An analysis of the seismic risk is carried out for the Red Sea region for the recorded earthquakes in the area between 1. January 1913 and 31 December 1982. The maximum likelihood method was applied to determine the hazard ...

An analysis of the Globigerinina genera from the Middle Jurussic to Holocene, using the method of Cutbill & Funnell, indicates that a major break of the Globigerinina genera occurred at the Maastrichtian-Paleocene boundary ...

One hundred and thirty nine new chemical analyses of major and trace elements for 26 plutons and masses pertaining to the Egyptian Younger Granites are presented together with the chemical analyses of 13 biotites, 32 ...

This paper aims at demonstrating the usedfulness of remote sensing techniques in identifying various types of coastal sediments around Qatar Peninusla. In this respect, Landsat-Thematic mapper (TM) multispectral data provide ...

The rocks of the Zabara district include ophiolitic and non-ophiolitic sequences. The ophiolitic ones are metagabbro and metabasalt associated with metasediments, whereas the non -ophiolitic sequence includes intermediate ...

Desert roses are crystals which usually take the form of rose petal. They have definite crystal shapes, and enclose sand grains. The desert roses were scattered along an area of about 500m2 in the Ayn Dar area, near Abqaiq, ...

Photogeologic studies of the younger granites in the North Eastern Desert of Egypt using both aerial photographs and satellite images revealed the separation of three successive phases of younger granites with different ...

The purpose of this study is to characterize urinary stones from the United Arab Emirates using mineralogical techniques and compare it with stones in nature. Twenty six urinary calculi were subjected to chemical analysis, ...

This study aims to document the Neocomian to Aptian palynological assemblages recorded in the Mersa Matruh borehole, north West Desert, Egypt. These palynological assemblages, consisting mainly of dinocysts, miospores and ...

Combined microscopic, grain-size and heavy-mineral analyses were carried out on the Bahariya Formation at Gebel El-Dist (type section), Bahariya Oasis. These studies revealed that the formation is composed of moderately ...