Set of 13 adjoining Sultanate of Oman 1:100,000 Geological Maps: Yanqul (NF40-2C); Ibri (NF40-2F); As Suwayq (NF40-3A); Barka (NF40-3B); Sib (NF40-3C); Rustaq (NF40-3D); Nakhl (NF40-3E); Fanjah (NF40-3F); Masqat (NF40-4A); Quryat (NF40-4D); Bahla (NF40-7A); Birkat Al Mawz (NF40-7B); and Samad (NF40-7C)

Language: English

Published by Directorate General of Minerals, Sultanate of Oman Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals, Masqat [Muscat], 1986

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A set of 13 adjoining colour sheets from the major geological mapping project of Oman's mountains. Each approx 76x102cm folding down and stored facing its Explanatory Notes in a clear plastic wallet 17x25cm. The Explanatory Notes are in card wraps with colour photo from the area covered to the front, and index map to the back. Page counts vary from 33pp to 76pp English text (translated from French) including several b/w photos, drawings, sections and maps. They are all ex-ETH Bibliothek Zurich with several stickers and ink stamps including "Ausgeschieden / Withdrawn". Otherwise the maps are very good, neatly folded with some creasing and spotting, a couple slightly worn with closed fold tears; the booklets very good or better; with tears to some wallets. The Omani Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals (MPM) engaged the French Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres (BRGM) to perform the survey during the 1980s-90s. Its primary outputs were a 1/250K series covering the whole country in 28 sheets, a 1/100K series covering parts of northern and southern Oman (approx 30 sheets, including this set), and a 1/50K series for selected high priority areas in the north (East View Geospatial). This set includes 13 sheets published in 1986 of the approx 18 covering the Oman mountains and part of Batinah as follows: Yanqul (NF40-2C); Ibri (NF40-2F); As Suwayq (NF40-3A); Barka (NF40-3B); Sib (NF40-3C); Rustaq (NF40-3D); Nakhl (NF40-3E); Fanjah (NF40-3F); Masqat [Muscat] (NF40-4A); Quryat (NF40-4D); Bahla (NF40-7A); Birkat Al Mawz (NF40-7B); and Samad (NF40-7C). The remaining sheets (not included here) apparently followed in the 1990s. They are based on fieldwork done during 1982-84. BRGM's Resident Manager and Head of Project was J. Caia. BRGM was joined by MPM geologists, and supervised by MPM's Omar Al Amin (geologist) and Mohammed Kassim (Director of Minerals). Its specialists in Orleans backed up the fieldwork with studies (Foreword / Abstract). The boldly colour blocked geology is laid on contemporary topographic base maps prepared under the direction of the British Ministry of Defence in 1983 (for Yanqul, As-Suwayq, Barka, and Masqat), and by Hunting Surveys for the Omani Ministry of Defence in 1984 (for Ibri, Rustaq, Nakhl, Fanjah, Quryat, Bahla, Birkat al Mawz, and Samad). The work follows Ken Glennie's comprehensive geological study of the mountains for Shell during the late 1960s into the 1970s, and is contemporary with related work by the Geological Survey of Japan and University of Bern, and major ophiolite surveys by USGS around Muscat-Ibra (1981) and Open University along the northern coast (1986). (References: East View Geospatial Country Profile: Oman; Rollinson et al, "Tectonic evolution of the Oman Mountains: an Introduction", London: Geological Society, 2014).…

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Title
Set of 13 adjoining Sultanate of Oman 1:100,000 Geological Maps: Yanqul (NF40-2C); Ibri (NF40-2F); As Suwayq (NF40-3A); Barka (NF40-3B); Sib (NF40-3C); Rustaq (NF40-3D); Nakhl (NF40-3E); Fanjah (NF40-3F); Masqat (NF40-4A); Quryat (NF40-4D); Bahla (NF40-7A); Birkat Al Mawz (NF40-7B); and Samad (NF40-7C)
Author
Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres (BRGM) for the Directorate General of Minerals, Sultanate of Oman Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals; Hunting Surveys for the Omani Ministry of Defence; Directorate of Military Survey, British Ministry of Defence
Publisher
Directorate General of Minerals, Sultanate of Oman Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals, Masqat [Muscat]
Publication year
1986
Condition
Good
Binding
Soft cover
Language
English

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