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
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