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    The document provides an overview of the geology of Jordan. It describes how the rocks in Jordan are mostly sedimentary ranging in age from Cambrian to Neogene-Quaternary, with some exceptions. Precambrian basement rocks can be found in southwest Jordan composed of metamorphics, granitoids, and volcanics. Northeast Jordan contains some Neogene-Quaternary volcanics. The basement rocks represent the northern part of the Arabian Nubian Shield and are divided into the Aqaba and Araba complexes separated by an unconformity.

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    The document provides an overview of the geology of Jordan. It describes how the rocks in Jordan are mostly sedimentary ranging in age from Cambrian to Neogene-Quaternary, with some exceptions. Precambrian basement rocks can be found in southwest Jordan composed of metamorphics, granitoids, and volcanics. Northeast Jordan contains some Neogene-Quaternary volcanics. The basement rocks represent the northern part of the Arabian Nubian Shield and are divided into the Aqaba and Araba complexes separated by an unconformity.

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    The document provides an overview of the geology of Jordan. It describes how the rocks in Jordan are mostly sedimentary ranging in age from Cambrian to Neogene-Quaternary, with some exceptions. Precambrian basement rocks can be found in southwest Jordan composed of metamorphics, granitoids, and volcanics. Northeast Jordan contains some Neogene-Quaternary volcanics. The basement rocks represent the northern part of the Arabian Nubian Shield and are divided into the Aqaba and Araba complexes separated by an unconformity.

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    Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Geology of Jordan: An Overview

    GEOLOGY OF JORDAN: AN OVERVIEW


    Khaled Ali Moumani

    Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Geology Directorate, Geological Mapping Division
    moumanik@gmail.com

    Preface

    The geology of Jordan has been studied in general terms since the middle of 19th Century, and
    bibliographies of early works can be found in Lartet (1869), Blanckenhorn (1914), Ionides and
    Blake (1939), Picard (1943), and Quennell (1951). An extensively description of the geology
    of Jordan is found in Burdon (1959), Bender (1974), Abed (1982; 2000), Powell (1989 a,b),
    McCourt (1990); Masri et al. (2014) and in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources
    (former Natural Resources Authority) 1:50 000 Geological Mapping Project bulletins.

    Jordan is located in the northwestern part of the Arabia (Fig. 1). The rocks in Jordan are mostly
    of sedimentary origin ranging in age from Cambrian to Neogene-Quaternary, except the
    Precambrian basemen rocks in southwest Jordan and the volcanics (Neogene-Quaternary) in
    northeast Jordan (Fig. 2).

    Fig. 1: Location map of Jordan (Source: TUBS).

    1. Precambrian Rocks

    The basement rocks (late Proterozoic) in Jordan represent the northern part of the Arabian
    Nubian Shield (ANS). These rocks comprise metamorphics, granitoids, volcanics and minor
    occurrences of sedimentary rocks. The rocks dip to the east and northeast and unconformably
    overlain by thick Phanerozoic rocks (2-5 km thick). The basement rocks in Jordan have been
    classified into two complexes, Aqaba and Araba, separated by a regional unconformity (Figs

    1
    Khaled Ali Moumani
    3 & 4). Numerous dykes representing several phases of activity, trending E-W and NNE-SSW,
    crosscut the plutonic units and consists of acidic, basic and intermediate dykes.

    Fig. 2: Simplified Geological map of Jordan.

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