Field Trip

Al Jabal Al Akhdar and Wadi Al Muaydin – A Window into Middle Eastern Petroleum Geology

Thursday, 3 October – Friday, 4 October 2024, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.  |  Muscat, Oman

Course Content

Al Jabal Al Akhdar, located in the Oman Mountains (North Sultanate of Oman), offers a unique opportunity to examine the full stratigraphic succession of Cryogenian to Cretaceous aged deposits of the eastern Arabian Plate and its complex structural geological history, with the world’s best exposed ophiolite sequence. This area provides excellent outcrop analogs for the Ediacaran and Permo-Mesozoic petroleum systems of the Arabian Plate.

In this two-day fieldtrip the autochthonous Jurassic-Cretaceous carbonate-dominated succession (Mafraq to Natih formations) will be examined in detail in Wadi Al Muaydin, focusing on their cyclicity and facies, and putting these in a regional context. Overnight stay will be at the Saiq plateau, where ancient agricultural terraces can be visited. During day two the structural history of North Oman will be demonstrated in world-class outcrops, depicting, the Hercynian Unconformity, the Pre-Permian deformation and the late Eocene to Oligocene doming of Al Jabal Al Akhdar in a N-S transect of the tectonic window. The combination of breathtaking scenery of deep canyons, ancient habitation, and worldclass geology, makes this field trip an outstanding event.

Field Trip Leaders

Fee:

$1,148 USD

Registration Deadline Extended:

29 August 2024

Fee Includes:

Transportation

1 night accommodation in a guest house (3rd October)

Field guide

Meals

Water and Drinks

Venue

Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre

Muscat, Masqat

Oman

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