 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lists available at ScienceDirect China University of Geosciences (Beijing) Geoscience Frontiers journal...on the metamorphic sole of the Semail ophiolite in the United Arab Emirates Nick M.W. Roberts a, *, Robert...Bellville 7535, South Africa University of Bergen, Department of Earth Science, PB 7803, 5020 Bergen, Norway...Available online xxx The Semail ophiolite of Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) provides the best...best preserved large slice of oceanic lithosphere exposed on the continental crust, and offers unique opportunities |  | | Book | | Geology of the Oman Mountains, Eastern Arabia GeoGuide Series Editors Wolfgang Eder, University of Munich...Munich, Germany Peter T. Bobrowsky, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Sidney, BC, Canada...type short monographs focussed on areas and regions of geo-morphological and geological importance including...environmental context of the region followed by in depth and colourful descriptions of each Geosite and its...to allow these beautiful and fascinating regions of the world to be fully enjoyed. More information |  | WOOLLEY, A. R., BARR, M. W. C., DIN, V. K., JONES, G. C., WALL, F., WILLIAMS, C. T. (1991) Extrusive Carbonatites from the Uyaynah Area, United Arab Emirates. Journal of Petrology, 32 (6) 1143-1167 doi:10.1093/petrology/32.6.1143 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Extrusive Carbonatites from the Uyaynah Area, United Arab Emirates by A. R. WOOLLEY 1 , M. W. C. BARR 2 , V..., F. WALL 1 , AND C. T. WILLIAMS 1 1 Department of Mineralogy, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell...occur in the Uyaynah area, United Arab Emirates, within a tectonic window of oceanic metasediments beneath...beneath the Semail Ophiolite Complex at the northern end of the Oman Mountains. The carbonatites form conformable...chlorite, and allanite were produced as a result of metamorphism but otherwise the primary igneous carbonatite |  | | Report (chapter) | | proposal for establishment of World Heritage Sites, National GeoParks and Sites of Special Scientific Interest...click here to seek permission to re-use all or part of this article Subscribe click here to subscribe...Lyell Collection Notes Ā© The Geological Society of London 2014 Downloaded from http://sp.lyellcollection...proposal for establishment of World Heritage Sites, National GeoParks and Sites of Special Scientific Interest...Interest (SSSI) MICHAEL P. SEARLE Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3AN, UK (e-mail: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Printed in the United Kingdom Subduction zone metamorphism during formation and emplacement of the Semail...Mountains MICHAEL P. SEARLE* & JON COX *Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University, Parks Road, Oxford...ā The metamorphic sole along the base of the Semail ophiolite in Oman records the earliest thrust slice...to the base of the ophiolite mantle sequence. In the Bani Hamid area (United Arab Emirates) a c. 870 m...m thick thrust slice of granulite facies rocks includes garnet + diopside amphibolites, enstatite + cordierite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | peridotites of the Semail Ophiolite, Sultanate of Oman and were metamorphosed during ophiolite obduction...data, collected on an inclusion-free kinoshitalite of Ba 0.99K 0.06Na0.01 (Mg2.64Mn0.31Al2.01Si2.03)O10(OH1...37Cl0.02) composition, yielded a C-centered lattice of monoclinic symmetry with a = 5.316(1), b = 9.230(2)...100.06(1)Ā°, V = 492.6 Ć
3 , and Z = 1 characteristic of the 1 M polytype. The structure was refined in two...data clearly suggest that in spite of the Si/Al ratio of 1 assumption of complete Si, Al ordering can be |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from a granulite-facies manganese rock of the United Arab Emirates Received: 31 May 1 9 9 4 / A c c e p...massif near the northern end of the Semail Ophiolite, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), metamorphosed at 800-850~...The galaxite shows approximately 35% solid solution of hausmannite, similar to that reported for jacobsite...the solid solution of galaxite in hausmannite is maximally 7 %. The assemblage of tephroite-hausmannite...indicates a restricted log fo2 of - 9 to - 11 which is outside the stability of braunite under similar physico-chemical |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sedimentological and geochemical interpretation of a transgressive sequence: the Late Cretaceous Qahlah...Formation in the western Oman Mountains, United Arab Emirates A.S. Alsharhan a, S.J.Y. Nasir b aDesert...Uniuersity, P.O. Box 17777, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates b Department of Geology, U.A.E. University, P.O...O. Box 17551, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates Received 8 November 1994; revised version accepted 18 May...palaeogeomorphologic conditions of the Qahlah Formation deposition in the United Arab The Emirates are related to the |  | | Report (chapter) | | lyellcollection.org/ at University of Michigan on June 15, 2015 Structure of the northern Oman Mountains from...from the Semail Ophiolite to the Foreland Basin D. J. W. COOPER1*, M. Y. ALI2 & M. P. SEARLE3 1 6 Calverley...Institute, P. O. Box 2533, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 3 Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University...record the Late Cretaceous emplacement of the Semail Ophiolite and associated subduction trench and deeper-water...piggy-back thrusting was modified by later thrust sheets of PermianāMesozoic continental slope sediments that |  | Rioux, Matthew, Garber, Joshua, Bauer, Ann, Bowring, Samuel, Searle, Michael, Kelemen, Peter, Hacker, Bradley (2016) Synchronous formation of the metamorphic sole and igneous crust of the Semail ophiolite: New constraints on the tectonic evolution during ophiolite formation from high-precision UāPb zircon geochronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 451. 185-195 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.06.051 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Synchronous formation of the metamorphic sole and igneous crust of the Semail ophiolite: New constraints on...on the tectonic evolution during ophiolite formation from high-precision UāPb zircon geochronology Matthew...University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA Department of Earth Science, University of California...USA c Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge...d Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3AN, UK e Department of Earth and Environmental |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | petrogenesis of leucogranitic dykes intruding the northern Semail ophiolite, United Arab Emirates: Ā®eld relationships...Khawr Fakkan block of the Semail ophiolite (United Arab Emirates) exhibits a suite of 10Ā± 100 m scale metaluminous...that the subduction of continental sedimentary material beneath the hot proto-ophiolite in an intra-oceanic...the generation of granitic melts which were emplaced up to the level of the ophiolite Moho. Compositions...that crystallised at variable aH2 O and pressures of 3 to 5 kbar. The LILE (Sr, Rb and Ba) covariation |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Springer-Verlag1993 K-Ar ages of the metamorphic sole of the Semail Ophiolite: implications for ophiolite cooling history...squeezed into the mantle sequence of the Semail Ophiolite. The hornblende ages of 99 + 0.5 and 102 ā¢ 0.8 Ma and...and the 90 Ma ages of coexisting micas from the high-grade metamorphic portion of the sequence are interpreted...interpreted as cooling stages following the peak of metamorphism ( T 800-850 ~ C, P 6.5-9 kbar). The new...new pressure estimates are based on findings of kyanite in garnet-amphibolite and cordierite in quartzitic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Peak Metamorphic Conditions of Garnet Amphibolites Beneath the Semail Ophiolite: Implications for an Inverted...Peak Metamorphic Conditions of Garnet Amphibolites Beneath the Semail Ophiolite: Implications for an Inverted...Francis makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the āContentā) contained in...accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Any opinions and views expressed in...views of the authors, and are not the views of or endorsed by Taylor & Francis. The accuracy of the Content |  | | Report (chapter) | | Structural style and domains of the Northern Oman Mountains (Oman and United Arab Emirates) L. A . D U N N E 1...Denver, CO, U S A Abstract: A variation in the style of comprcssional deformation is observed in the northern...compressional events, the deformation in the deeper portion of the section is charcterized by more widely spaced...fault system creates large hanging wall anticlines of Middle (Wasia Group) to Early Cretaceous (Thamama...structural styles of the two levels are probably related to lithologic variations of the major tectonostratigraphic |  | Warren, C. J., Searle, M. P., Parrish, R. R., Waters, D. J. (2007) Reply to Comment by F. Boudier and A. Nicolas on āDating the geologic history of Omanās Semail Ophiolite: insights from UāPb geochronologyā by C.J. Warren, R.R. Parrish, M.P. Searle and D.J. Waters. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 154 (1) 115-118 doi:10.1007/s00410-007-0182-z | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Nicolas on āāDating the geologic history of Omanās Semail Ophiolite: insights from UāPb geochronologyāā by...discussion on the origin and emplacement of the Semail Ophiolite in Oman. The new UāPb age data published...by Warren et al. (2003, 2005), along with a wealth of previously published lithological, geochemical, structural...assessment of whether the Supra-Subduction Zone model or the Mid-Ocean Ridge model for ophiolite genesis...1988; Nicolas 1989) suggests that: 1. 2. 3. The ophiolite originated at a Mid-Ocean Ridge. The detachment |  | | Report (chapter) | | Technological University on June 18, 2015 Structure of the Jebel Sumeini-Jebel Ghawil area, Northern Oman...W A T T S 2 1 Department o f Geology, University of Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK 2 Department o f Geology and...99775, USA Abstract: Detailed structural mapping of the Sumeini half-window, Jebel Sumeini and Jebel...thrust sheets. The uppermost Semail thrust carrying the complete ophiolite sequence overlaps lower Haybi...displayed in the footwall. Amphibolites and greenschists of the metamorphic sole have been subsequently imbricated |  | | Report (chapter) | | from http://sp.lyellcollection.org/ at University of St Andrews on April 26, 2015 Maastrichtian to early...early Tertiary stratigraphy and palaeogeography of the Central and Northern Oman Mountains S. C. N O L...the periphery of the Oman Mountains. They form part of a geologically distinct suite of strata deposited...deposited after obduction of the Semail ophiolite and thrusting of the Hawasina and Sumeini imbricates onto...eastern edge of the Arabian plate. The lithostratigraphy of Maastrichtian and early Tertiary rocks of the central |  | | Report (chapter) | | polarity in the Oman Mountains: implications for ophiolite emplacement M . P. S E A R L E 1, C . J. W A...J. W A T E R S a & R. R. PARRISH 2 1Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University, Parks Road, Oxford...mikes@earth, ox. ac. uk) 2Department of Geology, University of Leicester, and Natural Environment Research...the structure and metamorphism of rocks beneath the Semail ophiolite in the Oman mountains. Model A involves...during the late Cretaceous. The ophiolite and underlying thrust sheets of distal to proximal oceanic sediments |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | metamorphic rocks associated with the Semail Ophiolite (United Arab Emirates) Edwin Gnos* and Daniel Kurz M...imbricated with the Cretaceous Semail Ophiolite in the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Peak metamorphic assemblages...assemblages in highly oxidized lithologies of these rocks include sapphirine (7 : 9 : 3)-hercynitic ...assemblages in quartzitic rocks are an example of overlapping stability of sapphirine-quartz and spinel-quartz and...types of sapphirine occur within the stability field of Mgrich cordierite. The common association of sapphirine |  | Nasir, Sobhi, Al Sayigh, Abdul Razak, Al Harthy, Abdulrahman, Al-Khirbash, Salah, Al-Jaaidi, Omar, Musllam, Abdullah, Al-Mishwat, Ali, Al-Bu'saidi, Salim (2007) Mineralogical and geochemical characterization of listwaenite from the Semail Ophiolite, Oman. Geochemistry, 67 (3) 213-228 doi:10.1016/j.chemer.2005.01.003 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and geochemical characterization of listwaenite from the Semail Ophiolite, Oman Sobhi Nasira,, Abdul Razak...Department of Earth Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khod, Oman Department of Geology, United Arab Emirates...Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait d Directorate General of Mineral...Mineral, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Oman b Received 12 March 2004; accepted 5 January 2005 Abstract...alteration of serpentinized peridotite in the Semail ophiolite has formed two distinct types of listwaenite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | granitoid dykes from the mantle section of the Oman ophiolite Hugh Rollinson1 Received: 27 February 2015...Abstract New geochemical data are presented for a suite of tonalites, granodiorites, trondhjemites and granites...intrusive into depleted mantle harzburgites of the OmanāUAE ophiolite. A detailed field, petrological and geochemical...āmantle granitoidsā are the product of three processes: (a) the mixing of melts derived from both mafic and...harzburgite host and (c) the fractional crystallisation of plagioclase, hornblende Ā± accessory phases. Geochemical |  | Soret, Mathieu, Agard, Philippe, Dubacq, BenoĆ®t, Plunder, Alexis, Yamato, Philippe (2017) Petrological evidence for stepwise accretion of metamorphic soles during subduction infancy (Semail ophiolite, Oman and UAE) Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 35 (9) 1051-1080 doi:10.1111/jmg.12267 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | stepwise accretion of metamorphic soles during subduction infancy (Semail ophiolite, Oman and UAE) Soret...Universitaire de France, F-75005, Paris, France c Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Heidelbeglaan2...mathieu.soret@ubc.ca Short Title: Stepwise accretion of metamorphic soles Abstract Metamorphic soles are...beneath most large-scale ophiolites. These slivers of oceanic crust metamorphosed up to granulite facies...interpreted as forming during the first million years of intra-oceanic subduction following heat transfer |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (2004) KANONAITE FROM THE METAMORPHIC SOLE OF THE OMAN OPHIOLITE: EVIDENCE FOR HIGH-f (O2) CONDITIONS DURING...Institute of Geosciences, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan YASUSHI MATSUDA Department of Life...Life Science, Himeji Institute of Technology, Kamigori-cho, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan ABSTRACT Kanonaite has...derived from the metamorphic sole of the Oman ophiolite in United Arab Emirates. The kanonaite rims (50 ā®m in...analogue, Fe3+AlSiO5, typically accounts for 3ā12 mol.% of the total. Petrographic features suggest that kanonaite |  | Goodenough, K. M., Thomas, R. J., Styles, M. T., Schofield, D. I., MacLeod, C. J. (2014) Records of Ocean Growth and Destruction in the Oman-UAE Ophiolite. Elements, 10 (2) 109-114 doi:10.2113/gselements.10.2.109 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Records of Ocean Growth and Destruction in the OmanāUAE Ophiolite Kathryn M. Goodenough1, Robert J. Thomas2...2113/gselements.10.2.109 T he OmanāUAE ophiolite is the largest piece of oceanic crust exposed on land, yet...suprasubduction zone ophiolite. A resolution to this conundrum comes from the recognition of at least two different...different phases of magmatism, with the second phase being most voluminous in the northern blocks of the ophiolite...above a subduction zone. KEYWORDS : OmanāUAE ophiolite, suprasubduction zone, Moho Transition Zone, multi-phase |  | | Report (chapter) | | Evolution of the Arabian continental margin in the Dibba Zone, Northern Oman Mountains A . H . F. R O...Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, UK 2 United States Geological...Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester, L E I 7RH, UK 4 Department of Oceanography...University of Southampton, Southampton, S09 5NH, UK 5 Department of Geology, University of Leicester,...Mountains, documents the history of an oblique-rifted (transtensional) segment of the Arabian passive margin |
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