Offshore seismic study of the northern UAE: Implications for rifting and collision tectonics
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Guo Yi
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Ali, Mohammed Y.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
The Petroleum Institute (United Arab Emirates)
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2016
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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110
GENERAL NOTES
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Committee members: Bouzidi, Youcef; Bruno, Pier Paolo
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-37186-4
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
M.S.
Discipline of degree
Petroleum Geosciences
Body granting the degree
The Petroleum Institute (United Arab Emirates)
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2016
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) lies in the north-eastern part of the Arabian Plate between the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. The country is heavily influenced by various tectonic movements. Although the surface geology of the UAE-Oman Mountains have been mapped and studied in detail, the structure of the eastern offshore of the UAE (Gulf of Oman) is still unknown. Geophysics, especially seismic, could provide an image of the subsurface and constrain the evolution of the basin and its sedimentary fill. This study used offshore seismic reflection data recently acquired in the northern UAE to determine the structure and sedimentation of this area.