The Composition and Diagenetic Features of the Inland Quaternary Coralline Limestone, South-Sharm Obhur, Red Sea Coastal Plain of Saudi Arabia

1998 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. BASAHAM
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Coralline Limestone

A discussion on the structure and evolution of the Red Sea and the nature of the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Ethiopia rift junction - Mineral occurrences related to stratigraphy and tectonics in tertiary sediments near Umm Lajj, eastern Red Sea area, Saudi Arabia

1970 ◽  
Vol 267 (1181) ◽  
pp. 99-106 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Sedimentary Rocks ◽  
Fault System ◽  
Gulf Of Aden ◽  
Western Margin ◽  
Low Altitude ◽  
Tectonic Features ◽  
Sea Area

Several mineral occurrences of lead, copper and zinc, which were found recently in Tertiary sedimentary rocks on the coastal plain that stretches along the eastern margin of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia between Umm Lajj and Al Wajh, are shown to be confined to definite stratigraphic levels (beds of arkose, reefoid limestone, and conglomerates). The mineralization is probably controlled by tectonic features trending NNW-SSE, the direction of the Red Sea fault system. These tectonic features can be seen on aeromagnetic maps provided by recent low altitude aerial surveys. Similar mineral occurrences are known to exist on the opposite or western margin of the Red Sea at Um Gheig in Egypt. It is suggested that such mineralization took place in connexion with the formation of the Red Sea depression.

scholarly journals Facies evolution and depositional model of an arid microtidal coast: example from the coastal plain at the mouth of Wadi Al-Hamd, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 256-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim M. GHANDOUR ◽  
Hamad A. AL-WASHMI ◽  
Rabea A. HAREDY ◽  
Aaid G. AL-ZUBIERI
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Depositional Model
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