Detrital zircon provenance of north Gondwana Palaeozoic sandstones from Saudi Arabia

G Meinhold, A Bassis, M Hinderer, A Lewin… - Geological …, 2021 - cambridge.org
We present the first comprehensive detrital zircon U–Pb age dataset from Palaeozoic
sandstones of Saudi Arabia, which provides new insights into the erosion history of the East …

New insights into the provenance of Saudi Arabian Palaeozoic sandstones from heavy mineral analysis and single-grain geochemistry

A Bassis, M Hinderer, G Meinhold - Sedimentary Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Saudi Arabian Palaeozoic siliciclastics cover a stratigraphic range from the
Cambrian to the Permian. They crop out along the eastern margin of the Arabian Shield and …

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 …

Lithofacies, depositional environments and stratigraphic architecture of the Wajid Group outcrops in southern Saudi Arabia

H Fahad Al-Ajmi, M Keller, M Hinderer… - …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT The Wajid Group is a Palaeozoic siliciclastic succession of southern Saudi
Arabia. In the outcrop belt it is ca. 500 m thick, whereas in the subsurface, the thickness …

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 …

Analysis of lineaments within the Wajid Group, SW Saudi Arabia, and their tectonic significance

M Benaafi, M Hariri, O Abdullatif, M Makkawi… - Arabian Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The Wajid Group is a Cambro-Permian sedimentary succession in southwest Saudi
Arabia. This group is a well-known groundwater aquifer in the Wadi Al-Dawasir and Najran …

Facies, depositional environments, reservoir potential and palaeogeography of the Cambro-Ordovician Dibsiyah formation, Wajid outcrop belt, Saudi Arabia

IT Abdulkadir, OM Abdullatif - Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2013 - Springer
This paper investigates the facies, palaeoenvironments, controls and sequence
development of the Cambro-Ordovician Dibsiyah formation of the Wajid (Sandstone) Group …

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 …

Integrated geomechanical, petrographical and petrophysical study of the sandstones of the Wajid Group, SW Saudi Arabia

M Benaafi, M Hariri, A Al-Shaibani, O Abdullatif… - Journal of African Earth …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cambro-Permian siliciclastic succession in southwestern Saudi Arabia is
represented by the Wajid Group, which consists mainly of fluvial, shallow marine, aeolian …