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Jebel Hafit and the Al Ain oases (Eastern Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates): an integrative approach of a cultural landscape through the scope of geodiversity

Christian Giusti
Tara Beuzen-Waller
Rachid Ragala
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Marianne Cohen
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Stéphane Desruelles
Delphine Gramond

Résumé

As it can be seen on satellite images, geological, and geomorphological maps, the Jebel Hafit and its foothills are a rare example of landforms developed at the transition between a compressive area in the east, i.e. the Northern Oman Mountains, and a stable cratonic platform in the west, i.e. the Arabic Platform which, from a structural point of view, represents the foreland of the previous folded domain. The mountains of Jebel Hafit formed in response to two main orogenic events in Late Cretaceous (obduction of Semail Ophiolite and associated rocks) and in the Late Eocene to Miocene (formation of foreland folds). Concerning the environment, landforms of the Jebel Hafit appears today under extreme arid climatic conditions. But, as it is evidenced by the density and variety of archaeological remains that have led to the inscription of the sites on the World Heritage List, the situation was different yesterday.
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hal-01366177 , version 1 (14-09-2016)

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Christian Giusti, André Louchet, Tara Beuzen-Waller, Rachid Ragala, Kosmas Pavlopoulos, et al.. Jebel Hafit and the Al Ain oases (Eastern Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates): an integrative approach of a cultural landscape through the scope of geodiversity. EGU General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria, Apr 2015, Vienna, Austria. ⟨hal-01366177⟩
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