“Mid- to Late Cretaceous olistostrome generation ensued sequentially, linked to progressive southwest-directed thrusting of the Semail Ophiolite towards and over Arabia – at first in the northeastern part of the oceanic Hawasina Basin (Umar Sub-Basin) and then in its southwestern part (Hamrat Duru-Sub-Basin). Thrusting steepened slopes, causing seismic tremors, which destabilized slope sediments and triggering olistostrome formation. Ophiolite thrusting over Arabia created the Aruma Foreland Basin. Olistostrome formation in the foredeep ensued last and on the flank of the uplifting forebulge…. The reviewed and novel data may serve as a guideline for future olistostrome studies in the Oman Mountains and may be particularly helpful in identifying the basinal origin of olistostromes in case of fault-bounded olistostromes, unexposed olistostrome contacts and inconclusive olistoliths. Evaluating matrix shales of olistostromes leads to important decision criteria, such as color, oxygenation state and clay mineralogy, to determine the paleogeographic basin position”….more on these olisthostromes