Industrial rocks and minerals of Jordan: a review

HN Khoury - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2019 - Springer
Mineral resources of Jordan were utilized by different civilizations since prehistoric time. The
following review highlights important and strategic commodities that are found in a small …

Wide spread zeolitization of the Neogene–Quaternary volcanic tuff in Jordan

HN Khoury, KM Ibrahim, RA Al Dwairi… - Journal of African Earth …, 2015 - Elsevier
Representative samples were collected from well exposed Neogene–Quarternary scoria
cones of north east Jordan. The results of this study have led to the discovery of eleven new …

Cadomian (∼ 560 Ma) crust buried beneath the northern Arabian Peninsula: Mineral, chemical, geochronological, and isotopic constraints from NE Jordan xenoliths

RJ Stern, KA Ali, M Ren, GH Jarrar, RL Romer… - Earth and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
In order to better understand the nature and formation of the lower continental crust beneath
northern Arabia, we studied lower crustal xenoliths brought up by Neogene basalts in NE …

Inverse geochemical modeling of groundwater salinization in Azraq Basin, Jordan

KM Ibrahim, AR El-Naqa - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2018 - Springer
The aim is to define the mechanism of chemical reactions that are responsible for the
salinization of the Azraq basin along groundwater flow path, using inverse modeling …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of the physical and mechanical properties of the Harrat Ash Shaam Basalt (HASB)/Northeast Jordan

K Tarawneh, M Amaireh, N Abdelhadi, A Titi… - Open Journal of Civil …, 2022 - scirp.org
Due to the mass demand for excellent construction materials for infrared and super
structures in Jordan, intensive field and laboratory works were carried out to determine the …

Volcanotectonic evolution of central Jordan: Evidence from the Shihan Volcano

KM Ibrahim, BK Moh'd, AI Masri, MM Al-Taj… - Journal of African Earth …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The E–W Siwaqa transcurrent fault is the result of tectonic activity related to the
opening of the Red Sea and sinistral movement along the Dead Sea Transform (DST) …

Economic potentials of industrial rocks and minerals in the Azraq basin, NE Jordan

HN Khoury - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The Azraq basin (the Badia region in NE-Jordan) is rich in its industrial rocks and
minerals. Most of the commodities are concentrated in one area, which is the Azraq …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization and Origin of the Miocene Mudawwara-Quwayra Basaltic Dike, Southern Jordan

H Alnawafleh, K Tarawneh, K Ibrahim, K Zghoul… - International Journal of …, 2015 - scirp.org
Petrographic, mineralogical and geochemical investigations were carried out on
representative samples from the Mudawwara-Quwayra Dike (MQD) in southernJordan. The …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution and termination of lakes in Jordan and their relevance to human migration from Africa to Asia and Europe

E Salameh, K Bandel, I Alhejoj, G Abdallat - Open Journal of Geology, 2018 - scirp.org
The hydrologic system in Jordan began its evolution with the regression of the Tethys during
the Eocene and the rifting of Arabia from Africa. From that time onward Jordan lay on land …