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COMPOSITION, DISTRIBUTION, AND TAPHONOMY OF NEARSHORE BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA OF THE FARASAN ISLANDS, SOUTHERN RED SEA, SAUDI ARABIA
Journal: Journal of Foraminiferal Research
Published: 01 October 2011
Journal of Foraminiferal Research (2011) 41 (4): 349–362.
...Ramadan H. Abu-Zied; Rashad A. Bantan; Ali S. Basaham; Mohamed H. El Mamoney; Hamad A. Al-Washmi Abstract Nearshore benthic foraminifera of the Farasan Islands (southern Red Sea) were investigated to highlight the faunal distributions and the controlling environmental factors. Forty-one sediment...
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Location map of Farasan Islands (modified after Bantan 1999 ). Sample site...
in COMPOSITION, DISTRIBUTION, AND TAPHONOMY OF NEARSHORE BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA OF THE FARASAN ISLANDS, SOUTHERN RED SEA, SAUDI ARABIA
> Journal of Foraminiferal Research
Published: 01 October 2011
Figure 1. Location map of Farasan Islands (modified after Bantan 1999 ). Sample sites are arranged in transects (Transects 1–7, and 9).
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—Farasān Islands, showing structural trends, well locations, and oil shows....
Published: 01 April 1972
Fig. 5. —Farasān Islands, showing structural trends, well locations, and oil shows. Scale: 6 cm = 50 km.
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Relative abundances (%) of benthic foraminiferal key species in the studied...
in COMPOSITION, DISTRIBUTION, AND TAPHONOMY OF NEARSHORE BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA OF THE FARASAN ISLANDS, SOUTHERN RED SEA, SAUDI ARABIA
> Journal of Foraminiferal Research
Published: 01 October 2011
Figure 4. Relative abundances (%) of benthic foraminiferal key species in the studied sediment sample sites in Khor As Sailah, Ras Sheidah-Ras Abbrah, Jinabah Bay and Ras Farasan areas (Farasan Islands).
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Benthic foraminiferal density, diversity and water depths (m) of the studie...
in COMPOSITION, DISTRIBUTION, AND TAPHONOMY OF NEARSHORE BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA OF THE FARASAN ISLANDS, SOUTHERN RED SEA, SAUDI ARABIA
> Journal of Foraminiferal Research
Published: 01 October 2011
Figure 3. Benthic foraminiferal density, diversity and water depths (m) of the studied sediment sample sites in Khor As Sailah, Ras Sheidah-Ras Abbrah, Jinabah Bay and Ras Farasan areas (Farasan Islands).
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Coordinates, water depths (m), type of substrates, CaCO 3 , LOI and salinit...
in COMPOSITION, DISTRIBUTION, AND TAPHONOMY OF NEARSHORE BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA OF THE FARASAN ISLANDS, SOUTHERN RED SEA, SAUDI ARABIA
> Journal of Foraminiferal Research
Published: 01 October 2011
Table 1. Coordinates, water depths (m), type of substrates, CaCO 3 , LOI and salinity measurements of nearshore areas of Khor As Sailah, Ras Sheidah-Ras Abbrah, Jinabah Bay and Ras Farasan (Farasan Islands).
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Ternary diagram of grain-size variations in the nearshore sediments of Khor...
in COMPOSITION, DISTRIBUTION, AND TAPHONOMY OF NEARSHORE BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA OF THE FARASAN ISLANDS, SOUTHERN RED SEA, SAUDI ARABIA
> Journal of Foraminiferal Research
Published: 01 October 2011
Figure 2. Ternary diagram of grain-size variations in the nearshore sediments of Khor As Sailah (KS), Jinabah Bay (JB), Ras Sheidah-Ras Abbrah (RS-RA), and Ras Farasan (RF) areas of Farasan Islands.
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—Structure sections, index map, and legend. A . Structure section from Eth...
Published: 01 February 1972
of Dahlak and Farasan Islands to southern corner of Saudi Arabia. Extent of continental and oceanic crust is not certain—on the east because of lack of data, and on the west because of conflicting data. From bathymetry it is tempting to show boundary coincident with either edge of axial trough. On west
Journal Article
Geology and Petroleum Prospects in Eastern Red Sea
Journal: AAPG Bulletin
Publisher: American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Published: 01 April 1972
AAPG Bulletin (1972) 56 (4): 707–719.
...Fig. 5. —Farasān Islands, showing structural trends, well locations, and oil shows. Scale: 6 cm = 50 km. ...
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Landsat image, facies, and bathymetry maps for the three focus areas withou...
in Patterns of Sedimentation In the Contemporary Red Sea As An Analog for Ancient Carbonates In Rift Settings
> Journal of Sedimentary Research
Published: 01 November 2012
Fig. 3 Landsat image, facies, and bathymetry maps for the three focus areas without islands (Shalatayn, Trinkitat, Farasan). Credit: Landsat courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey.
Journal Article
Distribution and Diversity of Benthic Foraminifera in the Coastal Area of Al-Bawadi Island, Southern Red Sea
Journal: Journal of Foraminiferal Research
Published: 31 October 2022
Journal of Foraminiferal Research (2022) 52 (4): 264–277.
... depth range (shoreline to ∼2 m) in nearshore sediments from the Farasan Islands. In the Al-Kharrer Lagoon on the Red Sea Coast of Saudi Arabia, 111 species were recorded from 130 sediment samples collected from depths of 0.5–18 m ( Al-Dubai et al., 2017 ). At Al-Mukalla, on the Gulf of Aden, 77 benthic...
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Planform width maps of carbonate bodies. Hotter colors demark wider, more l...
in Patterns of Sedimentation In the Contemporary Red Sea As An Analog for Ancient Carbonates In Rift Settings
> Journal of Sedimentary Research
Published: 01 November 2012
Fig. 6 Planform width maps of carbonate bodies. Hotter colors demark wider, more laterally expansive, carbonate bodies. Top row are the three focus areas with offshore islands (Gubal Straits, Dahlak, and Halib). Bottom row are the three remaining focus areas which lack islands (Shalatayn
Journal Article
Patterns of Sedimentation In the Contemporary Red Sea As An Analog for Ancient Carbonates In Rift Settings
Journal: Journal of Sedimentary Research
Publisher: SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology
Published: 01 November 2012
Journal of Sedimentary Research (2012) 82 (11): 859–870.
...Fig. 3 Landsat image, facies, and bathymetry maps for the three focus areas without islands (Shalatayn, Trinkitat, Farasan). Credit: Landsat courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey. ...
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Complementary cumulative distribution function (ccdf) of the population...
in Patterns of Sedimentation In the Contemporary Red Sea As An Analog for Ancient Carbonates In Rift Settings
> Journal of Sedimentary Research
Published: 01 November 2012
. Under power-law conditions, abundance can always be obtained from area by a constant factor α . Focus areas with islands (Halib, Gubal Straits, Dahlak) have higher α than those without. Farasan is an exception: it lacks islands but reports a high α .
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Complementary cumulative distribution function (ccdf) of the population...
in Patterns of Sedimentation In the Contemporary Red Sea As An Analog for Ancient Carbonates In Rift Settings
> Journal of Sedimentary Research
Published: 01 November 2012
. Under power-law conditions, abundance can always be obtained from area by a constant factor α . Focus areas with islands (Halib, Gubal Straits, Dahlak) have higher α than those without. Farasan is an exception: it lacks islands but reports a high α .
Journal Article
Microearthquakes in the Tihamat-Asir region of Saudi Arabia
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 01 December 1980
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (1980) 70 (6): 2291–2293.
.... INTRODUCTION In January and February 1978, the U.S. Geological Survey and the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia conducted a long seismicrefrac- tion profile extending from the Farasan Islands to the vicinity of Riyadh. This profile crosses the transition from oceanic to continental...
Journal Article
Geologic History of Red Sea Area
Journal: AAPG Bulletin
Publisher: American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Published: 01 October 1960
AAPG Bulletin (1960) 44 (10): 1621–1637.
...Fig. 9 —RED SEA AREA FARASAN ISLANDS ...
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Journal Article
Oil Possibilities in Italian East Africa
Journal: AAPG Bulletin
Publisher: American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Published: 01 March 1937
AAPG Bulletin (1937) 21 (3): 293–298.
... in the Dahalak Islands has been well known for a long time, likewise in the Farasan group of islands, opposite the southern coast of the Arabic-Saudian Kingdom, northeast of the Dahalaks. A recent agreement between the Saudian Government and the Petroleum Company Ltd. of London (May 9, 1936) decrees oil...
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Facies models describing the variation in reef configuration for the Red Se...
Published: 01 January 2013
Figure 14 Facies models describing the variation in reef configuration for the Red Sea. (A) Interpreted facies arrangements around Norah Island, Dahlak, Eritrea. Local fault trends are inferred from Carbone et al. (1998) . (B) Facies configuration for the shore-attached reef complexes
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