Browsing Earth Science Cluster by Author "Sadooni, Fadhil"
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Dolomite: Perspectives on a perplexing mineral
Al-Awadi, Mishari; Clark, William J.; Moore, William Ray; Herron, Michael; Zhang, Tuanfeng; Zhao, Weishu; Hurley, Neil; Kho, Djisan; Montaron, Bernard; Sadooni, Fadhil... more authors ... less authors ( research qate , 2009 , Other)Dolomite is a metastable mineral that can precipitate directly from solutions containing magnesium, calcium and carbonate to form cement or unlithified sediment. It can be categorized into two classes such as penecontemporaneous ... -
Geochemical characterization and origin of the Cretaceous Sa’di, Khasib, Mishrif, and Nahr Umr Crude Oils in Halfaya Oilfield, Southern Mesopotamian Basin, Iraq
Al-Khafaji, Amer Jassim; Yonis, Sahar Jassim; Ibrahim, Rafid N.Al; Almarsomi, Shahad; Sadooni, Fadhil ( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2021 , Article)A suite of crude oil samples from the Cretaceous reservoirs in Halfaya Oilfield, Southern Iraq were analyzed using organic geochemistry analysis to study their geochemical characterization and origin. High sulfur content ... -
The importance of microbial mats for dolomite formation in the Dohat Faishakh sabkha, Qatar
Brauchli, Marisa; McKenzie, Judith; Strohmenger, Christian; Sadooni, Fadhil; Vasconcelos, Crisógono ( Springer Verlag , 2015 , Article)The Dohat Faishakh sabkha in Qatar is one of the rare modern environments where it is possible to study the formation of dolomite, a mineral whose origin has been long debated. In previous studies, dolomite formation in ... -
Microbially influenced formation of anhydrite at low temperature
Al Disi, Zulfa Ali; Sadooni, Fadhil; Al-Kuwari, Hamad Al Saad; Bontognali, Tomaso R.R. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2023 , Article)Calcium sulfate minerals are abundant in nature – on Earth and on Mars – and important in several fields of material sciences. With respect to gypsum and bassanite, anhydrite represents the anhydrous crystalline phase in ... -
Raman spectroscopy of the Dukhan sabkha: identification of geological and biogeological molecules in an extreme environment
Edwards, Howell G.M.; Sadooni, Fadhil; Vítek, Petr; Jehlička, Jan ( The Royal Society , 2010 , Article)The characterization of minerals and biogeological deposits in a terrestrial Arabian sabkha has a direct relevance for the exploration of Mars since the discovery by the NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity of evaporate ... -
Variability of blue carbon storage in arid evaporitic environment of two coastal Sabkhas or mudflats
Al Disi, Zulfa Ali; Naja, Khaled; Rajendran, Sankaran; Elsayed, Hadil; Strakhov, Ivan; Al-Kuwari, Hamad Al Saad; Sadooni, Fadhil; Dittrich, Maria; Al-Khayat, Jassim Abdulla A.... more authors ... less authors ( Nature Research , 2023 , Article)Coastal Sabkhas are mudflats found in arid coastal regions that are located within the supratidal zone when high rates of evaporation lead to high salinity. While evaporitic minerals often accumulate underneath the surface, ...