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AuthorEmbabi, Nabil S.
Available date2009-11-25T13:08:37Z
Publication Date1981
Publication NameBulletin of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
CitationBulletin of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1981, No. 3, Pages 25-41.
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/8078
AbstractJabal Al-Qarah is one of the small outlier hills at the Oasis of Al-Hasa, lying at about lOkm ENE of Al-Hafuf Town. The solutional forms of Al-Qarah hill discussed in this paper are as follows : 1. A calcareous duricrust which covers the top and some of the slopes of the hill. 2. Rock Pillars which are long columns of white lime-stone. 3. Huge crevasses which are wide erosional openings along vertical joints. 4. Narrow, sinuous caves inside the hill. 5. Pedestal rocks with mushroom-like shape. Evidences collected from the field suggest that these characteristic solutional forms of Jabal Al-Qarah were developed under a variety of climates by the process of solution, and that their development was controlled by high rock solubility, horizontal beds of varying lithologies, and pronounced vertical joints.
Languageen
PublisherQatar University
SubjectGeography
TitleSolutional Landforms of Gabal Al-Qaraha, the Oasis of Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia
TypeArticle
Pagination25-41
Issue Number3
dc.accessType Open Access


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