The Upper Cretaceous Muti Formation was deposited in the Oman Foreland Basin during the obduction of the allochthonous units on the eastern margin of the Arabian Platform. The formation is exposed in various isolated outcrops around Jabal Akhdar Mountain and is located between the Mesozoic platform carbonates below and …
Khor Kharfot is part of a coastal estuarine wetland system located in the western part of the Dhofar Governorate preserving a pristine ecosystem supporting a distinct vegetation and animal habitat. A sand barrier along the khor (local term for wetlands) mouth controls the mixing of fresh and marine water in the enclose …
The Batain coast along the northeastern margin of Oman between Ra’s Al-Hadd and Ra’s Jibsch, is comprised of Permian to Late Cretaceous complex stratigraphy in a tectonically deformed area recording Permian rifting to late Cretaceous Tethys closure events. These rocks are thrust over Mesozoic and older autochthonous se …