Origin of iron-rich beds in the Basal Wajid Sandstone, Abha-Khamis Mushayt area, Southwest Saudi Arabia

Lameed O. Babalola; Mahbub Hussain; Mustafa M. Hariri

Origin of iron-rich beds in the Basal Wajid Sandstone, Abha-Khamis Mushayt area, Southwest Saudi Arabia

Lameed O. Babalola^*
, Mahbub Hussain
, Mustafa M. Hariri

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The basal section of the Wajid Sandstone, exposed in Abha and Khamis Mushayt area of Asir Province, southwest Saudi Arabia is represented by several small outliers on a Precambrian basement complex. The Sandstone is divided into two informal units: Red Unit and Grey unit. Geochemical investigations show that the Fe concentrations of the ironstone range from 9% to over 15%.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3-24
Number of pages	22
Journal	Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
Volume	28
Issue number	1 A
State	Published - Jan 2003

Keywords

Geochemistry
Ironstone
Origin
Petrography
Wajid

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