Southwest

Sea level Autochthon A

km 20 40

Northeast
Permian-Cretaceous continental slope Hamrat Duru Basin Hawasina Basin Kawr Platform ? Umar Basin Triassic to Jurassic oceanic crust Thinned continental crust Moho ? Intraoceanic detachment Samail Basin Active ridge Sea level

Tanuf Fanjah Muscat Salakh Arch Jabal Akhdar Saih Hatat Autochthon B Permian margin

Crystalline basement

Moho

Step A

60

Lithospheric upper mantle

80 100 120 km 100 200 300 400 500 600

Asthenosphere

Late Albian 100 Ma

700 800 900 1,000

Sea level
km 20 40

Forebulge Foredeep Samail Nappe Intraoceanic subduction plane

Sea level
km 20 40

Step B

60 80 100 120 km 100 200 300

Intracontinental rupture

Cenomanian 95 Ma
400 500 600 700 800 900

Muti Basin Sea level

km 20 40

Erosion Foredeep margin Forebulge Foredeep Accretion contact Sea level Trias. to Jur. oceanic crust km EURASIAN PLATE
20 40

Crystalline basement

Permian

Step C

60 80 100 120 km 100 200 300

NORTH MUSCAT MICROPLATE ARABIC CONTINENTAL PLATE Intracontinental subduction plane

Turonian 90 Ma
400 500 600 700 800 900

Muti Basin Foredeep Sea level

km 20

Erosion

Continental slope Accretion prism Accretion contact Upper slab Obduction plane Lower slab block Sea level Triassic to Jurassic oceanic crust
km 20 40 60 80

40 60

Step D

80 100 120 140 160 km 100 200 300 400 500 600 700

Early Santonian 85 Ma

Figure 8: Eoalpine geodynamic evolution of the Oman Tethyan continental margin along the Jabal Akhdar - Saih Hatat transect, from Late Albian to Early Maastrichtian. Left border of cross-sections is considered as fixed point. See figure 3 for location.