Lithosphere Dynamics and Sedimentary Basins: The Arabian Plate and Analogues

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Structural and Stratigraphic Evolution of Abu Dhabi in the Context of Arabia....Pages 3-21
Architecture of the Oman–UAE Ophiolite: Evidence for a Multi-Phase Magmatic History....Pages 23-42
New Constrains on the Thickness of the Semail Ophiolite in the Northern Emirates....Pages 43-59
The Jurassic–Cretaceous depositional and tectonic evolution of the southernwestern margin of the Neotethys Ocean, Northern Oman and United Arab Emirates....Pages 61-100
Forced Folding of the Neoautochthonous Late Cretaceous–Early Tertiary Sequence at the Western End of the Hatta Zone, Northern Oman Mountains....Pages 101-125
Seismic stratigraphy and subsidence history of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) rifted margin and overlying foreland basins....Pages 127-143
Depth seismic imaging using reflection and first arrival traveltime tomography: Application to a deep profile across the Northern Emirates Foothills....Pages 145-158
Forward Kinematic Modelling of a Regional Transect in the Northern Emirates Using Geological and Apatite Fission Track Age Constraints on Paleo-Burial History....Pages 159-175
Paleo-Fluids Characterisation and Fluid Flow Modelling Along a Regional Transect in Northern United Arab Emirates (UAE)....Pages 177-201
Diagenesis of the Khuff Formation (Permian–Triassic), Northern United Arab Emirates....Pages 203-220
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Evidence for Mantle Exhumation Along the Arabian Margin in the Zagros (Kermanshah Area, Iran)....Pages 223-237
structural style of the Makran Tertiary accretionary complex in SE-Iran....Pages 239-259
Preliminary fault analysis and paleostress evolution in the Makran Fold-and-Thrust Belt in Iran....Pages 261-277
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Improvement of seismicity parameters in the Arabian Shield and Platform using earthquake location and magnitude calibration....Pages 281-293
Seismotectonics and seismogenic source zones of the Arabian Platform....Pages 295-316
Seismic zones regionalization and hazard assessment of SW Arabian Shield and Southern Red Sea Region....Pages 317-331
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The Cryogenian Arc formation and successive High-K calc-alkaline plutons of Socotra Island (Yemen)....Pages 335-360
Sedimentary basins of Yemen: Their Tectonic Development and Lithostratigraphic Cover....Pages 361-373
Paleostress Analysis of the Volcanic Margins of Yemen....Pages 375-384
From rifting to oceanic spreading in the Gulf of Aden: A synthesis....Pages 385-427
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Upper mantle anisotropy of Southeast Arabia passive margin [Gulf of Aden Northern conjugate margin], Oman....Pages 429-438
Front Matter....Pages 439-439
Samovar: A Thermomechanical Code for Modeling of Geodynamic Processes in the Lithosphere—Application to Basin Evolution....Pages 441-461
Back Matter....Pages 463-474