scholarly journals OSL chronology of socio-ecological systems during the mid-Holocene in the eastern coast of the Sultanate of Oman (Arabian Peninsula)

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 102465
Author(s):  
Maïlys Richard ◽  
Norbert Mercier ◽  
Vincent Charpentier ◽  
Jean-François Berger
Keyword(s):  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Eastern Coast ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman

scholarly journals Psychiatry in the Sultanate of Oman

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 14-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamed Al-Sinawi ◽  
Samir Al-Adawi
Keyword(s):  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
The South ◽  
Dominant Language ◽  
Linguistic Groups

The Sultanate of Oman is located in the south-east of the Arabian Peninsula. It has a distinctive history and subcultures. Its seafaring tradition has endowed the country with various ethnic and linguistic groups, with Arabic being a dominant language and Ibadhi being the dominant sect of Islam (Al-Nami, 1971). Oman in the 1970s saw rapid development, triggered by the discovery of oil, which took place under enlightened new political leadership.

scholarly journals Water Institutional Arrangements of FalajAl Daris in the Sultanate of Oman

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Salim Al-Marshoudi
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Annual Rainfall ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Irrigated Area ◽  
Accumulated Rainfall ◽  
Definition Of

Oman, which is located on the Southern East of Arabian Peninsula, classified as holding a semi-arid climate with an average annual rainfall of 100 mm. Therefore, agricultural production in Oman is fully dependent in irrigation. More than one third is supplied by the ancient aflaj (sing. Falaj), which provide 680 x 106 m3 of water per year and irrigate of an area of 26,500 ha. There is two commonly known definition of the aflaj; the locally defined from the classic Arabic root as to divide the water among its shareholders. In addition, the modern technical definition as trenches and tunnels, which are dug in the ground, to convey the accumulated rainfall water table to the irrigated area in the villages. This study explore some of the existing institutional arrangements found within Falajdaris, at the waliyat (city) of Nizwalocated in the Dakhillya governmental, Sultanate of Oman. This study uses mainly face-To-face interviews with local administrative falaj agents to explore and discuss the most operated mechanized of the institutional arrangements. The study concluded that there is strong relationship between FalajDaris institutional arrangements development and physical water variability. Int. J. Soc. Sc. Manage. Vol. 5, Issue-1: 31-42

scholarly journals First record of the genus Oodera Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae, Ooderini) from the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of four new species

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 874 ◽  
pp. 47-68
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Soliman ◽  
Neveen S. Gadallah ◽  
Hathal M. Al Dhafer
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
First Record ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

The genus Oodera Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae) is recorded for the first time for the Arabian Peninsula, from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman. The present study is based on specimens reared from xylophagous beetle larvae of the family Buprestidae (Coleoptera) infesting dead Acacia trees from Al-Dakhiliyah and Dhofar governorates in Oman and Al-Baha, Asir and Riyadh regions in Saudi Arabia. Four new species, Oodera arabicasp. nov., O. omanensissp. nov., O. rapuzziisp. nov., and O. similissp. nov. are described, illustrated and compared with closely related Oodera species. An illustrated key and the xylophagous host records of the species are also provided.

scholarly journals EXPLORING SOCIO-SPATIAL ASPECTS OF TRADITIONAL SOUQS: The Case of Souq Mutrah, Oman

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahood Abdullah Al-Maimani ◽  
Ashraf M. Salama ◽  
Fodil Fadli
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Focal Points ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Systematic Observation ◽  
Spatial Experience ◽  
Mapping Procedure ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
And Behavior

Traditional souqs in the Arabian Peninsula continue to be major focal points of trade, commerce, exchange, entertainment and social interaction. Souq Mutrah, in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman is one of these important regional souqs. This paper develops an experiential walkthrough assessment of three selected urban spaces - market places within Souq Mutrah by examining their spatial and socio-cultural aspects while implementing direct systematic observation and behavioral mapping procedure. The findings contribute to an in-depth understanding of the qualities of the three spaces and the resulting use, activities, and behavior representative of the inhabitants' spatial experience in those spaces. Assessment results reveal important outcomes that include that safety and security is the significant missing factor in Souq Mutrah spaces, which if provided, can attract more users while supporting their needs.

Some Reflections on the Ancient Metallurgy of Sumhuram (Sultanate of Oman)

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 179-196
Author(s):  
Michele Degli Esposti ◽  
Alexia Pavan
Keyword(s):  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Iron Production ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Multidisciplinary Research ◽  
Metal Production ◽  
Ancient Metallurgy ◽  
Shed Light

Abstract Multidisciplinary research on the metallurgy-related items and features from the ancient South Arabian harbour of Sumhuram, in southern Oman, have shed light on ancient copper and iron production and use at the site, pointing out what appears to be a definitely unusual practice in particular for what concerns copper alloying. In this paper, the archaeometallurgical data are summarised and discussed with the aim of showing that the existence of a copper working tradition specific to South Arabian centres can be tentatively postulated and that at least two different networks of metal production and exchange probably existed, centred on the opposite sides of the southern Arabian Peninsula.

scholarly journals Oligochaetes from underground waters of Oman with descriptions of two new species of Phreodrilidae (Oligochaeta): Antarctodrilus arabicus n. sp. and Phreodrilus stocki n. sp.

2002 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 147-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique Martínez-Ansemil ◽  
Narcisse Giani ◽  
Beatrice Sambugar
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Distribution Area ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Underground Waters ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

The study of twenty-nine oligochaete samples collected in 1996 by J. H. Stock and J. J. Vermeulen (University of Amsterdam), in the Sultanate of Oman, allowed us to draw up an initial inventory of the freshwater oligochaete fauna of the Arabian peninsula, a fauna totally unknown until now. The 147 specimens examined belong to nine species of four families: Phreodrilidae, Naididae, Tubificidae and Enchytraeidae. The Phreodrilidae(2 species) represent more than half of the total specimens; whilst the rest belong mainly to the Naididae. Two new species of Phreodrilidae (Antarctodrilus arabicus n. sp. and Phreodrilus stocki n. sp.) are described. Both belong to the subfamily Phreodrilinae,until now not reported from north of the tropic of Capricorn. Other identified species include Dero (Dero) zeylanica, Allonais paraguayensis and Doliodrilus puertoricensis, which are for the first time recorded in subterranean habitats. These studies confirm the hypothesis of the presence of Phreodrilidae in the Arabian peninsula as relict taxa inhabiting refuges in hyporheic/groundwater habitats. The presence of an oligochaete fauna with marine phyletic affinities in underground waters already highlighted in Europe now equally applies to the Arabian peninsula with the discovery of the tubificid genera Aktedrilus and Doliodrilus in the underground habitats of Oman. As these genera already are well known from the littoral marine or brackish water with a wide range of salinity, we have additional evidence that the migration of interstitial marine meiobenthic tubificid species through water of decreasing salinity may be a way of colonising the subterranean freshwaters. The present record of Doliodrilus puertoricensis (Limnodriloidinae), previously known from Puerto Rico and Belize in the western Atlantic Ocean, represents a large extension of its known distribution area.

scholarly journals Productivity of Alfalfa, Rhodes Grass and Their Mixtures in Arid Conditions Under Sprinklers

2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
S.K. Nadaf ◽  
S.A. AI-Khamisi ◽  
A.H. AI-Lawati
Keyword(s):  
Dry Matter ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
The Other ◽  
Yield Potential ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Rhodes Grass ◽  
Arid Conditions ◽  
Green Matter ◽  
Significant Yield ◽  
Very High

The presently existing dominant perennial forages like Rhodes grass, alfalfa and their mixtures were investigated from January 1998 to August 1999 for their productivity as a part of ICARDA’s Arabian Peninsula Research Program (APRP) at Rumais in the Batinah Coast of the Sultanate of Oman. The results indicated that the Rhodes grass varieties produced significantly (P< 0.01) higher green (230.50 - 306.10 t/ha-1) and dry matter yields (52.39 - 67.48 t/ha-1) during the period. followed by the mixture treatments (green matter: 223.51 - 241.76 tfha" and dry matter: 49.02 - 53.11 t/ha-1) and alfalfa cultivars (green matter: 182.05 - 184.04 t/ha-1 and dry matter: 40.83-44.67 t/ha-1). Among the Rhodes grass varieties, Callide had a very high significant yield potential (P<0.05) in terms of both green and dry matter yields followed by Katambora and Topcut, a newly introduced variety. In alfalfa, both cultivars produced similar (P> 0.05) green matter (182.05 - 184.04 film") and dry matter (40.83 44.67 t/ha-1) yields. Among the mixtures, both green and dry matter yields of l: 2 mixture of Alfalfa and Rhodes grass were significantly higher than the other two mixture proportions i.e. 1:1 and 2:1 (P<0.05).  

scholarly journals New faunistic records of cockroaches (Insecta: Blattodea) from Oman

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. e950
Author(s):  
Ali Al-Jahdhami ◽  
Sheikha Al-Shukaili
Keyword(s):  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Present Communication ◽  
Sampling Artifacts

The knowledge of Blattodea from Oman is still incipient. One species of cockroaches are reported from Oman so far and this indicates the large blank in our knowledge in this order when compared to recorded species from other neighboring countries in the Arabian Peninsula.  Blattodea have been collected at various localities in Sultanate of Oman with different sampling artifacts. The present communication records five species of cockroaches from Oman, namely Blattella biligata (Walker, 1868), Heterogamisca Bey-Bienko, 1950, Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758), Tivia fusca Bohn, 2008 from northern Oman and Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Stoll, 1813) from southern Oman.

scholarly journals Cretaceous ammonites from the Sultanate of Oman (Adam Foothills)

GeoArabia ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-74
Author(s):  
Christian Meister ◽  
André Piuz
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Lithostratigraphic Units ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
First Time

ABSTRACT Twenty taxa are described from the Cretaceous of Oman (Adam Foothills). The genera Puzosia, Placenticeras, Cunningtoniceras, Nigericeras, Metoicoceras, Rubroceras and Hoplitoides and the subgenus C. (Gentoniceras) are recorded for the first time from the Arabian Peninsula. Based on the ammonite ranges, a sequence of nine bioevents of the Albian–Turonian is correlated within the zonation, and some markers allow correlations at a larger scale, at least along the southern Neo-Tethys margin. The ammonite data give new constraints for the correlations of the lithological units along the Adam Foothills West-East transect and they question the definition of the lithostratigraphic units within the Natih Formation, especially the Natih A and B members. From a paleogeographic point of view Oman is a landmark for the distribution of the ammonites between the western Neo-Tethys (Europe, North Africa, Middle East) and the eastern Neo-Tethys (Africa, Madagascar and India).

Hydrocarbon degradation at high salinity by a novel extremely halophilic actinomycete

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ratiba Al-Mueini ◽  
Muna Al-Dalali ◽  
Issa S. Al-Amri ◽  
Heiko Patzelt
Keyword(s):  
Pollution Control ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
High Salinity ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Microbial Life ◽  
Halophilic Actinomycete ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Sand And Gravel ◽  
Halophilic Species

Environmental context. Large areas of arid countries, such as those of the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia and Australia, are covered by saline sand and gravel deserts, which until recently were considered to be devoid of microbial life. Although in recent times a large number of salt-tolerant and drought-resistant microbes have been described, their metabolism – especially their potential to degrade xenobiotics – is still poorly understood. The ability to degrade xenobiotics is a prerequisite for the use of such organisms for pollution control and environmental field biotechnology. This study describes a potentially to biotechnologically useful actinomycete that is able to degrade some xenobiotics under saline conditions. Abstract. A new, extremely halophilic, species of Actinopolyspora (Family Pseudonocardiacaea, Order Actinomycetales) was isolated from the saline and arid surroundings of an oil field in the Sultanate of Oman. The strain grows well at salt concentrations up to 250 g L–1 and is tolerant of the presence of high concentrations of aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons. It efficiently degrades alkanes up to C15 and at a slower rate up to C25. Most notable, however, is its fluorene metabolism, which proceeds through several novel metabolites and most likely follows a previously undescribed pathway.

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