Note: Cover -- Contents -- Timechart -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- 1 Oceans and Continents -- 2 Continents in Collision: Kashmir, Ladakh, Zanskar -- 3 The Dreaming Spires of the Karakoram -- 4 Pressure, Temperature, Time, and Space -- 5 Frozen Rivers and Fault Lines -- 6 North-West Frontier: Kohistan, Hindu Kush, Pamirs -- 7 Faces of Everest -- 8 Mapping the Geology of Everest and Makalu -- 9 Mountains and Maoists: Annapurna, Manaslu -- 10 Around the Bend: Nanga Parbat, Namche Barwa -- 11 Roof of the World: Tibet, Pamirs -- 12 Extruding Indochina: Burma, Vietnam, Yunnan, Thailand -- 13 The Day the Earth Shook: The Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake 2004 -- 14 The Making of the Himalaya, Karakoram, and Tibetan Plateau -- Appendix A: Basic Concepts and Definitions of Rock Deformation, Metamorphism, and Magmatism -- Appendix B: Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z -- Appendix C: Local Glossary -- Appendix D: Chronology of Exploration -- Notes -- References -- Community Action, Nepal -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

Note: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- Geography, History and Exploration -- 1 Arabia: Geography, History and Exploration -- 1.1 Regional Tectonic Setting -- 1.2 Geomorphology and Vegetation -- 1.3 Climate -- 1.4 History of Exploration -- Bibliography and References -- 2 Exploration of the Oman-UAE Mountains -- 2.1 Earliest Geological Explorations -- 2.2 Discovery of Oil -- 2.3 Geological Mapping -- Bibliography and References -- Geology -- 3 Geology of the Oman-United Arab Emirates Mountains -- 3.1 Precambrian Basement Rocks -- 3.2 Proterozoic Sediments and Salt Basins -- 3.3 Paleozoic Sequence -- 3.4 Middle Permian-Cretaceous Shelf Sequence -- 3.5 Permian-Cretaceous Tethyan Basin Sequence -- 3.6 Permian-Triassic Volcanism -- 3.7 Oman Exotics: Baid and Misfah Platforms -- 3.8 Late Triassic Ocean-Island 'Exotic' Limestones -- 3.9 Aruma Foreland Basin -- 3.10 Maastrichtian-Cenozoic Sedimentary Sequence -- References -- 4 Ophiolites and Regional Tectonics -- 4.1 Semail Ophiolite (Oman-UAE) -- 4.2 Metamorphic Sole -- 4.3 Ophiolite Origin and Obduction -- 4.4 Masirah Ophiolite -- 4.5 Late Cretaceous Folding and Thrusting -- 4.6 Continental Subduction and High-Pressure Metamorphism -- 4.7 Musandam Culmination -- 4.8 Cenozoic Deformation -- 4.9 Regional Tectonics -- 4.10 Jebel Akhdar and Saih Hatat Culmination -- References -- 5 Oil and Gas -- References -- Regional GeoPark Sites -- 6 Musandam Peninsula and Straits of Hormuz -- 6.1 Hagil Window, Ras al Khaimah -- 6.2 Wadi Bih, Jebel Jais -- 6.3 Bukha-Harf -- 6.4 Khawr As Shaam -- 6.5 Kumzar -- 6.6 Sal Al A'la, Khawr Najd, Khawr Habalyn -- 6.7 Limah and East Coast -- 6.8 Ras Haffah and Zighy Bay -- References -- 7 United Arab Emirates (UAE) -- 7.1 Dibba Zone -- 7.2 Jebel Qamar Exotic -- 7.3 Masafi Metamorphic Sole -- 7.4 Bani Hamid (Madhah) Granulites. , 7.5 Ras Dadnah Leucogranite Dykes -- 7.6 Khawr Fakkan Ophiolite -- 7.7 Wadi Hatta -- 7.8 Jebel Faiyah-Jebel Maleihah -- 7.9 Jebel Hafit Anticline -- 7.10 Liwa Oasis -- References -- 8 Northern Oman Mountains -- 8.1 Jebel Sumeini North -- 8.2 Jebel Sumeini -- 8.3 Sumeini Window Metamorphic Sole -- 8.4 Jebel Ghawil Exotic -- 8.5 Wadi Rajmi-Wadi Fizh Ophiolite -- 8.6 Wadi Jizzi Ophiolite -- 8.7 Aarja, Bayda and Lasail Copper Mines -- References -- 9 Ibri-Wadi Hawasina-Rustaq -- 9.1 Jebel Qumayrah -- 9.2 Asjudi Window -- 9.3 Hawasina Window and Jebel Rais -- 9.4 Jebel Milh Fold-Nappes -- 9.5 Wadi Hawasina Base of Ophiolite -- 9.6 Jebel Misht Exotic -- 9.7 Wadi Damm, Sint Ophiolite Klippe -- 9.8 Jebel Kawr Exotic -- 9.9 Wadi Abiad Ophiolite Section -- 9.10 Wadi Hamaliyah Ophiolite Section -- References -- 10 Jebel al-Akhdar -- 10.1 Birkat al Mawz, Wadi Muaydeen -- 10.2 Saiq (Sayq) Plateau -- 10.3 Wadi Kamah to Bani Habib -- 10.4 Wadi Tanuf -- 10.5 Al Hooti Cave -- 10.6 Wadi Nakhr Grand Canyon, Wadi Ghul -- 10.7 Wadi Sahtan Shelf Carbonates -- 10.8 Jebel Shams North Face -- 10.9 Wadi Bani Awf, Snake Canyon -- 10.10 Wadi Bani Kharus -- 10.11 Wadi Mistal and the Ghubrah Bowl -- 10.12 Wadi Halfayn and Semail Gap -- 10.13 Hawasina Foreland Fold-Thrust Belt, Jebel Nihayda, Hamrat Ad Duru Range -- 10.14 Jebel Nakhl -- 10.15 Semail Gap -- References -- 11 Muscat-As Sifah -- 11.1 Muscat Ophiolite -- 11.2 Muttrah Harbour Banded Peridotites -- 11.3 Darsayt Ophiolite Section -- 11.4 Ruwi Valley -- 11.5 Qurum-Ras Al Hamra -- 11.6 Fahal Island -- 11.7 Daymaniyat Islands -- 11.8 Bandar Jissah -- 11.9 Bandar Khuyran -- 11.10 Bausher, White Mountain -- 11.11 Rusayl -- 11.12 Al Khod -- 11.13 Fanjah -- 11.14 As Sifah Eclogites -- References -- 12 Saih Hatat -- 12.1 Semail Ophiolite -- 12.2 Wadi Tayyin Metamorphic Sole -- 12.3 Wadi Kabir Fault -- 12.4 Ruwi Mélange. , 12.5 Wadi Qanu Fault and Yenkit Shear Zone -- 12.6 Wadi Mayh Sheath Fold -- 12.7 Wadi Aday Fold Nappes -- 12.8 Jebel Qirmadil -- 12.9 Wadi Daykah -- 12.10 Wadi Serin -- References -- 13 Sharkiyah, Eastern Oman Mountains -- 13.1 Wadi Arbayeen -- 13.2 Dibab (Bimmah) Sink Hole -- 13.3 Majlis al-Jinn Cave -- 13.4 Fins Beach -- 13.5 Ash Shab Gorge -- 13.6 Wadi Tiwi -- 13.7 Qalhat and Jebel Bani Jabir -- 13.8 Jebel Ja'alan -- 13.9 Sur-Ras al-Hadd -- 13.10 Batain Coast -- 13.11 Asselah and al Ashkirah Lamprophyres -- 13.12 Wadi Bani Khalid -- 13.13 Baid Exotic -- References -- 14 Central Oman, Wahiba Sands and Al Wusta -- 14.1 Jebel Fahud, Jebel Natih -- 14.2 Salakh Arch (Jebels Madmar, Salakh, Nihayda) -- 14.3 Umm al-Sammim -- 14.4 Wahiba Sands (Al Sharquiya Sands) -- 14.5 Aeolianite Coast -- 14.6 Bar al Hikman Sabkha -- 14.7 Masirah Island Ophiolite -- 14.8 Huqf Arch and Escarpment -- 14.9 Jebel Saiwan Rudist Reefs -- 14.10 Ghaba Basin Salt Domes -- 14.11 Duqm Rock Garden -- 14.12 Ras Madrakah Ophiolite -- References -- 15 Dhofar and the Frankincense Coast -- 15.1 Wadi Shuwaymiyah -- 15.2 Jebel Samhan -- 15.3 Mirbat Plains Proterozoic Basement -- 15.4 Wadi Rubkut -- 15.5 Wadi Darbat Travertine Waterfall -- 15.6 Tawi Atair Sinkhole -- 15.7 Jebel Qamar, Mughsayl, Rakhyut -- 15.8 Al Hallaniyat (Kuria Muria) Islands -- References -- 16 Rub al-Khali (Empty Quarter) -- 16.1 Ramlat Fasad, Shisur -- 16.2 Ramlat Mitan -- 16.3 Ramlat Barik -- 16.4 Jiddat al Harassis -- 16.5 Oman Meteorites -- References -- GeoParks, Conservation and the Future -- 17 Geo-heritage and Conservation -- 17.1 GeoParks -- 17.2 Water Resources -- 17.3 The Past, Present and Future -- Reference -- Appendix A -- Appendix B.