Wind and its impact on the geomorphological appearance on Musandam peninsula Sultanate of Oman

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Musandam peninsula lies at the entrance of The Arabian Gulf.

The area affected by the tilting subsidence that had happened in the Tertiary and are still happening now (Falcon, N.L., 1973).

The climate impact on the area’s surface.

The old climate effect on the drainage networks.

The current climate affecting the genesis of the geomorphological phenomena resulting from weathering with all its types.

This study throwing light on Wind as one of the current climate elements formed the peninsula surface.

Study the geomorphological phenomena resulting from wind.

Especially rock chimney as wind erosion feature.

Coastal sand dunes and nabkha .

Study the size and mineral composition of sand deposit in an attempt to identify its sources.

Introduction: Musandam Peninsula forms a marine head separating between The Gulf of Oman, eastward and The Arabian Gulf , westward, sloping from Harem Mountain, southward until reaching Khasab Inlet northward.

In fact, Musandam Peninsula is regarded as a tectonically active area since it is subject to Tilting Subsidence Movement in the direction of Strait of Hormuz, and this movement is still active owing to the moving of Arab peninsula plate tectonic (Falcon, N.L., 1971-1972):, Its collision and subsidence below the Iranian Plate Tectonic, resulting in the marine submersion of some parts of the Arab peninsula surface This is besides forming the submerged coasts and a number of intents that formulate the area coast(Torab , M 2002).