The Oman Mountains contain one of the world's best-exposed and best-understood fold-thrust belts and the largest, best-exposed and most intensively studied ophiolite complex on Earth. This volume presents new international research from authors currently active in the field focusing on the geology of the Oman Mountains, the foreland region, the carbonate platforms of Northern and Central Oman and the underlying basement complex. In addition there is a particular focus on geoconservation in the region. The volume is divided into three main sections that discuss the tectonics of the Arabian...
The Oman Mountains contain one of the world's best-exposed and best-understood fold-thrust belts and the largest, best-exposed and most intensively st...