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  • Ahmed, Z. and Hariri, M. M. (2005). Formation and mineral Chemistry of a calcic skarn from Al-Madhiq, SW Saudi Arabia. Chemie der Erde / Geochemistry, Elsevier, Vol. 65, 24 pages.


  • Siddiqui, M.A. and Ahmed, Z. (2005) Mineralogy of the Swat kaolin deposits, Pakistan. The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (Saudi Arabia), Vol.30, No.2-A.


  • Ahmed, Z. (2002) Composition of skarn grossular from Al-Madhiq area, SW Saudi Arabia. The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (Saudi Arabia), Vol. 27, no. 1A, pp. 3-16.


  • Dilek, Y. and Ahmed, Z. (2003). Proterozoic ophiolites of the Arabian Shield and their significance in Precambrian tectonics. In: Dilek,Y. & Robinson, P.T. (Editors) "OPHIOLITES IN EARTH HISTORY” Geological Society of London Special Publication # 218, pp. 685-700.


  • Ahmed, Z. (2003). Geochemical and genetic implications of adakites associated with the suprasubduction-type Al-Ays ophiolite, northwestern Arabian shield. International Geology Review (Bellwether Publshing, USA), Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 176-190.


  • Siddiqui, M.A., Ahmed, Z., and Saleemi, A.A. (2005) Evaluation of Swat kaolin deposits of Pakistan for industrial uses. Applied Clay Science, Elsevier, Volume 29, (1), pp. 55-72.


  • Ahmed, Z. and Hariri, M. M. (2005). Ophiolites of the Saudi Arabian Proterozoic. Journal of African Earth Sciences, Elsevier, (under review).


  • Ahmed, Z. (2001) First report on metasomatic garnets from Al-Madhiq area, SW Saudi Arabia. Proceedings of the First Saudi Science Conference, Vol.3, pp. 177-184.


  • 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.


  • Ahmed, Z. & Saleemi, A.A. (2001) Rhyolite from the island arc sequence of the Bela ophiolite-melange complex, Pakistan. Geological Bulletin of the Punjab University, Pakistan, Vol. 36, pp. 17 - 24.


  • 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.


  • Ahmed, Z.and Ernst, W. G., 2000, Island-arc related, back-arc basinal, and oceanic-island components of the Bela ophiolite-melange complex, Pakistan”, International Geology Review, (U.S.A.) Vol.41, no. 8, pp. 739-763.


  • Mahmood,K., Gnos, E., Boudier, F. and Ahmed, Z.,1997, Mineral chemistry of basal peridotite-mylonite from the metamorphic sole of Saplaitorgarh massif, Muslimbagh ophiolite, Pakistan”, Geological Bulletin of Punjab University, Vol.31-32, pp. 115-125.


  • Ahmed, Z. & Malik, S.A.,1997. Rare-earth and trace-element geochemistry of the kimberlitic lamprophyre and associated mafic rocks from the Eastern Pishin District, Pakistan. In: Wijayananda, N.P., Cooray, P.G. & Mosley, P. (Editors) "GEOLOGY IN SOUTH ASIA - II" Geological Survey and Mines Bureau, Sri Lanka Professional Paper No.7, pp. 93-106.


  • Ahmed, Z., 1997. Ore occurrences in the Panjal Sequence in the Balgiran-Chhamtransect of the Lesser Himalaya, Azad Kashmir,Pakistan. In: Wijayananda, N.P., Cooray, P. G. & Mosley, P.
    (Editors) "GEOLOGY IN SOUTH ASIA - II" Geological Survey and Mines Bureau, Sri Lanka Professional Paper No.7, pp. 281-299.


  • Ahmed, Z., 1996.Chromite from the Bela arc-basin ophiolite, Pakistan. International Geology Review (U.S.A.), Volume 38, no. 7, pp. 607-624.


  • Ahmed, Z., 1996. Nd- and Sr-isotopic constraints and geochemistry of the Bela ophiolite-melange complex, Pakistan. International GeologyReview(U.S.A.), Volume 38, no. 4,pp. 304-319.


  • Ahmed, Z. ,1995. Minerals and the environment. In: Rehman, S. S., Abbassi, I. A. & Majid, M. (Eds.) Geological Hazards: Prediction, Mitigation & Control. Proceedings Symp. Environmental Geology, Department of Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan. pp.151-158.


  • Ahmed, Z. ,1995. Geoscientific aspects of the optimal utilization of the mineral resources of the Muslim world. Conference Papers: International Conference on Science in Islamic Polity in the Twenty-first Century, Islamabad, pp. 267-273.


  • Ahmed, Z., 1995. A Mississippi Valley-type lead zinc deposit from Treri, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences.


  • Ahmed, Z.,1993. Leucocratic rocks from the Bela ophiolite, Khuzdar District, Pakistan. In: Treloar, P. J. & Searle, M. P. (Editors) "HIMALAYAN TECTONICS" Geological Society of London Special Publication No.74, pp. 89 - 100.