Tertiary-Quaternary faulting and uplift in the northern Oman Hajar Mountains

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 871-888

  Kusky, Timothy ^a   Robinson, Cordula ^b   El Baz, Farouk ^b  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hajar Mountains; Oman; Plate collision; Satellite images; Uplift

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; FAULT ZONE; QUATERNARY; TERTIARY; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; WORLD;

EID: 24644522980     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-122     Document Type: Article

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