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Abstract
In this chapter the Arabian Gul f region wi ll be described, and the
previous studies related to the problem to he studied in this thesis will be
mentioned.
1-1- Description of the area of study:
The Arabian Gul f is a ncar lv enclosed marginal sea extending in ihc
,~W-SE direction with an opening connected to the Gul f of Oman through the
Strait of l lorrnuz. The limits of the Gulf is 23-31 oN and 48-57°[.
The Arabian (lull’ is virtually surrounded by land masses. The Iranian
borders in the north have high mountains (Zagros) with steep slopes, frcqucutl.
exceeding 1500111 in altitude. Fig. (I-I), On the other side of the Gull’. \\ ilk
extended 10\\’ deserts. gently sloping to\\ ard the coast. arc found iJa~~ing h:
Iraq. Ku« ail. Saudi Arabia. Qatar. United Arab l.mirates and Oman in addit ion
to Bahrain Island between Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The southern shore is nc.ulv
rlat from Iraq southeastward to Oman, Terrain in Saudi Arabia inland or thL’
shoreline is a mixture of sand dunes. wadis (dry washes). and low gravel ridge~,
and dune fields are concentrated within 7.ahran. These fields extend inland
from 139 to 370m, Elevations rise slowly inland to about 510m. South o lAhu
Dabv. with an extension southwest to the mountains ofextreme eastern YL’Il1L:n,
Sand ridges mix with the sand dune fields from the Oman Peninsula south <lnu
eastward to within 93 to 139m of the mountain rang’e- along~ the Gul (’ of Oman-
Arabian Sea coast. Salt faults are common within 28m of the coast along the