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Regional Geology (Geol 318) Regional Geology (Geol 318) Second Semester 2001 (002)

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Page 1: Geology Of K.S.A

Regional Geology (Geol 318)

Regional Geology(Geol 318)

Second Semester 2001

(002)

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The Earth

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Earth Layers

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Slice cut in the Earth

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The Arabian Plate

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Satellite Image of The Arabian Plate

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The Dead Sea Aqaba Fault

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Aqaba Strike-Slip Fault

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The Dead Sea Aqaba Fault

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The Arabian Gulf

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Trends of Stress

Regimes within the Arabian

Plate

OMAN OMAN STRESSSTRESS

Strain Ellipses for Zagros and Oman Stress RegimesStrain Ellipses for Zagros and Oman Stress Regimes

ZAGROSSZAGROSSSTRESSSTRESS

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Some Lineaments within Jeddah Some Lineaments within Jeddah CityCity

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Jeddah, Makkah and Taif

JeddahMakkah

Taif

Al-Hada

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Makkah-Taif Road

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Makkah Al-Taif Road

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Makkah-Taif Road

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Makkah-Taif Road

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Sill

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Sills

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Dikes and Sill

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Dikes filling fractures

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Dikes

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Dikes Intrusions

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Dikes and Veins

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Fractures and Dikes

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Metamorphic RocksFoliation and Lineation

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Meta-sediments

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Xenolith

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Xenolith

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Dikes and Sills

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Dikes and Sills

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Homestake Mine

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Pillow Lava

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Breccias

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Wajeed Sandstones

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Landslide (Breccia)

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Gondwana

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Five Microplates

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Thrusting

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The Arabian Shield

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Topography of the Red Sea

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Exploration drilling for gold in the Shield

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Ancient Mine

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Ancient Inclined Shafts

Carbonatized SerpentiniteCarbonatized Serpentinite

Felsic DikeFelsic Dike

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Inclined Shaft

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Vertical Shaft

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Plate and Earth Quakes

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Pacific and North American Plates

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Strike-Slip (San Andreas Fault)Strike-Slip (San Andreas Fault)

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San Andreas FaultSan Andreas Fault

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Non-ConformityContact between Precambrian and Phanerozoic

rocks

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Non-ConformityContact between Precambrian and Phanerozoic

rocks

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Salt DiapirsSalt Diapirs

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Salt Domes and FracturesSalt Domes and Fractures

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Type of Regional Faults

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Horst and Graben

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Lineaments Lineaments withinwithin

Ghawar Area Ghawar Area

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Bouma Sequence of TurbiditiesBouma Sequence of Turbidities

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3D-Reservoir Characterization

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Geology of Saudi Arabia

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Cross Section of The Arabian Plate

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Early Paleozoic

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Late Paleozoic

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Mesozoic

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Cenozoic

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Petroleum Traps

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Types of Oil TrapsTypes of Oil Traps