Associate Professor
Zulfiqar Ahmed
Economic Geology, Petrology, Mineralogy
Ph.D. 1982
University of London, King's College,
London, UK
E-mail: zulfi@kfupm.edu.sa
Office
3/113
Phone
966 3 860 3879
Fax
966 3 860 2595
Mail Address
KFUPM
Earth Sciences Department
PO BOX 5070
Dhahran 31261
Saudi Arabia
Research Interest:
Ophiolites
Mineral Deposits
Tectonics
Regional Geology of Arabian shield
and Pakistan
Selected Publications:
#Ahmed, Z. (2002) Geochemical and
genetic imlications of adakites
associated with the
suprasubduction-type Al-Ays ophiolite,
NW Arabian shield. International
Geology Review (Accepted).
#·Ahmed, Z.(2002)Composition of
skarn grossular from Al-Madhiq area,
SW Saudi Arabia. The Arabian Journal
for Science and Engineering, Vol. 27,
no. 1A, pp. 3-16.
#Saleemi, A.A. & Ahmed,
Z.(2000)Mineral and chemical
composition of Karak mudstone,
Kohat Plateau, Pakistan: Implications
for smectite-illitization and provenance.
Sedimentary Geology (Elsevier,
Netherlands). Vol. 130, (3-4), pp.
229-247.
#Ahmed, Z. & Ernst, W.G. (2000)
Island-arc related, back-arc basinal,
and oceanic-island components of the
Bela ophiolite-melange complex,
Pakistan. In: Ernst, W.G. & Coleman,
R.G. (Editors) TECTONIC STUDIES
OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC RIM.
International Book Series, Geological
Society of America, Vol. 3, pp.
178-214.
Home Pages
http://users.kfupm.edu.sa/es/zulfi