Jebel Huwayah "Fossil Valley"

Oman / azh-Zhahirah / al-Buraymi /
 valley, paleontological site
www.enhg.org/bulletin/b14/14_09.htm
www.alshindagah.com/marapr2006/shindaga_arabic_69/fossi...

During early Permian times shallow seas transgressed across the eastern margin of the Arabian continent and a series of marine shelf carbonates was developed on a basement complex of pre-Permian sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks. Sedimentation and reef-building continued through Permian to mid-Cretaceous times (135 -90 million years) but the whole region had stabilized by the Maestrichtian era. Some shallow water sedimentation took place until the Miocene, which witnessed the final uplift and folding of the Hajar Mountains in Oman. In the western foothills, e.g. in the Al Ain vicinity, simple open folds developed and these were a major contribution to the present visual aspect of the region.
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Coordinates:   24°18'31"N   55°50'39"E

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