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Document Type : Project 
Document Title :
Biostratigraphy and Sedimentology of the Marine Neogene Sediments in Ubhur - Rabigh Area, Red Sea Coast, Saudi Arabia
الطباقية الحيوية و عمليات الترسيب لرواسب
 
Subject : Biostratigraphy and Sedimentology of the Marine Neogene Sediments in Ubhur - Rabigh Area, Red Sea Coast, Saudi Arabia 
Document Language : Arabic 
Abstract : The present project is concerned with the study of the biostratigraphy, palyonolgy and sedimentology of the marine Neogene sediments in the Ubhur - Rabigh areas, Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. The outcropped rock units are composed of the Tertiary clastics (conglomerate, sandstone, mudstone, shale), carbonates, coralline limestone and evaporites. The Quaternary sediments are composed of gravel terraces (wadi and alluvial fan deposits) toward the land, and coral terraces toward the sea. The aim of the project is the determination of the precise age of the Neogene sediments in Ubhur - Rabigh areas that contain fossils, pollens and spores. The present project aims also to correlate the present sedimentary facies with other rock types in the Red Sea region of Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Results of these investigations will give the suitable formation names according to the acceptable current nomenclature of the Saudi Geological Survey and Aramco. The age determination of these rocks may help in evaluation of the hydrocarbon occurrences in the Red Sea sub-basins of Saudi Arabia. Carbon and oxygen isotopes of the studied carbonates will give useful information on the physico-chemical parameters of the sea water at the time of carbonate precipitation. 
Publishing Year : 1428 AH
2007 AD 
Sponsor Name : King Abdulaziz University 
Sponsorship Year : 1428 AH
2007 AD 
Added Date : Wednesday, July 14, 2010 

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Researcher Name (Arabic)Researcher Name (English)Researcher TypeDr GradeEmail
محمد حامد مندورهMandurah, Mohammed HammedInvestigatorDoctorate 

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