ICGAPOM 2012 - International Conference on the Geology of the Arabian Plate and the Oman Mountians

Technical Session Themes

1 - The Arabian Plate Lithosphere and Boundaries

i- Arabian lithosphere: seismicity, geophysicis, tectonics, and petrology

ii- Arabian Shield: evolution, mineralization, tectonism

iii- Arabia-Eurasia convergence

iv- Red Sea and related rifts

2 - The Sedimentary Cover of the Arabian Plate

i- The sedimentary succession of Arabia

ii- Origin and significance of major unconformities

iii ? Structural features within the sedimentary cover of Arabia

3 - Hydrocarbon Systems of Arabia

i- Current status and future trends of the petroleum industry in Arabian states

ii- Petroleum systems and plays

iii- Challenges for optimizing recovery

iv- Gas resources of Arabia

v- Outcrop analogs for petroleum reservoirs and source rocks

4- Ophiolite Genesis and the Oman Mountains

i- Geodynamics of the Oman ophiolite and other late Cretaceous ophiolites of SW Eurasia: Mid-ocean ridge or subduction initiation?

ii-Hydrothermal Processes at Mid-Ocean Ridges

iii- Chemical and Physical Processes within oceanic magma chambers

iv Formation of ore deposits related to the Oman ophiolite

v- Carbonate alteration: Implications for CO2-sequestration

vi- Geobiology of oceanic crust formation

5- Environment and Water Resources

i- Climate Change from a Geological Perspective

ii- Water resources in Arabia

iii- Geohazards

iv- Geoecology

v- Eolian processes

vi- Coral reefs

After adjustments in accordance with the submitted abstracts, the full technical schedule will be made available on the conference website and Second Circular.