Geology of the Arabian Peninsula; shield area of western Saudi Arabia
<p>Western Arabia lies within the low-latitude desert of north Africa and the Middle East, the core being the Arabian segment of the African Shield. The core…
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Geology of the Arabian Peninsula; shield area of western Saudi Arabia Author: Brown, Glen F., Schmidt, Dwight L., Huffman, A. Curtis Jr. Year: 1989 Category: Report <p>Western Arabia lies within the low-latitude desert of north Africa and the Middle East, the core being the Arabian segment of the African Shield. The core of complex basement rocks accounts for about 670,000 km<sup>2</sup>, or one-third of the Arabian Peninsula. Reconnaissance mapping of these crystalline rocks, together with bordering sedimentary rocks and volcanic flows, begun in 1950, resulted during the next 13 years in a series of geologic and geographic maps without extensive texts. The maps served as general guides for development of natural resources, including water supplies, ore d Tags: usgs, rock drilling explosives Source: ://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0560a/plate-1_north.pdf