The Cenozoic kinematics of Qatar: Evidence for high-angle faulting along the Dukhan 'anticline'

New geological mapping and observations made across Qatar favor a fault-controlled model for the Dukhan structure in the western part of the peninsula over previous fold-related and regional erosion models. Regional stratigraphic relationships and sedimentology record significant fault-localized accommodation development. This Miocene basin development may reflect far-field extension in the foreland of coeval thrusting in Oman. The subsequent change in regional tectonics to convergence across the Zagros front is interpreted to have led to basin inversion and the development of the present-day topography and outcrop distribution.