Browsing Environmental Science Center by Author "Al Disi, Zulfa Ali"
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Influence of temperature, salinity and Mg:Ca ratio on microbially-mediated formation of Mg-rich carbonates by Virgibacillus strains isolated from a sabkha environment.
Al Disi, Zulfa Ali; Bontognali, Tomaso R R; Jaoua, Samir; Attia, Essam; Al-Kuwari, Hamad Al Saad; Zouari, Nabil... more authors ... less authors ( Nature Research , 2019 , Article)Studies have demonstrated that microbes facilitate the incorporation of Mg into carbonate minerals, leading to the formation of potential dolomite precursors. Most microbes that are capable of mediating Mg-rich carbonates ... -
Mapping of aeolian deposits of an industrial site in the arid region using the TIR bands of ASTER and study of physicochemical characters and stabilization of sand erosion
Sankaran, Rajendran; Zouari, Nabil; Sadooni, Fadhil N.; Al Disi, Zulfa Ali; Al-Jabri, Abdulaziz; Al-Kuwari, Hamad Al Saad... more authors ... less authors ( Taylor and Francis Group , 2022 , Article)This study describes the spectral emissive character of silicate and carbonate minerals of aeolian deposits and maps the deposits and sand encroachments that occurred in and around the site 5/6 of Qatar Fertilizer Company ... -
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 ... -
Systematic laboratory approach to produce Mg-rich carbonates at low temperature
Al Disi, Zulfa Ali; Zouari, Nabil; Attia, Essam; Al-Asali, Mazen; Al Saad Al-Kuwari, Hamad; Sadooni, Fadhil; Dittrich, Maria; Bontognali, Tomaso R.R.... more authors ... less authors ( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2021 , Article)Dolomite is a common Mg-rich carbonate in the geological record, but the mechanism of its formation remains unclear. At low temperature, the incorporation of magnesium ions into the carbonate minerals necessary to form ... -
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, ...