229, 231 Central Oman 70, 71, 75-7, 78-9 Folliculus scholasticus 229, 231 N Oman 109, 117, 120, 318 Folliculus ventricosus 231 SE Mountains 99 foraminiferal assemblages, Maastrichtian 536, 541 Hadabin granodiorite 590 foredeep stratigraphy of Arabian Platform 423-5 Hadh Group 622 foreland basin development 16-17, 421-3 Hafar Formation 422 foreland bulging and thrusting 425-6 Hafit Formation 512 foreland fold belt, Hawasina 348 Hafit, Jebel 558-9 Frutexites 625 Hafr, Wadi 348 Fusulinid Sea transgression 53-5 Hagab, Jebel 152 INDEX 837

Hagab Thrust 280, 281 Hawasina Basin evolution Hagil Formation 9, 39, 41-2, 55,254 Mesozoic 71, 81, 179, 182, 183 Ha'il-Rutbah Arch 105 Cretaceous 217-18 Haima Group 5, 41,620, 622, 638-44 Eo-Alpine 218-21 Hajajah Member 544 Jurassic 217 Hajar Supergroup 3, 5, 50-1, 774 Triassic 189-98, 216-17 Central Mountains 70, 71 Palaeozoic 213-16 Dibba Zone 254-5 theories of development 10-14, 39 Fanjah Saddle 447 Hawasina Complex Foreland Basin 420-1 displacement 140 Jebel Akhdar 318 origins 14-15 N Mountains 377 stratigraphy xi, 3, 5, 8, 9, 149 Saih Hatat 478 Batain 682 SE Mountains 431 Dibba Zone 257-8 Hajir Formation 309, 310, 311, 314, 622 SE Mountains 430, 431-2, 434, 435, 437 half-domes 658 Hawasina foreland fold and thrust belt 348 Halfa Formation 3, 5, 6, 8 Hawasina Group 378, 421 Central Oman 192 Hawasina Melange 691-3 N Oman 33 Hawasina nappes SE Mountains 431-2, 434, 435 emplacement 61, 218-21, 423 halite occurrence 631-2 sediments 30-3, 49, 774 Haliw Formation 3, 5, 6, 8, 193-7 Hawasina Ocean 775 Hatta Zone 287,294 Hawasina Window 144, 162 SE Mountains 431-2, 436 deformation and metamorphism 347, 475 Hallstatt Limestone 204, 205, 207-9 stratigraphy 149, 167, 168, 175 Halobia 161, 165, 166, 167, 181, 200, 366, 675, 677 Hawrah, Jebel 431-2, 437 Halobia limestones 193 Haybi Complex xi, 5, 7, 8, 9, 14-15, 475,478 Halul-Ilam Formation 104 Dibba Zone 263 Hamrat ad Duru 162, 167, 168, 172, 175 Fanjah Saddle 448-454 Hamrat Duru Basin development Hatta Zone 294-6 Cretaceous 218-21 Jebel Ghawil 368-9 Jurassic 58, 59, 217 Jebel Sumeini 367 Permian 12, 56, 213-16 Haybi volcanics 27 Triassic 216-17 Haybi Window 475 Hamrat Duru Group 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 161-3, 214 Hedbergella 63 biostratigraphy 228-33 Hedenstromia 206, 207 palaeocurrent analysis 176-7 H. himalayica 207 palaeogeography 177-83 Heliosaturnalis 234 stratigraphy Helvetoglobotruncana praehelvetica 103 Cretaceous 173-6 Hemicyclarnmina whitei 95 Jurassic 167-73 Hensonella cylidorica 95 Permo-Triassic 165-7 Hensonella cylindrica 273 various localities described Heterastridium 207 Central Mountains 71, 72 Heterocoenites crassus 695 Dibba Zone 257 Heterohelix globulosa 94 Hatta Zone 287, 292-3 Higumastra 236 Jebel Sumeini 366-7, 369-70 Hijam Formation 310, 318-19, 622 Hamrat Duru Range 348, 423 Hikman Peninsula 716-18 hanging-wall anticlines 429-30, 455 Hinedorcus 231 Hanifa Formation 71, 622 Hippurites cornucopiae 528, 536, 539, 543 Hanja member 422 Hith Formation 70, 71, 79 Hanjouriyah, Wadi 77, 80 Hiyam Formation 310 Hanya Member 61 Hormuz Salt Basin 620 Haradh Formation 622, 638-40 Hormuz, Strait of 388 Hasad Beds 497, 699-700, 709 Hsuum 228, 230, 235 Hatat Formation 310, 311, 318 H. brevicostatum 228 Hatta Zone 4 H. rnaxwelli 228 geochemistry 296-9 H. mclaughlini 303 stratigraphy 287-96 Huqf Axis 622 structure 285-7 Huqf Group 5, 41, 597, 601-15, 618, 620 transform faulting 299-302 Huqf-Haushi Uplift 39, 40, 597, 601,719-21 Haushi dome 658-9 structural studies Haushi Fault 658, 659 Cenozoic 663 Haushi Group, 5, 9, 28, 40, 41, 622 Mesozoic 655-63 838 INDEX

Palaeozoic 653-5 geochemistry 129-33 Huwayyah, Jebel 540-2 graphic correlation 97-100 hydrocarbon distribution outcrops described Ara Formation 632-3 Fanjah Saddle 447 salt traps 646-7 S Oman 622 SE Mountains 431 Ibra Dome porosity 133-6 stratigraphy 431-2 seismic studies 117-20 tectonics 435-8 stratigraphy 5, 9, 51, 52, 58, 60, 79, 109-17 Ibra Formation 6 well data 121-4 Central Mountains 348 Kahnu Zone 781, 782 N Oman Mountains 33 Kamerunoceras 104 SE Mountains 431, 432, 434, 435 Karim Formation 622, 638 Ilavionia 508 Kashmirites 207 imbrication initiation 440, 467-8 Katroma 231, 236 Iran tectonostratigraphy cf. Oman Kawr Group 6, 7, 8, 9, 213, 214 Arabian Platform 808-9 Khamis Anticline 705 Burujerd 792-3 Khanasir Member 544 Cimmeridc orogen disruption 812-15 Kharaib Formation 9, 100, 109, 130 Cretaceous 820-1 Kharus Formation 309, 622 Jurassic 817-19 Kharus Window 308 Triassic 816 Khatiyah Formation 9 Interior 809-12 Khrami Salient 807 Laurasian slice 799-801 Khufai Dome 659-60 Makran 776-8 Khufai Formation 310, 602-11, 614-15, 622, 660 Negriz-Dalneshin 790-2 Khuff Formation Podataksasi zone 804-8 N Oman 30, 31, 32, 39, 40, 41 SE Zagros 788-90 S Oman 622, 646 Isfandageh region 804 Khush Kuh 789 Izhara Formation 71 Kildinella 624 Kub Melange 262, 264, 270-2 Ja'alan Fault Zone 707-8 Kuh-e Faraghun 789 Ja'alan, Jebel Kuria Muria Islands 586-9, 597 stratigraphy Kurnubia palestiniensis 56 Cretaceous 698-9 Precambrian 591-2, 597, 698 Laasi, Wadi 73, 80 Tertiary 699-704 Laffan Formation 104, 106 tectonics 688-9, 705-13 Landsat imagery in mapping Jabal Abu Da'ud Fault 55 methods 570 Jacus anatiformis 229, 235 results 576-7 Jafnayn Limestone Formation 504-6, 553, 702 Lansab anticline 560 Jan Murian Depression 781 Laticosta 281 Japonites subacutus 206 Latium 229 Jebel Raudha-Masfut Ridge 286, 287-92, 300-1 Laurasia margin influence on area 799-801 Jebel Salakh Range 347-8 Leislingites welteri 207 Jebel Wasia Formation 166, 362 Lekhwair Formation 9, 99-100, 109 Jubaila Formation 71 Lenticulina 94 Jurassic events Lepidorbitoides 536 Arabian Platform 56-60, 82-3, 146-50 Licharewia 269 Dibba Zone 81 Lina Member 544 Hamrat Duru Group 167-73 Linoproductus 269, 695 Hawasina Basin 217 Linthia 507, 509, 511 Iran cf. Oman 812-13, 817-19 L. sudanesis 505 Jebel Akhdar 73-7 Lithiotis 57, 70, 73, 78 Saih Hatat 77 Lithocodium 95 Southern Foothills 78 Lockhartia 505 Juresiana omanensis 694 Loftusia 496, 497, 534, 537, 699 Juweisa Formation 5, 8, 9, 61, 104, 106, 423, 552 Loftusia marls 540, 542, 543 Loki Massif 807 K-Ar ages Lonsdaleiastraea 695 Mesozoic 273, 679, 799 Lopha 504 Palaeozoic 807 Lopha dichotoma 528, 535 Precambrian 593-4 Lophophyllidium 695 Kahmah Group Lusaba Limestone 41 INDEX 839

Lusyal Formation 422 Dibba Zone 276-8 Lut Block 777-8, 809, 813, 815, 816 Hatta Zone 299 Jebel Akhdar 331-3 Ma-jhool, Jebel Saih Hatat 311, 318-19, 474-8 stratigraphy 431-2 Region I 478-81 tectonics 432-5 Region II 481 Ma'ayah Anticline 705 Region III 481-4 Ma'ayah Beds 497, 704, 712 Metholectypus inflatus 540 Macropneustes pellati 509-10 Mi'aidin Formation 309, 622 Madar, Jebel 78, 80, 443 strain measures 18, 317 Mafraq Formation 71, 622 thrusting 311-16 magnetic anomalies 736 Mi'aidin, Wadi 73, 75, 80, 100, 101, 168 magnetostratigraphy 751-3 Micritosphaera ovalis 95 Mahatta Humaid Formation 601, 622, 659 microfossil assemblages Mahil Formation 5, 9, 51, 52, 55, 71 Ara Formation 624-5 Fanjah Saddle 447 Oman Margin 751 Mahwis Formation 622, 640 Middle Eastern Tethysides major element analysis Mesozoic 816-21 Hatta zone 296-9 Palaeozoic 797-815 Precambrian shield 594-8 Mijlas, Wadi 77, 80, 346 Makran, geology of 778-84, 815 Milahah Formation 9, 57, 254 manganese occurrence 239-40, 241-3 Minjur Formation 71 Maqam Formation 5, 11, 30, 33 Miocene events 356, 415 Arabian Platform 71, 145 Mirbat Peninsula 589-90, 597 Hatta Zone 290, 292 Mirifusus 228, 230, 236 Hawasina Basin 197 M. fragilis 228 Jebel Sumeini 362 M. guadalupensis 228 Maradi Fault Zone 559 M. mediodilatatus 228, 230 Marginifera 269 Misfah Formation 6, 9, 41 Marginotruncana angusticarinata 61 Hawasina Basin 214, 216, 217 Marginotruncana gr. coronata linnelana 61 S Oman 622 Marginotruncana praehelvetica 63 Misfah platform (horst) 197, 216, 217,218 Marmul Formation 41 Misfah tectonic window 218 Marrat Formation 71 Mish, Jabal 61 Masirah Bay 727 Mishrif Formation 9 Masirah Fault 715,731,749 Mistal Formation 309-11, 622 Masirah Island 665-71, 718-19 strain measures 317-18 Masirah Melange 665-6 thrusting 311-16 Masirah Ophiolite 247, 665, 715, 721-3 Mistal, Wadi 40, 43 Masqat-Hulw fault 55 Mistal Window 308 Masqat-Musandam High 63-4 Mita 236 Matbat Formation Mizzia velebitana 231 biostratigraphy 233 Mongoloceras omanicum 30 stratigraphy 6, 214, 216, 217 Monophyllites sphaerophyllus 206 Mauddud Formation 9, 255 monsoon upwelling effects Mayh, Wadi 319, 320 Neogene 755-6 Mayhah Formation 5, 9 present day 747, 759, 760 Arabian Platform 71, 81, 85, 143, 144, 146, 147, Mu'aydin, Wadi 54, 61-3 150 Muhayjir, Jebel 542-3 Dibba Zone 255 Mukhaibah Dome 602, 603, 612, 613, 660-2 Hatta Zone 287, 288, 290-1 Mulaghah, Jebel 523 Jebel Sumeini 362 Murbat Sandstone Formation 41 Meandroria konincki 535 Murray Ridge 727, 760 Meekoceras 206 Musallah Formation M. gracilitatis 207 biostratigraphy 236 megabreccia stratigraphy 6, 9, 214, 218 Batain 675, 695 Musandam Group 9, 57 Jebel Sumeini 151-2 Arabian Platform 70, 71, 79, 82 melange classification 692 Dibba Zone 254-5 Merkalinia catalaunica 541, 543 Musandam Peninsula Merlingina cretacea 95, 103 stratigraphy Mesogea 10 Mesozoic 57, 59, 79, 81, 151 Mesosaturnalis multidentatus 230 Palaeozoic 41-2 metamorphic events tectonics 558, 783 840 INDEX

Musandam shelf and slope 257 ocean basin spreading Muswa Syncline 705 Cretaceous 728-34 Muthaymimah Formation 511-12, 523, 539, 553 present day 725-7 Muti Basin evolution 64-5 oceanographic features of Oman Margin 746-8, Muti Formation 5, 8, 9, 61-4, 104 759, 760 Dibba Zone 256 Oertlispongus 234 Fanjah Saddle 448, 454 Oligocene events 356, 704 Foreland Basin 422, 425 Oman Exotics 6, 17, 33, 145 Hamrat Duru Group 161, 174-5 Dibba Zone 263-5 Hatta Zone 287 Hatta Zone 287 Jebel Sumeini 366 Jebel Sumeini 367 Saih Hatat 478 SE Mountains 431-2 Myxococcoides 624 Oman, Gulf of 557-8 Oman Margin Nadan Formation 6, 7, 9, 214, 217 biostratigraphy 751 Nafun Basin 660-2 evolution 753-7 Nafun Fault 660, 661 lithology 749-51 Nahr Umr Formation 9, 60 magnetostratigraphy 751-3 Dibba Zone 255 oceanographic features 746-8, 759, 760 Foreland Basin 421 sedimentation 753 S Oman 100-1, 622 submarine structure 748-9 Naiband fault 777, 783, 809 Oman Melange 435, 437, 438 Nain-Baft Zone 777, 782-3, 819 Oman Mountains xi-xiii, 16, 474, 774-5 Najud Fault System 620 Foreland Basin development 16-17 Nakhl, Jebel 54, 61, 308 metamorphic studies 15-16 Alpine deformation 346-7, 350, 561 ophiolite emplacement 459 hanging-wall anticline model 429-30 passive margin reconstruction 10-15 Nakhlak Group 811 rifting history 8-10 Nakhr, Wadi 73, 75, 80 stratigraphical nomenclature 6-8, 9 Nankinella 231 structural units defined 3-5, 222 Nannoconus steinmanni 95 thrust evidence 17-21 Napora 229, 231,233,236 Omphalocyclus 534, 537, 540 N. bukryi 231 O. macroporus 504, 529, 541 N. praespinifera 231 ophiolite block thicknesses 467 Nassellaria 232, 233 ophiolites, Creataceous 679 Natih Formation 9, 60, 130, 131-2 ophiolites, see also Semail ophiolite also Masirah Dibba Zone 255 ophiolite Foreland Basin 421,423 Orbitoides media 504, 529, 536, 537 S Oman 101-4, 622 Orbitolina aperta 95, 103 Natih structure 559, 560 Orbitolina concava 60, 95, 103 Nauticulina oolithica 56 Orbitolina conica 95 Nayid Formation 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 161, 174, 214 Orbitolina lenticularis 95 Dibba Zone 261 Orbitolina subconeava 95 Hatta Zone 287 Orbitolina texana 94, 100 Jebel Sumeini 367 Orbitolinella depressa 95 Neancyloceras 541 Orbitopsella primavea praecursor 56, 70 Neithea regularis 541 Orbitulina 154 Neo-Tethys opening 775, 782 Ordovician events 265-6 Neocrimites 30 orogenies summarized 419-20 Neogeoceras marcoui 30 Orthopsis miliaris 540 Neosehwagerina 42, 270 Ovalvolina ovum 95 N. margaritae 231 Owen Basin N. schuberti zone 51, 54 geophysical studies 727-8 Neyriz-Dalneshin 789, 790-2 interpretations 731,735-41 Nezzezata simplex 95 Owen Ridge 727, 731,733, 760 Novixitus 281, 303 Owenites 207 N. rafsahensis 281 oxygen isotope studies Nujum, Wadi 77, 80 Ara Formation 634 Nummoloculina 95 Kahmah Group 132-3 N. heimi 151 oxygen minimum zone Nummulites 508, 509, 704 Neogene 756 present day 747, 759, 760, 761-2 obduction stages 223, 383-4 Obesacapsula rotunda 230 Pabdeh Group 255 INDEX 841

Pachydiscus 540, 541 stratigraphy 42-3 Pachyoncus 236 transgression/regression 53-5 Pachyploia 231 Permocalculus 94 Paladin 694 phosphates 266-8 Palaeocene events 515, 699-702 Pinacoceras 207 palaeochannels Pindos-Pichakun Trough 10 analysis 568-70 Pironaea 534 development 566 P. praeslavonica 536 interpretation 577-80 Pithonella sphaerica 63, 95 results 570-7 Plafkerium 231,234 palaeocurrent analysis 177, 178 P. cochleatum 229 Palaeodictyon meneghini 504 plate motions palaeoecology Africa/Eurasia 473 Qahlah Formation 530-1, 542 Gondwana breakup 728-34 Simsima Formation 531-3, 542 Neo-Tethys closure 775,782-4,792,793-4, 815- palaeoenvironment analysis 21 Jebel Faiyah 523-37 Platycerus 694 Jebel Huwayyah 540-3 Pleramplexus 694, 695 Jebel Rawdah 538-9 Plicatula hirsuta 528 Jebel Sumeini 539-40 Pliocene events 356, 415 palaeogeography Podataksasi Zone 10, 797, 802, 804-8, 815,820, 821 Cenozoic, Tertiary 514 Podobursa 228 Mesozoic 82, 176-83 P. chandrika 230 Cretaceous 372-3,544-5, 709 P. helvetica 230 Triassic 199 P. polylophia 236 Palaeozoic, Permian 34, 35, 46 P. spinosa 230 Palaeomicrocystis 624 P. triacantha 228, 230, 233, 236 Palaeosaturnalis 234 Podocapsa 281 palaeowinds and sedimentation 180-1 P. amphitreptera 230, 233 Pantanellium 228 Polypora 269 P. lanceola 228, 231,233, 235, 236 Polystrata alba 95 P. ultrasincerum 228 Polythecatis denticulatus 695 Parafusulina 42, 270 porosity studies 133-6, 632-3 Parahsuum simplum 232, 235 potassium salts 631-2 Paranannites 205, 206 potassium-argon dates see K/Ar Parapronorites konincki 30 Poulpus 235 Parasepsagon 235 Praealveolina cretacea 95 Parntanellium lanceola 230 Praeconocaryomma 235, 281, 303 Parvicingula 231,303 P. immodica 303 P. boesii 230, 231,236 Praeradiolites 95 P. cosmoconica 228, 230, 236 Precambrian stratigraphy P. dhimenaesis 230 Abd el Kuri 590-1 passive margin evolution Ara Salt Basin 619-21 reconstruction 10-15 Arabian Platform Margin 809 summary of research xiii-xiv Jebel Ja'alan 591-2, 698 passive roof duplex 353 Jekel Akhdar 310 Pavastephyllum 695 Kuria Muria 586-9 Pentaspondodiscus 234 Mirbat 589-90 Perispongidium 235 Qalhat 592 Permian events pressure estimates in ophiolite metamorphism 476-7 Arabian Platform 809 Saih Hatat Batain Coast 45 Region I 478-9 facies distributions 145-6 Region II 481 Hamrat Duru Basin development 213-16 Region III 483-4 magmatism 55-6 Prionolobus 695 Musandam Peninsula 41-2 Proarcestes 206 Oman Mountains, deformation and Procarnites kokeni 205,206, 207 metamorphism 15-16 Propinacoceras beyrichi 30 passive margin development 27-8 Protopeneroplis striatus 56 rifting 33-7 Protosphaeridium 624 S Oman 40-1 Protunuma costata 230 sedimentation Pseudaspenites layeriformis 205 deep water 30-3 Pseudaspidites 205 shallow water 28-30 Pseudedomia drorimensis 95, 103 842 INDEX

Pseudoaulophacus putahensis 232 Ramaq Group 8, 9 Pseudocyclammina 94 ramping 300 P. hedbergi 95 Rann Formation 265-6 P. lituus 95, 117 Ras Jibsch 721 Pseudodictyomitra 230, 281 Ras Madrakah 715-16 P. carpatica 228, 230, 231,232,236 Raudha, Jebel 286 P. vestalensis 281 Rawdah, Jebel 538-9 Pseudogastrioceras 30 Rayda Formation 9 Pseudoheliodiscus 234 Arabian Platform 70, 71, 73, 74, 77, 78, 79, 83-5, Pseudolituonella reicheli 95 86, 99 Pseudopolyconites cunnolites 535 Lower Kahmah Group 109, 110-16, 120 Pseudosageceras 205, 207 Rb/Sr ages 592-3, 810 Pseudostylosphera 231,234 Relumbra 281 P. hellenica 234 Renlcis 629 Pseudosyrinx 269 Rhacophyllites 207 Pseudovermiporella sodatica 41 Rhizocorallium 73, 77 Pterophyllum 695 Rhyncholampas 508 Pterospermopsimorpha 624 Ristola 303 Ptychites 206 R. altissima 228, 230, 231, 232, 236 Pygurostoma morgani 541 R. boseii 303 R. cretacea 230 Qahlah Formation 104,496-9 R. procera 230 Fanjah saddle 449-50 Riyamah units 6, 8, 9 Jebel Faiyah 523-5, 530-1 Dibba Zone 263 Jebel Huwayyah 540-2 Hatta Zone 287 Jebel Ja'alan 698, 709 rock salt occurrence 631-2 Jebel Rawdah 538, 539 rubidium-strontium dates 593-4, 810 SE Mountains 432, 439 Rudan Flysch Unit 779, 783 Qahwan Beds 497,700-2, 708-9 rudist preservation Qahwan, Jebel 708-9 Jebel Faiyah, Qahlah Formation 525, 530-1 Qalhat 592, 597 Jebel Huwayyah 540-2 Qamar Formation 9, 40, 42,270 Jebel Muhayjir 542-3 Qamar, Jebel 40, 42 Jebel Rawdah 538-40 Qarari Formation 40, 45, 674-5, 694 Simsima Formation 526-30, 531-3 Qarari, Jebel 45 Rumailah Basin 662 Qarn Murrah 533 Rumaylah, Jebel 523,531 Qarn Nazwa 143, 152, 154 Rusayl Embayment 552, 553, 556-7 Quaternary climatic effects 566, 579-80 Rusayl Formation 506-7, 553, 702-3, 705,707, 711 Quimah, Jebel 287-8, 290-2 Ruus Al Jibal Group 9, 39 Quinqueloculinid 95 Ruwaydah Formation 508-10 Qumayhah Member 8 Qumayrah Formation 154 Saal, Wadi 77, 80 Qumayrah, Wadi Sabinia 536, 537, 541 stratigraphy 148-9, 151, 152, 154 Safil Formation 6, 9, 214 structure 143-4 Safiq Formation 640, 662 Qurr, Wadi 77, 80 Safra, Jabal 205-6 Saghand metamorphic complex 810 radiolarian biostratigraphy Sahtan, Wadi 57, 73, 80 Aqil Formation 234-5 Sahtan Group 5, 9 Buwaydah Formation 235-6 Arabian Platform 51, 52, 56-8, 70, 71, 72, 73, Guwayza Formation 231-3 78, 79, 86 Haliw Formation 303 Fanjah Saddle 447, 448 Matbat Formation 233 S Oman 622 Mussalah Formation 236 Sahtan Window 308, 311,314, 317 Sayfam Formation 235 Saih Hatat Sid'r Formation 303 erosion studies 552,553 Sini Formation 233-4 metamorphic studies and Semail Ophiolite 475, Wadi AI Fay Formation 303 477-8 Wahrah Formation 228-31 Region I 478-81 Zulla Formation 303 Region II 481 radiolarian chert types 241-3 Region III 481-4 radiometer measurements in mapping stratigraphy 40, 42, 43, 53, 54 methods 568-9 Cretaceous 60-5, 151 results 574 Jurassic 56-60, 77-9, 149 INDEX 843

Permian 55 obduction 140, 308, 383-4 Precambrian 622 various localities described tectonic studies 144, 443, 444, 486-90, 561 Dibba Zone 255,278-9 Alpine deformation 342-6, 350 Fanjah Saddle 448-9 hanging-wall anticline model 429-30 Foreland Basin 423 Saih Hatat Formation 71, 77, 83, 86 Hatta Zone 296-9 Saih Hatat Window 308, 310, 311 Jebel Sumeini 367-8 Saih Rawl Formation 41 SE Mountains 432, 434 Saiq Formation 5, 9, 30, 33, 39 Semail spreading centre 775 Arabian Platform 40, 42, 43, 51, 52, 53, 54-5~ 145 Senaiya Formation 513 Fanjah Saddle 447 serpentinite 279, 345 Hawasina Basin 213 serpentinization and gravity measures 459, 465 S Oman 622 Sethocapsa 281, 303 Saih Hatat 478 S. trachyostraca 230, 231 Saiq Plateau 40, 42 Shaiba Formation Saiq Window 308 geochemistry 130, 132 Saitoum 228, 303 stratigraphy 9, 100, 105, 109 S. corniculum 230 Sham, Jebel 144, 149, 156 S. elegans 228, 230 Shamal Formation 8, 257 Saiwan-Nafun Lineament 658 Shams Formation 58 Sakarya Containent 808 Shanderman-Asalem Complex 799 Sakhin, Wadi 502 Sharbithat Ridge 727, 748 Salakh, Jebel 103 Shemshak Formation 799, 818 Salil Formation Shiyah, Wadi 368 platform sedimentation 9, 70, 71, 85, 99 Shotori Horst 809, 818 Lower Kahmah Group 109, 116-17, 120 Shiyah, Wadi 368 stratigraphy Shotori Horst 809, 818 Jebel Akhdar 73-5 Shiyah, Wadi 368 Saih Hatat 78, 79 Shotori Horst 809, 818 Salpingoporella 95 Shuman Formation 310, 611,614-15, 622, 659 salt withdrawal effects 641, 644, 646, 647-9 Shuram, Wadi 602-9, 610, 611 Samail see Semail shuttle imaging radar in mapping Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone 780-1 methods 570 Cenozoic 783 results 575-6 Mesozoic Siderolites 504 Cretaceous 820-1 S. calcitrapoides 529, 540 Jurassic 813, 819 Sid'r Formation 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 59 Triassic 782 Arabian Platform 71, 85 Palaeozoic 777, 804, 815 Dibba Zone 260-1 Sarla 231,234, 235, 303 Hamrat Duru Group 171-3 S. vestusta 229 Hatta Zone 287, 293 Sarlinae 231 Hawasina Basin 2!4, 217 Sayfam Formation Jebel Sumeini 367 biostratigraphy 235 silicates, dissolved 761-2, 766 stratigraphy 6, 9, 214, 216, 217 Sirnplorbitolina 60 Sayja Member 422, 423-4 Simsima Formation 8, 9, 61, 104, 106, 553 Sayjah Member 9, 61 Foreland Basin 423 Schizaster 507 Jebel Faiyah S. africanas 509 deposition 531-5 Scolicia 504 description 523, 525-30 sedimentation rates 753 Jebel Huwayyah 540-2 Seeb Limestone 507-8, 553, 704, 712 Jebel Ja'alan 698-9, 708-9 seismic profiles Jebel Rawdah 538, 539-40 Owen Basin 728 Jebel Sumeini 539-40 Owen Ridge 733, 734 N and Central Mountains 499-500 Siquirah Bay 737, 738, 739,741 Qarn Murrah Strait of Hormuz 390, 391, 394 deposition 535 Suneinah Foreland 400, 401, 408, 410 description 533-5 Semail Basin 218 Sinni Formation Semail Gap 346-7, 350 biostratigraphy 233-4 Semail Nappe 49-50, 61, 223, 425, 774 stratigraphy 6, 7, 8, 216 Semail ophiolite 1, xi, 3, 5, 16 Siquirah Bay 727 Semail ophiolite Siquirah Fault 748, 749 metamorphism 474-7, 782 Sismondiarnarginalis 510 844 INDLX slope facies 145 Taww, Wadi 555 Socotra 597, 598 Taww breccia 63 Solenopora 94 Tayin, Jabal 55 South Oman, summary of research xvi-xviii Tayin, Wadi 99 Sphaeroschisma somoholense 694 tectonic features Spiroraphe 504 obduction related 333-5 Spirosigmoilina cretaceous 95 subduction related 328-31 Spondylus subserratus 541 tectonic studies Spongocapsula 228, 236 E Oman 721-2 S. palmerae 230, 236 Jebel Akhdar 311-18 Spongoserrula rarauana 234 Jebel Ja'alan 705-13 Spongostylosphaera hellenica 229 Saih Hatat 318-22 Stacheoceras mediterraneum 30 Suneinah Foreland 413-15 Stafella 55,231 tectonics and manganese enrichment 244-5 Stichocampium davidi 281 temperature estimates in ophiolite metamorphism Stichocapsa 281 476-7 S. cribata 303 Saih Hatat Stichomitra magna 281 Region I 479 Stictosphaeridium 624 Region II 481 strain studies 317-18, 450-5 Region III 483-4 stromatolites 607, 612 Tertaditryma 233 structural studies 101, xv-xvi Tertiary events xvi, 497 structural studies Huqf-Haushi Uplift 663 domains identified 380-6, 412 Jebel Ja'alan 699-704, 709-13 levels identified 377-80 Masirah 667-71 stylolitization 135 N Mountains 515-16 Submeekoceras 207 SE Mountains 442-4 Sudair Formation 41 Suneinah 406-13 sulphates 631, 750-1 Tertiary palaeoecology 523-37 sulphur isotope studies 634 Tertiary palaeogeography 513-16 Sumeini Group xi, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 30, 71, 81-2, 774 Tethis 233 displacement 140-4, 155-6 Tethys margin facies analysis reconstruction 10-15 Cretaceous 150-4 summary of research xiii-xiv Jurassic 146-50 Tetraditryrna corralitoensis 230 Permo-Triassic 145-6 Tetratrabs bulbosa 230 stratigraphy Thalassinoides 73, 75, 77, 78, 84, 512 Dibba Zone 255-7 Thamama Group 71, 97-100, 377 Hatta Zone 287-92 Thanais, Jebel 530 Jebel Sumeini 362-6 Thanarla brouweri 281 N Oman Mountains 378 Thanarla conica 230, 232, 236 Sumeini half-window 368 Thanarla elegantissima 236, 281 Sumeini, Jebel Thanarla praeveneta 236 Hamrat Duru Group 164, 165, 168, 172, 175 Thanarla pulchra 228, 281 stratigraphy 141-3, 162, 362-8 Thaqab Formation 502-4, 552 Cretaceous 150-4, 537, 539-40 Thetis undulatus 235 Jurassic 146-50 thrust features 17-21 Permo-Triassic 145-6 Dibba Zone 279-80 structure 370-1 Foreland Basin 425-6 Sumeini Slope 81 Hawasina Basin 218-21 Suneinah Foreland development 413-15 Jebel Akhdar 311-16 Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary 398-408 Jebel Sumeini 371 Late Tertiary 408-13 N Mountains 377 surge zones 450 SE Mountains 431-8 Suwadi Island 556 Tiab Zone 781-2 Suwayr, Jabal 668 Timoroblastus coronatus 694 Synsphaeridium 624 Timorphyllum 694, 695 Syringocapsa 235 Tintinnopsella carpathica 95, 116, 117 S. limatum 228, 230 Tintinopsella carpathica 58 Tirolites cassianus 207 Tabas Block 809, 810, 815, 816 Torreites 535 Taberina bingistani 95 T. sanchezi 536 Taenidium 75 trace element analyses Tanuf, Wadi 101 Ayim limestones 268 INDEX 843

igneous rocks 276, 296-9 Hatta Zone 294-6 Precambrian basement 594-8 Saih Hatat 55, 63 radiolarian chert 246-7 siliceous shales 246 Waagenoceras 30 trace fossils 73, 75, 77, 78, 84, 265, 512, 682 Wadi AI Fay Formation 8, 287, 294 Trachysphaeridium 624 Wadi Hafr Unit 348 transform faults 293-4, 299-302 Wahrah Formation transgressions 53-5, 423 biostratigraphy 228-31 transtensional features 280-1 manganese occurrence 239-40, 241-3 Triactoma 236 stratigraphy 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 T. blakei 230 Wamm, Jebel 258, 259, 260 T. cornuta 228 Wasia Group T. hybum 230 graphic correlation 100-4 T. ionesi 230 stratigraphy 5, 9, 51, 52, 60 T. tithonianum 228 Fanjah Saddle 448 Triassic events Foreland Basin 421 ammonoid occurrences 203-10 N Oman Mountains 377 Cimmeride orogen disruption 812, 816 S Oman 622 Hawasina Basin evolution 189-98, 216-17 SE Mountains 431 Triassocampe 231,234, 235 Suneinah Foreland 403 Trillus elkhornensis 229, 233,235 Wentzelella osubadiensis 695 Tritrabs casmaliensis 233 Wentzelellitis senni 695 Tritrabs worzeli 233 WentzeleUitis sicula 695 Trocholina elongata 95 WentzeUoidas lunatus 695 Tubiphytes obscurus 231 Wentzenella 695 turbidites 190-2 wildflysch 780-1,782, 783 Tuwaiq Formation 71, 622 Wrangellium fisawense 281 type sections defined 496-513 Wyomingites 205

Ulcarinella concavata 61 Xiphotheca 231 Ultranapora spinifera 61 X. karpenissionensis 235 Uludag Massif 808 Xitus 235 Umaili Formation 9, 40, 270 Umar Basin 12, 216, 218 Yazd Block 809, 813, 816 Umar Group biostratigraphy 233-5 Zagros fold belt and crush zone 776 stratigraphy 6, 7, 214, 217 Zagros Mountains structure 788-90 Umar tectonic unit 218-19 Zagros orogeny 425, 562 Uncinunellina 694 Zanhah, Wadi 258, 259 Ussuria 206 Zendan fault 783, 793 Zifondiium pauperum 61 Vaccinites 534, 699 Zuffardia rohlfsia boncarti 505 V. braciensis 536 Zulla Formation 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 V. loftusi 541 Arabian Platform 71, 146 V. vesiculosus 534, 541 Dibba Zone 258 Valvulina 95 Hamrat Duru Group 163-6 Vautrinia 535 Hatta Zone 287, 293 volcanic events Hawasina Basin 190-3 Dibba Zone 272-3 Jebel Sumeini 366 Hamrat Duru Basin 213,216 Special Publications of The Geological Society 48 Geological Applications of Wireline Logs 27 Evolution of the Lewisian and Comparable 47 Origins and Evolution of the Antarctic Biota Precambrian High Grade Terrains 46 Phanerozoic Ironstones 26 Marine Petroleum Source Rocks 45 Alpine Tectonics 25 Sedimentation in the African Rifts 44 Inversion Tectonics 24 The Nature of the Lower Continental Crust 43 Evolution of Metamorphic Belts 23 Habitat of Palaeozoic Gas in North West Europe 42 Magmatism in the Ocean Basins (Scottish Academic Press} 41 Deltas: Sites and Traps for Fossil Fuels 22 The English Zechstein and Related Topics 40 Lacustrine Petroleum Source Rocks 21 North Atlantic Palaeoceanography 39 Early Tertiary Volcanism and the Opening of the NE 20 Palaeoecology and Biostratigraphy of Graptolites Atlantic 19 Collision Tectonics 38 The Caledonian-Appalachian Orogen 18 Sedimentology: Recent Developments and Applied 37 Gondwana and Tethys* Aspects 36 Diagenesis of Sedimentary Sequences 17 The Geological Evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean 35 Desert Sediments: Ancient and Modern 14 Variscan Tectonics of the North Atlantic Region 34 Fluid Flow in Sedimentary Basins and Aquifers 12 Petroleum Geochemistry and Exploration of Europe 33 Geochemistry and Mineralization of Proterozoic 11 Residual Deposits: Surface Related Weathering Volcanic Suites Processes and Materials 32 Coal and Coal-bearing Strata: Recent Advances 10 Trench-Forearc Geology 31 Geology and Geochemistry of Abyssal Plains 8 The Caledonides of the British Isles -- reviewed 30 Alkaline Igneous Rocks 6 Geological Background to Fossil Man 29 Deformation of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks 2 The Fossil Record 28 Continental Extensional Tectonics 1 The Phanerozoic Time-Scale

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