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This according to the local bedou reckoned it was a meteorite hole. The only reference i have found in a geological magazine shows it is a colapsed cave. But it is amazing how much water lies about 10ft down below the AL RUBAL KHALI. The picture taken 2009 unsure which month.
This is a break-through into a karst terrain, fairly common in the region, which is underlain by Paleozoic sedimentary rock. This is NOT a "meteorite hole". There are a number of these skylights, especially in Oman - including the famous 'Ubar site. One opens to a cave big enough to hold several 747 aircraft.
During one crossing of the deep Empty Quarter (from al-Shorurah to al-Karkeer to the Wabar asteroid impact site to Dhahran), I used a VLF-EM system and could map groundwater within 60 meters of the surface. It appears that water falling historically and prehistorically in northern Oman and northern Yemen eventually makes its way to the Gulf as a highly alkali groundwater.
==Jeff Wynn
US Geological Survey
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Lat 19.48.22N Long 55.00.32E For meteorite hole.
Could you say when it was discovered? May be do you know some references?
This according to the local bedou reckoned it was a meteorite hole. The only reference i have found in a geological magazine shows it is a colapsed cave. But it is amazing how much water lies about 10ft down below the AL RUBAL KHALI. The picture taken 2009 unsure which month.
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This is a break-through into a karst terrain, fairly common in the region, which is underlain by Paleozoic sedimentary rock. This is NOT a "meteorite hole". There are a number of these skylights, especially in Oman - including the famous 'Ubar site. One opens to a cave big enough to hold several 747 aircraft. During one crossing of the deep Empty Quarter (from al-Shorurah to al-Karkeer to the Wabar asteroid impact site to Dhahran), I used a VLF-EM system and could map groundwater within 60 meters of the surface. It appears that water falling historically and prehistorically in northern Oman and northern Yemen eventually makes its way to the Gulf as a highly alkali groundwater. ==Jeff Wynn US Geological Survey