Heavy minerals in the Wajid Sandstone from Abha-Khamis Mushayt area, southwestern Saudi Arabia: Implications on provenance and regional tectonic setting

GeoArabia

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 77-102

  Hussain, Mahbub ^a   Babalola, Lameed O ^b   Hariri, Mustafa M ^c  

^a Dhahran Geosciences Society   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN FILL; HEAVY MINERAL; MINERALOGY; PALEOZOIC; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ABHA; ASIA; ASIR; EURASIA; KHAMIS MUSHAYT; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 5444272218     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia090477     Document Type: Article

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