The capital lies just beyond the horizon | The Tweig escarpment is mentioned in 's 13th century geographical encyclopedia under the name "Al-'Aridh", though for the past few centuries that name has applied only to the central section of it, around Riyadh |
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High-precision laser scans were used as a template upon which stratigraphic interpretation were made allowing researchers to characterize sub-seismic, flow-unit scale reservoir properties of Jurassic bioherms in an effort to better understand optimum production techniques of this enormous reservoir | This study was a first step towards building a quantitative 3-D geologic model for use as an analog to the lower Arab-D reservoir |
Petroleum geology The Arab-D unit of the Riyadh Group makes up one of the largest in the world.
The escarpment can be thought of as a narrow plateau, though the locals refer to it as a jebel "mount" | Many settlements have historically existed on either side of it as well, such as those of and Al-Washm |
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A view of the Tweig Tuwaiq Escarpment from the west | The hikers climbed around 25km |
Many narrow valleys run along its sides, such as , and a group of towns lie on its central section, including the capital,.
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