Role of REMOTE SENSING Applications in MINERAL Exploration and Sustainable Development in OMAN
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Selected Data and Indicators from the Results of General Populations, Housing and Establishments Censuses
General Census of Populations, Housing & Establishment 2010 Selected Data and Indicators From the Results of General Populations, Housing and Establishments Censuses ) 2010 -2003 -1993( Selected Data and Indicators From the Results of General Populations, Housing and Establishments Censuses (2010 - 2003 - 1993) His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Foreword His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, may Allah preserve Him, graciously issued the Royal Decree number (84/2007) calling for the conduct of the General Housing, Population and Establishments Census for the year 2010. The census was carried out with the assistance and cooperation of the various governmental institutions and the cooperation of the people, Omani and Expatriates. This publication contains the Selected Indicators and Information from the Results of the Censuses 1993, 2003 and 2010. It shall be followed by other publications at various Administrative divisions of the Sultanate. Efforts of thousands of those who contributed to census administrative and field work had culminated in the content of this publication. We seize this opportunity to express our appreciation and gratitude to all Omani and Expatriate people who cooperated with the census enumerators in providing the requested information fully and accurately. We also wish to express our appreciation and gratitude to Governmental civic, military and security institutions for their full support to the census a matter that had contributed to the success of this important national undertaking. Likewise, we wish to recognize the faithful efforts exerted by all census administration and field staff in all locations and functional levels. Finally, we pray to Allah the almighty to preserve the Leader of the sustainable development and progress His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, may Allah preserve him for Oman and its people. -
Spatial Prediction of Coastal Flood- Susceptible Areas in Muscat Governorate Using an Entropy Weighted Method
Risk Analysis XII 121 SPATIAL PREDICTION OF COASTAL FLOOD- SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS IN MUSCAT GOVERNORATE USING AN ENTROPY WEIGHTED METHOD HANAN Y. AL-HINAI & RIFAAT ABDALLA Earth Sciences Department, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman ABSTRACT Flooding is one of the most commonly occurring natural hazards worldwide. Mapping and evaluation of potential flood hazards are vital parts of flood risk assessment and mitigation. This study focuses on predicting the coastal flood susceptibility area in Muscat Governorate, Sultanate of Oman. First, it is assumed that the occurrence of a hazard can be determined based on the indicators influencing it. Thus, four indicators were selected and classified into five classes based on their contribution to flood hazard probability; these include ground elevation, slope degree, soil hydrologic group, and distance from the coast. Then, the entropy weighted method was applied to calculate the weights of given indicators in influencing flood hazards. The results were finally aggregated into ArcGIS software and the produced maps were reclassified into five coastal flood susceptibility zones. The results show that the soil indicator has the highest rate of weight in Wilayats Bawshar, Muttrah, Muscat and Qurayyat. While the elevation indicator has the highest rate of flood hazard in Wilayat AlSeeb. The weight results were used then for calculation of flood hazard index which was then classified into five classes of flood hazard susceptibility zones. The results of this work will be very useful in pursuing work on assessing the potential of multiple hazard risk interactions. It is essential to include certain indicators such as land use and land cover in future work, as they play a major role in water infiltration and runoff behaviour. -
UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation 2017
U N E S C O S U lta N Qa b oos P r i z E f O r E N v i r on m en t a l P r ese r va t i on 14 th a w a r d i N g C E r E m O N y • 2 0 1 7 U N E S C O S U lta N Qa b oos P r i z E f O r E N v i r on m en t a l P r ese r v a t i on 2 0 1 7 H i S m a j es t y S U l t a N Q a b oos b i N S a i d S U l t a N O f O m a N S U l t a N Q a b O O S P r i z E f O r E N v i r O N m E N t a l P r E S E r v a t i O N 3 4 The Sultanate is the habitat of Thousands of sea turtles migrate annually to lay their eggs on the Sultanate’s shores various types of birds ابراهيم البو�سعيدي Ibrahim Al Busaidi con t en t S Speech of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said on the occasion of the Earth Summit - Brazil, June 1992 ......................6 Foreword by Her Excellency the Minister of Education, Sultanate of Oman ............................................................................8 Foreword by Her Excellency the Director-General of UNESCO ....................................................................................................11 Seventeen goals to transform our world .........................................................................................................................................12 A Common Cause for all Nations - The Paris Agreement .......................................................................................................... -
Issue16 | Feb2010
ISSUE16 | FEB2010 www.gso.org.om Page 02...President’s Message Page 02...Note from the Editor Page 03...A World-class Exposure Page 08...Structural Evolution Page 12...Fault Geometries in North Oman Page 14...Sealing of Faults Page 19...Neogene Compressional Structures Page 22...Field Trip Report Page 25...International News Page 28...AGM Report Page 29...Publications 2009 Page 33...Upcoming Events Page 2 President’s Message Dear GSO Members, On behalf of the GSO Executive proactive approach to geological 2010 season and I would like you to Committee I welcome you to the 2010 projects that serve preservation and come forward with your contributions GSO activity season. knowledge dissemination of our to GSO activities. The Society is This year is going to be very special geological heritage in Oman. For the best platform for discussion and as GSO will be celebrating its 10th this, the Society needs your input and sharing of your ideas and projects with Anniversary which will coincide with support. the wider geoscientist community. the 40th National Day for Oman. Geophysics and hydrogeology In summary, I would like to thank Thus, please join us to make it a very are two fields that we would like to all of you for your commitment and special geological year for the Society see more contribution from in our contribution, and to encourage you to and Oman. activities. I urge all geophysicists and stay connected to the Society though Since its inception, GSO has achieved hydrogeologists to contribute to GSO its activities and programs. much but many milestones are yet activities for the coming season and to be met. -
Origin of Gypsiferous Intrusions in the Hawasina Window, Oman Mountains: Implications from Structural and Gravity Investigations
GeoArabia, 2014, v. 19, no. 2, p. 17-48 Gulf PetroLink, Bahrain Origin of gypsiferous intrusions in the Hawasina Window, Oman Mountains: Implications from structural and gravity investigations Mohammed Y. Ali, David J.W. Cooper, Michael P. Searle and Ali Al-Lazki ABSTRACT Gypsiferous intrusions are exposed in road-cuts in the south-central Hawasina Window in the central Oman Mountains. They are located at lower structural levels in the allochthonous Hawasina Complex and lie along faults that cut Upper Cretaceous structures related to the obduction of the Semail Ophiolite and Hawasina Complex deep-water sediments onto the Arabian Plate. The intrusions form gypsiferous pods that are up to 200 m long, in which the gypsum occurs as a dark, fine-grained matrix that contains a pervasive network of anastomosing veins of gypsum and anhydrite. The intrusions contain abundant sub-angular to sub-rounded litharenites, and less common fragments of chert and fine- grained limestone. Although these clast types are undated, their petrographic characteristics suggest they originate from the local Hawasina (Hamrat Duru Group) country rock. Very well-rounded pebbles and cobbles of feldspathic litharenites, some of which show a well-developed cleavage, and rarer cobbles of well-rounded vein quartz appear to have come from the basement. Gravity investigations indicate salt diapirs are not present beneath the Hawasina Window. Instead, the gypsiferous intrusions are interpreted as having been brought up from depth during compression to form disconnected pods along deep-rooted faults, bringing with them small amounts of the basement country rock. Strontium isotope analysis and regional considerations, in particular the distribution, age and nature of other evaporite units on the eastern Arabian Plate, suggest the gypsum may have its origins in the Neoproterozoic (Ediacaran) to lower Cambrian Ara Group evaporites, perhaps from a previously unknown extension of the Fahud Salt Basin beneath the Hawasina thrust sheets. -
Tectonic Evolution of the Oman Mountains: an Introduction
Downloaded from http://sp.lyellcollection.org/ by guest on October 2, 2021 Tectonic evolution of the Oman Mountains: an introduction H. R. ROLLINSON1*, M. P. SEARLE2, I. A. ABBASI3, A. I. AL-LAZKI4 & M. H. AL KINDI4 1School of Science, University of Derby, Derby DE22 1GB, UK 2Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3AN, UK 3Department of Earth Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 50, Muscat 123, Sultanate of Oman 4Exploration Department, Petroleum Development Oman, PO Box 81, Postal Code 100, Mina Al-Fahal, Oman *Corresponding author (e-mail: [email protected]) It is now more than 20 years since the Geological During the late 1970s and 1980s two major Society published The Geology and Tectonics of research teams from the USGS (led by Bob Coleman the Oman Region (Robertson et al. 1990) as one and Cliff Hopson) and the Open University, UK of its early special publications. That volume, the (led by Ian Gass, John Smewing and Steve Lip- ‘blue book’ as it became fondly known to multiple pard) conducted detailed geological surveys across generations of undergraduates, has been a major the ophiolite in the Muscat–Ibra transect (USGS) reference on the geology of Oman for many who and northern ophiolite (OU), respectively. Their work in the region. This present volume, more results were published in a Special Issue of the modest in its size compared to its illustrious prede- Journal of Geophysical Research (volume 86, cessor, is the fruit of a conference on The Geology editors Coleman & Hopson 1981) and the Geologi- of the Arabian Plate and the Oman Mountains cal Society of London Memoir no. -
Curriculum Vitae – Dr. Talal Al-Hosni
November 15, 2020 Curriculum Vitae – Dr. Talal Al-Hosni 1. Personal Information Name: Talal Khalifa Said Al-Hosni Current Position: Assistant Professor Current Address: PO Box 36, PC 123, Al-Khoud Department of Earth Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman Contact Info: Tel (968) 2414 6833 Fax (968) 2441 3415 E-mail [email protected] Area of Specialization: Hydrogeology and environmental geology 2. Education and Employment Information Education 1. 1999, Geology, BSc, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, the title of the thesis “The Mapping and Geological Study of the Haluf Area in Dhofar Province”. 2. 2001, Hydrogeology, MSc, Birmingham University, UK, the title of the thesis “Attenuation of Cadmium by UK Triassic Sandstone Aquifer Materials”. 3. 2007, Hydrogeology, PhD, Melbourne University, Australia, the title of the thesis “Hydrogeochemical evolution of groundwater in the Murray Valley, southeastern part of the Murray Basin, Australia”. Employment 1. 1999–2000, Demonstrator, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman 2. 2001–2003, Lecturer, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman 3. 2007–Present, Assistant Professor, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman 4. 2018– 2019, Deputy Director, Center for Environmental Studies and Research (CESAR), Sultan Qaboos University, Oman 5. 2019– Present, Head, Department of Earth Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman 3. Teaching and Learning (a) Active participation in university teaching & learning a1. Courses Taught at SQU ERSC 1003 Introduction to Environmental Geology ERSC 1007 The Geological Wonders of Oman ERSC 2101 Introduction to Geology I ERSC 2901 Earth Sciences for Agriculture Talal Al-Hosni CV ERSC 3000 Environmental Geology ERSC 4051 Hydrogeology ERSC6818 Selected Topics in Environmental Geology I taught mainly ERSC1007 and ERSC3000 with an average number of students per course around 100. -
The Revival of the Ibadi Imamate in Oman and the Threat to Muscat, 1913-20 J
The Revival of the Ibadi Imamate in Oman and the Threat to Muscat, 1913-20 J. E. Peterson By the beginning of 1913 Oman was reaching the nadir of its fortunes, marking the middle of a century of frustration and decline. Although the Sultan, Faisal b. Turki Al Bñ Sa`idi, was the nominal ruler of all the country, he only exercised full control over the capital area of Muscat and Matrah, and the coastal strip to the northwest known as al-Batinah. Otherwise, the interior of Oman went its own nearly-independent way, hindered only by the presence of a few walls (representatives of the Sultan) in the principal towns, such as Nizwa or Sama'il. The period of rebellion from 1913 to 192o is important in the history of Oman for a number of reasons. The restoration of the Ibadi Imamate, periodically revived since the beginning of the nineteenth century, was an accomplishment of this period that lasted for forty-two years. But the method of its establishment pre- sented a grave threat to the government of the Sultanate, weakened by fifty years of decline, and continually attacked by the religious zealots of the interior for its close relationship with the British. The revolt of 1923-2o was essentially tribal in nature, with the institution of the Imamate superimposed on it in order to lend legitimacy and unity to the uprising. There were two factors which made it a deadly menace to Muscat and gave it as good a chance of wresting control of the entire country away from the Sultan as had the move- ment of 1868-71.' The first was the revival of the Imamate, without which little tribal cooperation could have been expected and the revolt could have only repeated the attack of 1895 at most.' The second factor was the development of this uprising into a unified stand of co-operation between both the Ghafiri and Hinawi factions, something that even the 1868-71 movement had not been able to achieve.' Thus the combination of forces set in motion in the spring of 1913 posed the most dangerous threat to the regime in Muscat since Muscat had become the capital of the country. -
Team-Based Approach in the Management of Diabetes at Primary Health Care Level in Muscat, Oman Challenges and Opportunities
Team-based Approach in the Management of Diabetes at Primary Health Care Level in Muscat, Oman Challenges and Opportunities Kamila Al Alawi Team-based Approach in the Management of Diabetes at Primary Health Care Level in Muscat, Oman: Challenges and Opportunities Kamila Al Alawi Department of Epidemiology and Global Health Umeå University Umeå 2019 This work is protected by the Swedish Copyright Legislation (Act 1960:729) Dissertation for PhD ISBN: 978-91-7855-042-5 ISSN: 0346-6612 New Series No. 2025 Cover design by: Reem Al-Sabti, Ali Al-Sabti, Noor Al-Sabti and Marwa Al-Sabti Electronic version available at: http://umu.diva-portal.org/ Printed by: Cityprint i Norr AB Umeå University, Sweden 2019 “And say, oh my Lord increase my knowledge” Surah Taha - verse 114 Table of Contents List of Tables .................................................................................. vii List of Figures ................................................................................. ix Abbreviations ................................................................................. xi Abstract ........................................................................................ xiii Summary of the PhD Project in Arabic Language ........................... xv Original Papers ............................................................................ xvii Prologue ....................................................................................... xix Introduction ................................................................................... -
Gulf of Oman
GULF OF OMAN RAS A L H A M AL HAYL R A S PDO T R Exhibition E E T Centre & T S Planetarium T DARSAYT Y Qurm (Mangrove) AL QURM A Fish Market S A T R AL MINA Nature Reserve S MINA A B L QURM ROUNDABOUT RIYAM H D I S ALI T M AL FAHL ROUNDABOUT L MINA ST A A AL L YH D B SA Nursing A URM A A Shatti Plaza J L Q HIG O H H T G SAYH AL MALIH T HT R A Mutrah R E S School S S MUTRAH I R Cinema AH ROUNDABOUT D F Y H BAYT AL FALAJ T Fort A IJI T E D AR Children’s F A ROUNDABOUT E D S KH R.O.P L R L C A Khawlah T ST C S D A Museum EE IGH E AL QURM Stadium N R H B E AN A Hospital T H A AR B ROUNDABOUT S A N YD I A R S A L AR B H W T T A I D U L Y Oman MA RUSAYL WA A AH U M A R D DU ST AL WUTAYYAH JAMIAT A H R S E Museum ROUNDABOUT AL BURJ MUTRAH MUSCAT S E Natural History M A T A ST ROUNDABOUT ROUNDABOUT L RUWI I I D MADINAT L I Museum AZARAT A T Y L W E Oman A As Seeb International A AL KHUWAYR E Star Cinema ST ST ROUNDABOUT R H MINISTRIES AS SULTAN ST National Airport OOS AL WUTAYYAH S AS SULTAN QABOOS ST B T B QA Museum As Sultan AL UDHAYBAH QABOOS AN REET Ice Rink ULT Qaboos Mosque OS ST AL GHUBRAH DAWHAT AL ADAB S C S S AL MATAR BO TR A I ST N QA AL MAARID STREE E AT RUWI JAM ROUNDABOUT AS SULTA T ET DIN AL SIDAB E F AH STREET MA ROUNDABOUT AL KULLIY BURJ AS SAHWAH AL GHUBRAH WADI ADAY ROUNDABOUT AL UDHAYBAH ROUNDABOUT ROUNDABOUT ROUNDABOUT A AL KHUWAYR Capital Area Oman International BAWSHAR An Nahdah AL WADI AL KABIR Yacht Centre T ROUNDABOUT ROUNDABOUT EE Exhibition Centre Hospital TR Royal AL HAMRIYAH R S ET Marina Bander ATA E ROUNDABOUT AL M GHALA Hospital S TR I Ar Rawdah ROUNDABOUT EET D STR AL BRAH A N S GHU A B National R S T M R Aquarium MUASKAR As Sultan Qaboos AL WADI E L U Sports Complex E AL MURTAFAAH A AL KABIR T T E E B A T R E T L E S B R U AL BUSTAN T R S S A T A A L H N A S S H W T AL BUSTAN G R A EET ROUNDABOUT B A KEY POST OFFICE HOSPITAL MUSEUM/GALLERY UNIVERSITY POINT OF INTEREST AIRPORT POLICE MOSQUE Based on Lovell Johns data. -
فحص الصفات األمنية اإلصدار السادس تعرف على عملتك Inspect Security Features the Sixth Is
اﻹصدار السادس تعرف على عملتك فحص الصفات اﻷمنية Inspect Security Features Know Your Currency The Sixth Issue اﻹصدار The Sixth السادس issue 2 اﻷوراق الـنـقدية ُالـعـمـانـيـة الجديدة 2020م New Oman Banknotes Series 2020 ما الذي أبحث عنه في What do I look out for الورقة النقدية؟ ?in Banknotes ببساطة، اتّبع هذه الخطوات الثﻻث: : Follow these three easy steps اﻹصدار السادس اﻷوراق الـنـقدية ُالـعـمـانـيـة الجديدة 2020م 3 New Oman Banknotes Series 2020 The Sixth issue ُ خمس 1 Fifty Rials ً ون رياﻻ 4 3 2 4 اﻷوراق الـنـقدية ُالـعـمـانـيـة الجديدة 2020م 50 ًرياﻻ اﻹصدار السادس The Sixth issue RO.50 New Oman Banknotes Series 2020 The Central Bank of Oman A government institution that supervises local commercial البنــك المركــزي العُ مانــي مؤسســة حكوميــة تشــرف علــى البنــوك التجاريــة فــي الســلطنة، مقــره الرئيســي 1 banks. Based in Ruwi, Muscat Governorate, CBO was established on December 1st, 1974. 1 فــي روي بمحافظــة مســقط، تأســس فــي 1 ديســمبر 1974م. يختــص بإصــدار العملــة الوطنيــة، وتنظيــم ورقابــة It is responsible for issuing the national currency as well as regulating and monitoring local الســيولة المحليــة ) العــرض الكلــي للنقــد( واﻻئتمــان المصرفــي. .liquidity (total money supply) and bank credit Oman Council (Majlis Oman) is a legislative council consisting of : 2 مجلــس عُ مــان هــو مجلــس تشــريعي يتكــون مــن: مجلــس الدولــة الــذي يعينهــم جﻻلــة الســلطان، ومجلــس 2 الشــورى الــذي ُينتخبــه المواطنــون. .State Council (Majlis Ad Dawla) whose members are appointed by the Sultan Majlis A’Shura (Consultative Assembly) whose members are elected by the people. Ministry of Finance A government institution located in Wilayat Muscat. It is responsible وزارة الماليــة مؤسســة حكوميــة تقــع فــي وﻻيــة مســقط، وتختــص بإعــداد السياســات والخطــط الماليــة 3 for preparing and monitoring the implementation of the Sultanate’s financial policies and 3 للســلطنة ومتابعــة تنفيذهــا. -
Medical Policy Agreement
SECTION C: QLM QATAR PREFERRED PROVIDER NETWORK – EMERALD PLUS You can choose from the listed provider which can meet with your members’ requirements within the area of cover of your selected plan: CONTACT DETAILS PROVIDER NAME TELEPHONE No. FAX No. PROVIDER TYPE ADDRESS HOSPITALS AL AHLI HOSPITAL 44898000 44898989 In-Outpatient Bin Omran Street Hilal West Area near The Mall R/A, In-Outpatient AL EMADI HOSPITAL 44666009 44678340 along D Ring Road AL MAGHRABI EYE, ENT & D Ring Road near Safeer Center Opp to In-Outpatient DENTAL CENTER 44238888 44646377 Hassan Al-Abdulla Dental Center C Ring Road near Andaloos Petrol In-Outpatient AMERICAN HOSPITAL 44421999 44424888 Station, Muntazah DOHA CLINIC HOSPITAL 44384333 44384395 In-Outpatient New Mirqab Street, Al Fareej Al Nasr Opposite to American Hospital, C Ring In-Outpatient TURKISH HOSPITAL 44992444 Road, New Salata ASTER HOSPITAL 44440499 In-Outpatient D Ring Road, behind Family Food Center HAMAD HOSPITAL & PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTERS On Re-imbursement Basis with (NO) co-insurance Doha POLYCLINICS AL-SAFA POLYCLINIC 44322448 44360572 Outpatient # 39 Al-Kinana St., Al-Nasr AL JAZEERA MEDICAL CENTRE 44351155 44351128 Outpatient Al Jaidah Building, Gulf Street AL JAZEERA MEDICAL CENTRE - MUAITHER BRANCH 44886464 44886363 Outpatient Building No. 312, Furousiya Street AL JAZEERA MEDICAL CENTRE - Building No. 24, Al Seliya Street, BUSIDRA BRANCH 44446062 Outpatient Maither South AL JAZEERA MEDICAL CENTRE - WAKRAH BRANCH 44446030 44140051 Outpatient Building No. 1890, Al Wakrah Road AL MANSOUR