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How was Sharjah formed? the Arabian Peninsula. The rocky lead witnessed region were thriving with many types of marine
huge black rocks with the size of boulders, life about 41 million years ago.
Sharjah was not always in its current location, lined up in a red pot, to narrate the story of
as the continents and oceans of the planet are the emergence of Ophiolite and its exposure to Our geological treasures are globally
constantly budging, which gradually leads to a erosion and washout over 76 to 68 million years. famous
continuous change in the land for its shape and Limestone and fossils witnessed the fossilized
location. The Earth planet is rocky cover, which remains of extinct marine creatures, which have Sharjah rocks store a unique geological history.
includes the continental crust and the upper embedded into yellow limestone at the top of In a process that began 93 million years ago,
rocky mantle) divided into huge parts called the the mountain and the rocks that have broken off a rocky mass of 10 kilometers thick emerged
plate tectonics. from the bottom of the ocean, which was slowly
from it. These fossils are evidence that Sharjah pushed by tectonic crowding to settle over
As these plates float on top of a sticky layer of remained submerged in shallow marine waters the edges of the Arabian Peninsula, So that its
the rocky mantle, they are consisting of molten from 74 to 66 million years ago. Archaeological rocks began to be seen above the surface of
rocks called the core, “Earth Planet during its excavation sites witnessed archaeological sites the earth. This mass is known as Ophiolite, and
history witnessed the collision of plate tectonics where tombs dating back to the Bronze Age were after its rocks appeared, they were exposed to
carrying different continents, and then their discovered, to narrate the story of the ancient the factors of dredging and erosion. This led
coalescence forming what is called the great humans’ inhabitance of this area thousands of to the formation of the Al-hajar Mountains and
continents. The Arabian Continental Plate - years ago. the ground of Jebel Buhais due to its historical
which Sharjah is located in- was once part of a and geological importance. Scientists come
supercontinent called Pangea. Rocks are a book we read from all over the world to study Ophiolites and
This huge mass of land began to disintegrate The land beneath us - and what we are familiar find out what it reveals about the secrets about
about 2 million years ago .Then,this was followed with such as cities, sand, mountains, and even the geological phenomena that the Earth has
by the separation of the Arabian continental plate oceans - are rocks. The earth consists of many witnessed and is still witnessing.
from the continent of Africa. The disintegration types of rocks, which were formed during
resulted in the formation of the African-Arabian different times and different ways. Since each Stops and corners across the walkway
continental plate and its slow drift northward type of rock is unique in its structural and
with a clockwise rotation, so the Arabian compositional characteristics, geologists are The external educational hall
Peninsula moved from its position south of the studying rocks (and the fossils they may contain), Archaeological evidence from the Iron Age
equator to the northern subtropical orbits
to understand the formation of our planet and 2 Ophiolites, aged 93 million years
the changes witnessed. Our planet is a dynamic,
Buhais geological walkway ever-changing and adapting system over million 3 for the story Title written by colors
The scene of Jebel Buhais that we see was not years. 4 “bombs” from lead
always this way. Wander through this open-air The planet has witnessed continents drifting, 5 fossils in the heart of the desert
geological walkway not only to discover clues oceans altered, mountains emerged and others
telling the unique geological history of the disappeared. It also witnessed successive 6 Circumstances that form lead
region, but also to enjoy a wonderful panoramic climate changes, which led to the emergence 7 Student clusters
view, extending from Al-Hajar Mountains in the of other organisms and the extinction of others. 8 Limestone: fissures and pendulums
east to the sand dunes in the west. Look for these In the light of these chronological changes, the
unique landmarks at the stops and corners on rocks represent a historical record that records 9 Panoramic views
the walkway: Ophiolites witnessed rocks that are and verifies these events. This is how Sharjah 10 mushroom-shaped rocks
93 million years old that are established deeply rocks gained its international fame, as it does
in our planet. They were once part of an oceanic not only show how the oceanic crust of the earth 11 valleys
plate that sprang from the depths to settle over is formed but It also shows that the waters of our 12 tombs from the Bronze Age

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