Abstract
The organic carbon content of grab samples taken off the Musandam Peninsula of North Oman ranges from 0.15 to 3.34% and is related to median grain size. Although in general texture is in turn related to water depth, within two of the peninsula's major inlets — Khawr ash Shamm and Khawr Habalayn — the content of organic carbon is also influenced by distance from the open sea. The effect of terrigenous sedimentation is confined to the mouth of the area's major (ephemeral) watercourse, Wadi al'Ayn, and to inshore areas supplied by the products of bioerosion. It is suggested that differential preservation, rather than supply, of organic carbon accounts for the observed pattern of distribution.
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