Mass-production of Cambro–Ordovician quartz-rich sandstone as a consequence of chemical weathering of Pan-African terranes: Environmental implications

D Avigad, A Sandler, K Kolodner, RJ Stern… - Earth and Planetary …, 2005 - Elsevier
A vast sheet of mature quartz sand blanketed north Africa and Arabia from the Atlantic coast
to the Persian Gulf in Cambro–Ordovician times. U–Pb geochronology of a representative …

Impact of kaolinite and iron oxide cements on resistivity and quality of low resistivity pay sandstones

AM Salisu, A Alqubalee, AM Bello, A Al-Hussaini… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2023 - Elsevier
Low resistivity pay (LRP) zones have been identified within many siliciclastic reservoirs
around the world, and have gained significant attention due to their ability to hold substantial …

Characteristics, distribution, and origin of ferruginous deposits within the Late Ordovician glaciogenic setting of Arabia

A Alqubalee, AM Salisu, AM Bello, A Al-Hussaini… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Ferruginous deposits are iron-rich sediments or sedimentary rocks found in various sizes,
shapes, and compositions within sedimentary strata in different depositional settings. This …

Cenozoic epeirogeny of the A rabian P eninsula from drainage modeling

JWP Wilson, GG Roberts, MJ Hoggard… - Geochemistry …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
It is generally accepted that the Arabian Peninsula has been uplifted by subcrustal
processes. Positive residual depth anomalies from oceanic crust in the Red Sea and in the …

Hydrochemical and Isotopic Investigation of the Groundwater from Wajid Aquifer in Wadi Al-Dawasir, Southern Saudi Arabia

M Benaafi, A Al-Shaibani - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Wajid aquifer is considered the main source of water for drinking and irrigation in Wadi
Al-Dawasir and Najran, the southern region of Saudi Arabia. This aquifer has been used …

Petrography and geochemistry of Palaeozoic quartz-rich sandstones from Saudi Arabia: implications for provenance and chemostratigraphy

A Bassis, M Hinderer, G Meinhold - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The Arabian Peninsula hosts a thick Palaeozoic succession, ranging from the
Cambrian through the Permian. It not only contains deposits of the two major Palaeozoic …

Implications of increasing the ferruginous cement on the physical and mechanical properties of the Cambro-Ordovician Wajid Sandstone in southwest Saudi Arabia …

AA El Aal, BS Nabawy - Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the …, 2019 - Springer
The main target of the present study is to characterize the physical and mechanical
properties of the Wajid Sandstones in SW Saudi Arabia and to evaluate its economic value …

[PDF][PDF] Petrography and geochemistry of the Lower Paleozoic Araba Formation, northern Eastern Desert, Egypt: Implications for provenance, tectonic setting and …

HA Tawfik, IM Ghandour, W Maejima… - Journal of Geoscience …, 2011 - academia.edu
This study focuses on the Lower Paleozoic sandstones of the Araba Formation exposed in
the northern Eastern Desert, Egypt, to identify the possible source, geotectonic setting, and …

Impact of authigenic iron oxides, clay content and grain size on the aquifer quality properties of the Cambrian-Ordovician Wajid Sandstone, southwest Saudi Arabia

BS Nabawy, E Ibrahim, A Kahal, HJ Alfaifi… - Journal of African Earth …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Wajid Sandstone is one of the most prolific aquifer sequences in southwestern
Saudi Arabia. The petrophysical properties of the Wajid Sandstone in Gebel Al-Habala …

[PDF][PDF] The MINERALOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY AND THE ORIGIN OF LOWER CLASTIC UNIT IN HUSSAINIYAT FORMATION-WESTERN DESERT OF IRAQ

RA Ali, HK Jassim - Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining, 2022 - iasj.net
ABSTRACT A mineralogical and geochemical study has been done on (20) Hussainiyat
Formation (Early Jurassic) samples in western Iraq. Mineralogical analysis of clays by X-ray …