Geology, Tectonics and Natural Resources of Arabia and its Surroundings
Product code: SP550
Print publication date: 12/08/2025
Geological Society of London, GSL Special Publications, Earth Structure Processes and Tectonics, Petroleum Geoscience and Geoenergy, New
Type: Book (Hardback)
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 9781786206220
Author/Edited by: Edited by A. Scharf, M. Al-Kindi and A. Racey
Weight: 1.25kg
Number of pages: 501
Online publication date: 23/07/2025
Lyell Collection URL: https://www.lyellcollection.org/toc/sp/550/1
£180.00
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Special Publication 550
The Arabian Plate displays a well-preserved, almost continuous geological record of the last one billion years of Earth’s history and consequently provides a natural laboratory for the study of a wide variety of geological processes. The region is also endowed with major hydrocarbon and mineral resources of global importance. An understanding of the geology and tectonics across the region is essential for the future exploration and production of these resources and for investigating the geological options for carbon capture and storage in the region, which has a significant role to play in the energy transition. This volume provides significant new data on the geology, tectonics and natural resources of the Arabian Plate and its surroundings. A diverse range of papers is presented, offering new data, ideas and review articles on the geology and tectonics of Arabia and adjacent areas covering the Neoproterozoic to present-day.
Scharf, A., Al-Kindi, M. and Racey, A., An introduction to Geology, Tectonics and Natural Resources of Arabia and its surroundings.
Bauer, W., Jacobs, J., Callegari, I., Scharf, A., Schmidt, J. and Mattern, F., New constraints on the geological evolution of the SE corner of the Arabian Plate (NE Oman)
Gomez-Perez, I. and Morton, A., Neoproterozoic-Early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of Oman revisited: implications for the consolidation of Gondwana
Rasaona, I., Edwards, L.E., Collins, A.S., Rakotondrazafy, A.F.M. and Bauer, W., The Betsiaka Group in northern Madagascar: a Paleoproterozoic terrane along the northern margin of the Bemarivo Domain
Whitehouse, M.J., Stoeser, D.B., Flowerdew, M.J., Petersson, A. and Al-Khirbash, S., The Amlah terrane, Yemen – a missing link in the Neoproterozoic tectonic collage of the Arabian Shield
Flowerdew, M., Whitehouse, M.J., Stoeser, D.B. and Badenszki, E., Post-orogenic magmatism from within the Al Mukalla terrane, Yemen: a record of Cambrian extension within a Neoproterozoic arc terrane
Smewing, J.D., Ilic, A. and Razi, M.F., Late Neoproterozoic alkaline intrusives in Huqf sediments; a new reservoir target in Southern Oman
Morley, C.K. and Back, S., The Proterozoic-Cambrian salt detachment zone at Lakhar Kuh, Iran: A seismic-scale analogue for salt stringers, detachment folding, and multi-phase structural development
Moss, J., Tansell, C., Gomez-Perez, I., McCabe, R., Fairey, B. and Al Thohli, B., Chemostratigraphic characterization of the Lower Paleozoic Amdeh Formation outcrops and correlation to the subsurface Haima Supergroup and Nimr Group, Sultanate of Oman
Stephenson, M.H., Palynology of strata associated with the Hercynian Unconformity across the Arabian Plate, from the Levant to southern Arabia
Poppelreiter, M.C., Claps, M., Rankey, E., Rao, N.,Al-Dousiri, M., Al-Anzi, A. and Al-Ajmi, A., Architecture of the Early Jurassic Middle Marrat Formation in Kuwait
Ahmed, A.H., Al-Khirbash, S. and Semhi, K., Mineralogy, geochemistry, and origin of Late Cretaceous ironstone deposits, Oman Mountains
Racey, A., Goodall, J., Keen, M., Stead, D. and Starkie, S., Palynology, micropalaeontology and geochemistry of the Eocene Rusayl Formation of Northern Oman
Szymanski, E. and Stockli, D.F., 40Ar/39Ar chronsostratography and geochemistry of Harrats Ishara and Kura in the Hamd-Jizl Basin, Madinah, Saudi Arabia
Afzal, J. and Racey, A., Early Miocene larger foraminfera from Ras Suwadi, Northern Oman
Al-Helal, A.B. and Al-Mahmoud, M.J., Intra-plate Jal Az-Zor strike-slip faulting deciphering the enigma of local earthquakes in Kuwait
Weidle, C., Glück, E., Deif, A., El-Hussain, I. and Meier, T., Seismicity and state of stress in NE Arabia
Heward, A.P., Morton, M.Q. and Al Kindi, M., The search for petroleum in the Sultanate of Oman – the first 120 years
Al-Kindi, M., Overview of the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Opportunities in Oman
Hofmann, B.A. and Gnos, E., The meteoritic record of Arabia
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