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Rock Music Oman 2020 – The Crescent of Learning
On January 22, 2020
I’m homeward bound after the 2020 edition of our Natural History & Contemporary Culture of Oman (a.k.a. Rock Music Oman) course. For the past
Oman’s Geological Triple Point
On March 13, 2017
Qantab is a village at the eastern edge of the Muscat metropolitan area, it’s hemmed in by steep rocky hills, and flanked by a
The Road to the Moho
On January 20, 2015
I spent last week in the Sultanate of Oman, working with my colleague Professor Anne Rasmussen to setup a William & Mary study abroad
Dispatches from Oman: Juxtaposition
On January 14, 2014
A new semester awaits 11,000 kilometers away in Williamsburg. Time to depart Oman, but before heading west towards home there was one last mountain
Dispatches from Oman: Fodder for the Tectonic Cannon
On January 10, 2014
I’ve been in Oman for over ten days and seen plenty of deformed rocks—it is what I came for. What follows are a series
Dispatches from Oman: Wadi Jizzi – standing at the bottom of the Tethys Ocean
On January 7, 2014
Our travels in Oman took us north from the capital region in Muscat to Sohar, a drive of some two hours along the Batinah
Dispatches from Oman: Ophiolite to Aflaj
On January 2, 2014
The New Year finds me half-a-world away from William & Mary on a research trip to Oman. I am here starting a project focused