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List of publication for faculty members of Geology Program in 2016-2017

Gahlan H.A., Ghrefat H. (2017) Detection of Gossan Zones in Arid Regions Using Landsat 8

OLI Data: Implication for Mineral Exploration in the Eastern Arabian Shield, Saudi

Arabia. Natural Recourses Research, DOI: 10.1007/s11053-017-9341-8.

Gahlan H.A., Obeid M.A., Azer M.K., Asimow P.D. (2017) An example of post-collisional

appinitic magmatism with an arc-like signature: the Wadi Nasb mafic intrusion, north

Arabian–Nubian Shield, south Sinai, Egypt. International Geology Review,

doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2017.1360804.

Azer M.K., Gahlan H.A., Asimow P.D., Al-Kahtany K.M. (2017) The Late Neoproterozoic

Dahanib mafic-ultramafic intrusion, South Eastern Desert Egypt: Is it an Alaskan-type

or a layered intrusion? American Journal of Science, 317, 901–

940. DOI: 10.2475/08.2017.02.

Abu El-Ela F.F., Abu El-Rus M.A., Mohamed M.A., Gahlan H.A. (2017) Cold plutonism in the

Arabian–Nubian Shield: evidence from the Abu Diab garnet-bearing leucogranite, central

Eastern Desert, Egypt. Journal of the Geological Society, DOI: 10.1144/jgs2016-133.

El-Sorogy A., Abd-Elmoneim M., Mowafi A., Al-Kahtany K., Gahlan H.A. (2017) Facies

Analysis and Biostratigraphy of the Miocene Sequence, Cairo-Suez District,

Egypt. Journal of Earth Science, 28 (1), 1–8.

Gahlan H.A., Azer M.K., Asimow P., Al-Kahtany K. (2016) Late Ediacaran post-collisional

A-type syenites with shoshonitic affinities, northern Arabian-Nubian Shield: a possible

mantle-derived A-type magma. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 9:

603. DOI: 10.1007/s12517-016-2629-x.

Abdelfadil K.M., Asimow P., Azer M.K., Gahlan H.A. (2016) Genesis and petrology of Late

Neoproterozoic pegmatites and aplites associated with the Taba metamorphic complex

in southern Sinai, Egypt. Geologica Acta, Vol. 14, Nº 3.

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Azer M.K., Obeid M.A., Gahlan H.A. (2016) Late Neoproterozoic layered mafic intrusion of

arc-affinity in the Arabian-Nubian Shield: A case study from the Shahira layered mafic

intrusion, southern Sinai, Egypt. Geologica Acta, Vol. 14, Nº 3.

Abu El-Rus M.A., Chazot G., Vannucci R., Gahlan H.A., Boghdady G.Y., Paquette J.-L.

(2016) Softening of sub-continental lithosphere prior rifting: Evidence from

clinopyroxene chemistry in peridotite xenoliths from Natash volcanic province, SE

Egypt. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. Online.

Belkacim S., Gasquet D., Liégeois J.-P., Arai S., Gahlan H.A., Ahmed H., Ishida Y., Ikenne

M. (2016) The Ediacaran volcanic rocks and associated mafic dykes of the Ouarzazate

Group (Anti-Atlas, Morocco): Clinopyroxene composition, whole-rock geochemistry

and Sr-Nd isotopes constraints from the Ouzellarh-Siroua salient (Tifnoute

valley). Journal of African Earth Sciences. Online.

Chanouan L., Ikenne M., Gahlan H.A., Arai S., Youbi N. (2016) Petrologicalcharacteristics of

mantle xenoliths from the Azrou-Timahdite quaternary basalts, middle atlas, Morocco:

A mineral chemistry perspective. Journal of African Earth Sciences. DOI:

10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2016.09.004.

Al-Kahtany K.M., El-Sorogy A.S., Youssef M., Gahlan H.A. (2016) Stratigraphy and

depositional environments of the Upper Cretaceous Aruma Formation, Central Saudi

Arabia. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 9:330. DOI: 10.1007/s12517-016-2361-6.

Khater A.E.M., Galmed M.A., Nasr M. M. and El-Taher A. (2016): Uranium and rare earth

elements in Hazm El-Jalamid phosphate, Saudi Arabia: concentrations and

geochemical patterns Comparison, Environ Earth Sci (2016) 75:1261.

El-Sorogy A.S., Galmed M.A., Al-Kahtany Kh., and Al-Zahrani A. (2017) Microfacies and

diagenesis of the Middle Jurassic Dhruma carbonates, southwest Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,

Journal of African Earth Sciences 130 (2017) 125-133.

D Chandrasekharam, A Lashin, N Al Arifi, A. M. Al Bassam, C Varun 2016, Desalination of

Seawater using Geothermal Energy to Meet Future Fresh Water Demand of Saudi

Arabia ,Water Resources Management, 112.

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D Chandrasekharam, A Lashin, N Al Arifi, A. M. Al-Bassam, C Varun, 2016, Geothermal

energy potential of eastern desert region, Egypt Environmental Earth Sciences 75 (8),

115.

D Chandrasekharam, A Lashin, N Al Arifi, A. M. Al-Bassam, 2016, Red Sea geothermal

provinces, CRC Press, UK.

A. M. Al-Bassam, FK Zaidi 2016, Aqueducts in Saudi Arabia, Chapter 13 In Angelakis, A.

N., Chiotis, E., Eslamian, S., & Weingartner, H. (Eds.). Underground Aqueducts

Handbook, 211-228.

Kassem O. M. K., Abdullah L.A. Almutairi, Abdel Aziz M. Al Bassam, Hussain J. Al Faifi,

2016: Relationship between finite Strain and tectonic setting IN the Ar-Ruwaydah area,

eastern Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, DOI

10.1007/s12517-016-2760-8.

Kassem, O. M. K., Habes A. Ghrefat, Haider Zaman, Awni T. Batayneh, Saad Almogren,

Yousef Nazzal, and Eslam Elawadi 2016: Integrated remote sensing and Structural

analysis studies of Tayyib Al-Ism area, Northwestern Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia,

Indian Remote sensing Journal, vol. 44, No. 1, pp 91-99.

Kassem, O. M. K., Abd El Rahim S. H., El Nashar E. R., & Kaled M.AL-Kahtany, 2016:

Application of Kinematic vorticity for the wall rock alterations of Shear Zone in

metavolcanic-Sedimentary rocks at Dungash gold mining, Central Eastern Desert,

Egypt. Geology of Ore Deposits, Vol. 58, No. 6, pp 533-549.

Kassem O. M. K., Abdullah L.A. Almutairi, Abdel Aziz M. Al Bassam, Hussain J. Al Faifi,

2016: Relationship between finite Strain and tectonic setting IN the Ar-Ruwaydah area,

eastern Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Volume 9,

Issue 19:728, 1-10 (DOI 10.1007/s12517-016-2760-8).

Faisal K. Zaidi, Yousef Nazzal, Abdulaziz Al-Bassam, Hussain Alfaifi and Osama M. K.

Kassem 2016: Selection of Potential Sites for Artificial Groundwater Recharge Using

GIS: a Case Study from North Western Saudi Arabia. 7 International Conferences on

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Water Resources and the Arid Environments (ICWRAE 7), 4-6 December 2016,

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Yousef A. Al-Amri and Kassem, O. M. K. 2017: The effect of finite strain and deformation

history of Halaban area, eastern Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia. Arabian Journal of

Geosciences, Volume 10, Issue 2: 32, 1-12. DOI 10.1007/s12517-016-2829-4).

Faisal K. Zaidi, Abdulaziz M. Al-Bassam, Osama M. K. Kassem, Hussain J. Alfaifi, Saad M.

Alhumidan 2017: Factors influencing the major ion chemistry in the Tihama coastal

plain of southern Saudi Arabia: evidences from hydrochemical facies analyses and

ionic relationships. Environ Earth Sci, 76:472 (DOI 10.1007/s12665-017-6817-0).

Kassem, O. M. K. and Zakaria Hamimi 2017: Finite strain analysis of Fatima Shear Zone in

Western Arabia. Geotectonics, in press.

Al-Saleh, A. M. (2016). Assessing the potential of two typical layered complexes from the

Arabian Shield for hosting Ni-Cu mineralization through stream sediment

geochemistry. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 9(6), 1-17.

Al-Saleh, A. M. (2017). Enhancement of stream-sediment dispersion trails using R-mode

factor analysis: an example from Wadi Kamal layered complex, NW Arabian

Shield. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, geochem2016-022.

Al-Dabbagh, M. E. and. El-Sorogy A. S., 2016, Diagenetic Alterations of the Upper Jurassic

Scleractinian Corals, Hanifa Formation, Jabal Al-Abakkayn, Central Saudi Arabia,

Journal of Geological Society of India, Volume 87, pp 337-344 (ISI)

Tawfik, M., Al-Dabbagh, M. E. and. El-Sorogy A. S., 2016, Sequence stratigraphy of the late

middle Jurassic open shelf platform of the Tuwaiq Mountain Limestone Formation,

central Saudi Arabia, Proceeding of the Geologists' Association, Volume 127, Issue 3,

pp. 395-412. (ISI)

El-Sorogy, A.S., Almadani, S. A. and M. E., Al-Dabbagh, 2016, Microfacies and diagenesis

of the reefal limestone, Callovian Tuwaiq Mountain Limestone Formation, central

Saudi Arabia, Journal of African Earth Sciences, 115, pp.63-70 (ISI)

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Al-Amri, A.M. A. Rodgers , S. Hansen , A. Nyblade and M. Al- Dabbagh, 2017, Crustal and

Upper Mantle Structures beneath the Arabian Shield and Red Sea, in F. Roure et al.

(eds.), Lithosphere Dynamics and Sedimentary Basins of the Arabian Plate and

Surrounding Areas, Frontiers in Earth Sciences, Springer International Publishing,

pp.3-29 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-44726-1_1

Al-Dabbagh, M.E., Khalil,M. and Basyoni, M.H., 2017, An Overview of the Khuff Formation

in the Greater Arabian Basin with special emphasis of the Northern Khuff in Saudi

Arabia, Sent for Publication to the Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Taisser Zumlot, Awni Batayneh, Haider Zaman, Habes Ghrefat, Saad Mogren, 2016.

Statistical analysis of different chemical elements in groundwater of northwestern

Saudi Arabia. Journal geological society of India, vol.87, pp.469-475

Hisham Gahlan, Habes Ghrefat, 2017. Delineation of gossan zones in arid regions by Landsat

8 (OLI): An application to mineral exploration in the Eastern Arabian Shield, Saudi

Arabia. Natural Resources Research Journal, DOI: 10.1007/s11053-017-9341-8.

Yousef Nazzala, Fares M. Howari, Habes Ghrefat, H. A. Kishawy, 2017. Use of Remote

Sensing Data in Assessment Land Cover Changes, Land Use Patterns and Land

Capabilities in Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Ecology and

Development Vol. 32(3), pp.12-26 ·

Habes Ghrefat, Yousef Nazzal, Mahmoud El Wahedi, Nassir S. N. Al-Arifi, Faisal K. Zaidi,

Izrar Ahmed, Saeed A. Al-Shaltoni. Mapping Land Cover patterns at the Ghuwaymid

Sabkha, Saudi Arabia Using ASTER Reflectance Data. Accepted in Nova Publishers,

New York, USA.

Habes A. Ghrefat, Munazzam Ali Mahar, Fares M. Howari and Philip Goodell, 2016. Major

Type of Uranium Deposits, Production and Resources. In: Benjamin Veress and Jozsi

Szigethy (Editors): Horizons in Earth Science Research. Volume 15. Nova Publishers,

New York, USA.

Kassem, O.; Almutairi, A.; Al Bassam, A. and Alfaifi, H. (2016): Relationship between finite

strain and tectonic setting in the Ar-Ruwaydah area, eastern Arabian Shield, Saudi

Arabia. Arabian Journal of Geosciences; 9:728.

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Talal Alharbi, Hussain Alfaifi, Abdelbaset El-Sorogy (2017): Metal pollution in Al-Khobar

seawater, Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia. Marine Pollution Bulletin 119, pp. 407–415

Almadani S., Alfaifi, H., Al-Amri, A., Fnais, M., Ibrahim, E., Kamal Abdelrahman, and

Mohammed Shehata (2017): Hydrochemical characteristics and evaluation of the

granite aquifer in the Alwadeen area, Southwest Saudi Arabia. Arab. J. Geosci.,

10:139,

Alfaifi, H.; Abdelfatah, M.; Kamal Abdelrahman; Zaidi, F.; Ibrahim, E.and Alarifi, N. (2016).

“Groundwater Management scenarios for the Biyadh - Wasia Aquifer Systems in the

eastern part of Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia’’. Accepted in Journal of Journal of the

Geological Society of India.

FK Zaidi, AM Al-Bassam, OMK Kassem, HJ Alfaifi, SM Alhumidan 2017: Factors

influencing the major ion chemistry in the Tihama coastal plain of southern Saudi

Arabia: evidences from hydrochemical facies analyses and ionic relationships,

Environmental Earth Sciences 76 (14), 472.

Alfaifi, H., Albassam, A.; Kahal, A., Ibrahim, E., Kamal Abdel Rahman, Zaidi, F., Alhumidan,

S., Alarifi, N. and Loni, O. (2017): Hydrochemistry and Groundwater Quality

Assessment along Wadi Al-Showat, Khamis Mushayt District, South-west Saudi

Arabia. Accepted Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Ibrahim, E. Ghazala, H., Elawadi, E. Alfaifi, H. and Abdelrahman, K. (2017): Structural

Depocenters Control the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer, Southwestern Desert, Egypt:

Inferences from Aeromagnetic Data (accepted for publication).

Almadani, S, Ibrahim, E., Kamal Abdelrahman, Zaidi, F., Alfaifi, H., Fnais, M. (2017): A

geoelectric resistivity exploration of a fractured granite aquifer in the Alwadeen area,

Southwest Saudi Arabia. (Under publication).

Alfaifi, H., Kahal, A., Ibrahim, E., Abdelrahman, K., Zaidi, F., Alhumaidan, S. (2017):

Integrated geophysical investigation to assess seawater intrusion into the coastal

aquifer in the southwest of Saudi Arabia (Under publication).

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Alharbi, T., Alfaifi, H., El-Sorogy, A. (2017) Metal pollution in Al-Khobar seawater, Arabian

Gulf, Saudi Arabia. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 119, 407–415.

Alharbi, T., El-Sorogy, A. (2017) Assessment of metal contamination in coastal sediments of

Al-Khobar area, Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia. Journal of African Earth Sciences 129,

458-468.

EL-Sorogy, A.S., Almadani, S.A., Al-Dabbagh, M.E. (2016) Microfacies and diagenesis of

the reefal limestone, Callovian Tuwaiq Mountain Limestone Formation, central Saudi

Arabia. Journal of African Earth Sciences 115: 63-70.

El-Sorogy, A.S., Youssef, M., Al-Kahtany, KH., Al-Otaibi, N., 2016. Assessment of arsenic

in coastal sediments, seawaters and molluscs in the Tarut Island, Arabian Gulf, Saudi

Arabia. Journal of African Earth Sciences 113 (2016) 65-72.

EL-Sorogy, A.S., Tawfik, M, Almadani, S.A., Attiah, A. (2016) Assessment of toxic metals

in coastal sediments of the Rosetta area, Mediterranean Sea, Egypt. Environ Earth Sci,

75:398

El-Sorogy, A.S., Youssef, M., Al-Kahtany, Kh., Al-Otaibi, N., 2016. Distribution of intertidal

molluscs along Tarut Island coast, Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia. Pakistan J. Zool.,

48(3), 611-623.

El-Sorogy A.S., Al-Kahtany, Kh.M. and El-Asmar, H. (2016): Marine benthic invertebrates

of the Upper Jurassic Tuwaiq Mountain Limestone, Khashm Al-Qaddiyah, Central

Saudi Arabia.- Journal of African Earth Sciences. 97: 161–172.

Youssef,M., El-Sorogy, A. S., Al-Sabrouty, M., and Al-Otaiby, N. (2014): Invertebrate shells

as pollution bio-indicators, Gebel El-Zeit area, Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Indian Journal of

Geo-Marine Sciences,43 (8), 1465-1474.

Al-Dabbagh, M. E. and El-Sorogy, A. S. (2016) Diagenetic alterations of the Upper Jurassic

scleractinian corals, Hanifa Formation, Jabal Al-Abakkayn, Central Saudi Arabia.

Journal of the Geological Society of India, 87, 337-344.

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Al-Kahtany, Kh., El-Sorogy, A. S. and Youssef, M. (2016) Stratigraphy and depositional

environments of the Upper Cretaceous Aruma Formation, Central Saudi Arabia. Arab

J Geosci 9:330.

Tawfik, M., El-Sorogy, A.S. and Moussa, M. (2016) Metre-scale cyclicity in Middle Eocene

platform carbonates in northern Egypt: Implications for facies development and

sequence stratigraphy. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 119: 238-255.

Tawfik, M., Al-Dabbagh, M. E. and El-Sorogy, A. S. (2016) Sequence stratigraphy of the late

middle Jurassic open shelf platform of the Tuwaiq Mountain Limestone Formation,

central Saudi Arabia. Proc. Geol. Assoc. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association

127: 395–412.

El-Sorogy, A. S., Abdel-Wahab, M., Ziko, A. and Shehata, W. (2016) Impact of some trace

metals on bryozoan occurrences, Red Sea coast, Egypt. Indian Journal of Geomarine

Sciences, 45(1), 86-99.

Youssef, M., Hefny, M. and El Sorogy, A. S. (2016). Microfacies analysis and

cyclostratigraphy of the upper Cretaceous- lower Paleogene succession of Bir Dakhel

section, North Eastern Desert, Egypt. Journal of geological society of India, 87: 610-

622.

Farouk, Sh., Elamri, Z., El-Sorogy, A. (2016): Thanetian transgressive-regressive sequences

based on foraminiferal paleobathymetry at Gebel Matulla, west-central Sinai, Egypt.

Journal of African Earth Sciences, 121, 210-218.

Youssef, M. and El-Sorogy, A. (2016) Environmental assessment of heavy metal

contamination in bottom sediments of Al-Kharrar lagoon, Rabigh, Red Sea, Saudi

Arabia. Arab J Geosci (2016) 9:474.

El-Asmar, H., Taha, M. and El-Sorogy, A. (2016) Morphodynamic changes as an impact of

human intervention at the Ras El-Bar-Damietta Harbor coast, NW Damietta

Promontory, Nile Delta, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences Journal 124: 323-

339.

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Youssef, M., El-Sorogy, A. S. and Al-Kahtany, Kh. (2016) Distribution of mercury in

molluscs, seawaters and coastal sediments of Tarut Island, Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia.

Journal of African Earth Sciences 124: 365-370.

El-Sorogy, A., Youssef, M. and Al-Kahtany, Kh. (2016) Integrated assessment of the Tarut

Island coast, Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia. Environ Earth Sci, 75: 1336.

El-Sorogy, A., Ismail, A., Youssef, M. and Nour, H. (2016) Facies development and

paleoenvironment of the Hajajah Limestone Member, Aruma Formation, central Saudi

Arabia. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 124: 355-364.

Alharbi, T., El-Sorogy, A. (2017) Assessment of metal contamination in coastal sediments of

Al-Khobar area, Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia. Journal of African Earth Sciences 129,

458-468.

Ozer, S., El-Sorogy, A. (2017) New record of Durania cornupastoris (rudist) from the

Campanian of the Aruma Formation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Description and

biogeographic remarks. Journal of African Earth Sciences 129, 380-389.

El-Sorogy, A. S., Abd-Elmoneim, M., Mowafi, A., Khaled Al-Kahtany, Hisham Gahlan

(2017) Facies Analysis and Biostratigraphy of the Miocene Sequence, Cairo-Suez

District, Egypt. Journal of Earth Science, 28 (1), 001–008.

Alharbi, T., Alfaifi, H., El-Sorogy, A. (2017) Metal pollution in Al-Khobar seawater, Arabian

Gulf, Saudi Arabia. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 119, 407–415.

Nour, H, El-Sorogy, A.S. (2017) Distribution and enrichment of heavy metals in Sabratha

coastal sediments, Mediterranean Sea, Libya. Journal of African Earth Sciences 134,

222-229.

Youssef, M., Ismail, A., El-Sorogy, A.S. (2017) Paleoecology and paleobiogeography of

Paleocene ostracods in Dineigil area, South Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of African

Earth Sciences 131, 62-70.

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Tawfik, M., El-Sorogy, A.S., Moussa, M. (2017). Relationships between sequence

stratigraphy and diagenesis of corals and foraminifers in the Middle Eocene, northern

Egypt. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, doi:10.3906/yer-1602-2.

El-Sorogy, A.S., Galmed, M.A., Al-Kahtany, Kh., Al-Zahrani, A. (2017). Microfacies and

diagenesis of the Middle Jurassic Dhruma carbonates, southwest Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Journal of African Earth Sciences, 130, 125-133.

El-Sorogy, A.S., Gameil, M., Youssef, M., Al-Kahtany, Kh. (2017). Stratigraphy and

macrofauna of the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) Marrat Formation, central Saudi Arabia.

Journal of African Earth Sciences 134, 476-492.

El-Sorogy, A.S., Nour, H. (2017). On the occurrence of Campanian rudist biostrome, Aruma

Formation, Central Saudi Arabia. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Science, 46 (4), 780-

784.

Fnais, M., Ibrahim, E., Abd El-Motaal, E., Abdelrahman, K, Al-Heniedi, A., Al-Kahtany, Kh

(2016): Structural Development of Northwest Saudi Arabia Using Aeromagnetic and

Seismological Data. Journal of Earth Science, 27(6), 998–1007. doi:10.1007/S12583-

016-0904-0.

Zaidi, F. K., Al-Bassam, A. M., Kassem, O. M., Alfaifi, H. J., & Alhumidan, S. M. (2017).

Factors influencing the major ion chemistry in the Tihama coastal plain of southern

Saudi Arabia: evidences from hydrochemical facies analyses and ionic relationships.

Environmental Earth Sciences, 76(14), 472.

Abdelfattah, A. K., Al-Amri, A., Abd el-aal, A., Zaidi, F. K., Fnais, M., Almadani, S., & Al-

Arifi, N. (2017). The 23 January 2014 Jizan earthquake and its tectonic implications in

southwestern Saudi Arabia. Tectonophysics, 712-713, 494-502

Alfaifi H., Abdelfatah M., Hassanein K., Zaidi F.K., Ibrahim E. & Alarifi N. (2017).

Groundwater Management scenarios for the Biyadh - Wasia Aquifer Systems in the

eastern part of Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia". Journal of the Geological Society of

India. 89(6), 617-740.

Almadani, S., Alfaifi, H., Al-Amri, A., Fnais, M., Ibrahim, E., Abdelrahman, K., Shehata, M.,

& Zaidi, F. (2017). Hydrochemical characteristics and evaluation of the granite aquifer

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in the Alwadeen area, southwest Saudi Arabia. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 10(6),

139

Alharbi O. A., Loni O. A. & Zaidi F. K. (2017). Hydrochemical assessment of groundwater

from shallow aquifers in parts of Wadi Al Hamad, Madinah, Saudi Arabia. Arabian

Journal of Geosciences, 10 (35).

Rahman, S. M., Faruk, M. O., Rahman, M. H., Keramat, M., Nawawi, M., & Zaidi, F. K.

(2016). Group velocity dispersion analysis in northern Peninsular Malaysia. Arabian

Journal of Geosciences, 9(13), 623.

Zaidi, F. K., Mogren, S., Mukhopadhyay, M., & Ibrahim, E. (2016). Evaluation of

groundwater chemistry and its impact on drinking and irrigation water quality in the

eastern part of the Central Arabian graben and trough system, Saudi Arabia. Journal of

African Earth Sciences, 120, 208-219.

Nazzal, Y., Zaidi, F. K., Abuamarah, B. A., Ahmed, I., Howari, F. M., Naeem, M., & Al-

Kahtany, K. M. (2016). Evaluation of metals that are potentially toxic to agricultural

surface soils, using statistical analysis, in northwestern Saudi Arabia. Environmental

Earth Sciences, 75(2), 1-10.

El-Sorogy, A., Youssef, M., Al-Kahtany, Kh., Al-Otaiby, N. (2016): Assessment of Arsenic

in coastal sediments, seawaters and molluscs of Tarut Island, Arabian Gulf, Saudi

Arabia. Journal of African earth Sciences. 113, 65-72.

Youssef, M. (2016): Calcareous nannofossils and paleoenvironments of the Paleocene/Eocene

thermal maximum (PETM) interval in central Egypt. Journal of African earth Sciences.

114, 203-219.

El-Sorogy, A., Youssef, M., Al-Kahtany, Kh., Al-Otaibi, N. (2016): Intertidal Mollusks as

Pollution indicators, Tarut coast, Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia. Pakistan journal of

zoology. 48(3), 611-623.

AlKahtany, Kh., El-Sorogy, A., Youssef, M. (2016): Stratigraphy and depositional

environments of the Upper Cretaceous Aruma Formation, Central Saudi Arabia.

Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 9:330 DOI 10.1007/s12517-016-2361-6.

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Youssef, M., Hefny, M., El-Sorogy, A. (2016): Bio- and microfacies analysis and depositional

sequences of Bir Dakhl, North Eastern Desert, Egypt. Journal of geological society of

India. 87 (5), 610-622.

Youssef, M., El-Sorogy, A. (2016): Environmental assessment of heavy metal contamination

in bottom sediments of Al-Kharrar lagoon, Rabigh, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. Arabian

Journal of Geosciences. 9:474 DOI 10.1007/s12517-016-2498-3.

Youssef, M., El-Sorogy, A., Al-Kahtany, Kh. (2016). Distribution of Mercury in molluscs,

seawaters and coastal sediments of Tarut Island, Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia. Journal

of African earth Sciences. 124: 365-370.

El-Sorogy, A., Ismail, A., Youssef, M. (2016) Facies development and paleoenvironment of

the Hajajah Limestone Member, Aruma Formation, central Saudi Arabia. Journal of

African Earth Sciences. 124:355-364

El-Sorogy, A., Youssef, M. and Al-Kahtany, Kh. (2016). Integrated assessment of the Tarut

Island coast, Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia. Environ. Earth. Sci. 75: 1336.

doi:10.1007/s12665-016-6150-z.2017.

Youssef, M., Ismail, A. and, El-Sorogy, A. (2017). Paleoecology and paleobiogeography of

Paleocene ostracods in Dineigil area, South Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of African

Earth Sciences. 131:62-70.

Youssef, M., Saleem, A. (2017). Proteolytic activity of recent foraminiferal fungi isolated

from different coastal lagoons in Red Sea Coast, Egypt. Wulfenia journal.

Youssef, M., Madkour, H., Mansour, A., Alharbi, W., El-Taher, A., (2017) Invertebrate shells

(Mollusca, Foraminifera) as pollution indicators, Red Sea coast, Egypt. Journal of

African earth sciences. 133, 74-85.

Nazzal, Y., Izrar A., Al Arifi N., Habis G., Awni B, Abuamarah B., Zaidi F.. A combined

Hydrochenical statistical Analyses of Saq Aquifer, northwest part of the Kingdom of

Saudi Arabia, Geosciences Journal, 2014.

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Nazzal Y., Abuamarah B., Kishawy H. A., and Rosen M. A.. Considering Environmental

Sustainability as a Tool For Manufacturing Decision Making and Future Development,

2013, Research Jornal of Environmental and Earth Geosciences 5(4), 193 -200.

Nazzal Y., Zaidi F., Abuamarah B., Izrar A., Howari F., Naeem M., Al Arifi N.. Evaluation of

Metals that are Potentially Toxic to Agriculture Surface Soil, using Statistical analyses

in north-western Saudi Arabia,Environmental Earth Science, Jan., 2016, 75:171.

Martin K., Abuamarah B., Al Ajmi H.. The Wajid Sandstone Around Abha/Khamis Mushayt

and its type area: Lithostratigraphic Arcthitecture and Correlation, Arab J.

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