OMAN - DOYEL, William W., and others.

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Hydrology of the Sultanate of Oman: A Preliminary Assessment. First and only edition, classified as confidential and found in only two institutional libraries (Geological Society of London and the Bibliothèque de Géographie, Sorbonne).Oman's Public Authority for Water Resources was formed in 1979 with five district offices (Sohar, Seeb, Nizwa, Mudhairib, and Salalah) for data collection. This preliminary report involved the ministries of electricity & water and agriculture & fisheries for data, local walis via the Ministry of Interior for drilling, the police and Ministry of Defence for reconnaissance flights, and many other officials. Spearheading efforts was a team of five experienced hydrologists - James W. Aubel, W. Donald Davison Jr, Charles G. Graf, James R. Jones, and Keith G. Kennedy - directed by William W. Doyel, who had previously been employed by the Office of Water Data Co-ordination of the US Geological Survey.The contents covers Musandam (Graf), Batinah (Graf), the Northern Oman Mountains (Davison), the Wahibah Sands (Jones), Huqf (Jones), Bajada (Aubel), the Central Plateau (Aubel), and Southern Oman (Kennedy). Doyel's introduction sketches hydrological principles for non-experts. The findings reveal much not only about geography and climate, but also about traditional livelihoods and how these were adapting, for example to increased salinity or demand. The maps show data acquisition sites and generalized hydrogeology on a national scale, while the regional ma

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