CURRICULUM VITA
YEHIA HASSAN DAWOOD
M.Sc.&Ph.D.
Geology Department, Faculty of Science
Ain Shams University, Cairo-Egypt
PERSONAL DATA
Name: YEHIA HASSAN DAWOOD
Date of Birth: 23rd August 1963.
Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt
Nationality: Egyptian.
Marital status: Married.
Number of children: Three
Work address: Ain Shams University, Faculty of Sciences, Geology Department,
11566 Abbassia, Cairo. Egypt.
Home Address: 25 Mahmoud Soror St. El Sharabiya, Cairo, Egypt.
E- Mail: yhdawood@yahoo.com
Fax: 202-6842123
Phone: Work 202-6845058 Home 202-7583429 (cell) : 202-0103543299
Major Field: Geology
Minor field: Mineralogy&Geochemistry
CURRENT ADDRESS:
Work address: King AbdulAziz University, Faculty of Earth Sciences, P.O 60208
Jeddah 28562, KSA.
Phone: Work 6400000\ 91460 Home 9146146 (cell):8665695511 Fax 9662866
Title of M.Sc. Thesis: Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Radioactivity of the black
sand deposits, El Arish area, North Sinai, Egypt.
Title of Ph.D. Dissertation: Geochemistry of uranium and thorium isotopes in their
ores and associated groundwater, El Atshan, El Erediya and El Missikat areas,
Central Eastern Desert, Egypt
ACADEMIC DEGREES
B.Sc. (1985) Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt (Honors Degree)
M.Sc. (1991) Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Ph.D. (1998) Channel Program between Florida State University (FSU), USA and Ain
Shams University.
LANGUAGES
Reading, Writing and Conversation are excellent for both Arabic and English.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
University/Institution
Geology Department,
Ain Shams
University, Cairo
Geology Department,
Ain Shams
University, Cairo
Biology Department,
Faculty of Girls, Ain
Shams University
Florida State
University (FSU),
USA
Geology Department,
Ain Shams
University, Cairo
Institute of
Environmental
Researches, Ain
Shams University,
Cairo
Geology Department,
Ain Shams
University, Cairo
Institute of
Environmental
Researches, Ain
Shams University,
Cairo
Department of
Mineral Resources
and Rocks, Faculty
of Earth Sciences,
King AbdulAziz
University
From
To
Job
Title/Rank
1985
1991
Demonstrator
1991
1996
Assistant
Lecturer
1991
1992
Assistant
Lecturer
Inclusive
duties
Teaching,
research and
administration
Teaching,
research and
administration
Teaching
Research,
attending
courses and
training
sessions
Teaching,
research and
administration
Type of
Job
Full time
Full time
Part time
1996
1998
Visiting
scholar
1998
2004
Assistant
Prof.
2000
2004
Assistant
Prof.
Teaching
Part time
2004
2005
Associate
Prof.
Teaching,
research and
administration
Full time
Teaching
Part time
Teaching,
research and
administration
Full time
2004
2005
2005
Associate
Prof.
Pres.
Associate
Prof.
2
Full time
Full time
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University courses taught by applicant
University/Institution
Course title
Geochemistry
Environmental Geochemistry
(course for chemistry students)
Metamorphic Petrology
Igneous Petrology
English
Mineralogy and Crystallography
English
Radioactive Mineralogy
English
Isotope Geochemistry
English
Minerals Exploration
Arabic&
English
Faculty of Science, Ain Shams
University
Institute of Environmental
Researches, Ain Shams
University
Department of Mineral
Resources and Rocks, Faculty
of Earth Sciences, King
AbdulAziz University
English
Arabic&
English
English
Optical Mineralogy
Institute of Environmental
Researches, Ain Shams
University
Language of
instruction
English
Environmental Geochemistry
Igneous Petrology, Introduction
to Mineralogy, Introduction to
Petrology, Isotope Geology,
Geochemical Techniques,
General Geology, Seminars
English
Arabic&
English
Courses, other than those listed above, which applicant is prepared to teach
Crystallography
Uranium-Thorium Isotope Geochemistry
Economic Geology
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Course development:
Gaining new and updated information and techniques during my stay in USA and KSA,
through personal communications with American and Swiss counterparts during the
processing of co-research works and via internet helped me to develop my teaching way
and courses. The main developments include learning the students new software,
teaching updated knowledge from the most recent papers from international journals,
explaining to the students the reason(s) for teaching a particular course and what are the
relations with other courses of Geology?, initiating the student’s talent for research (In
particular, during their graduation projects), informing the students not only the
phenomenon or the discovery but also how were the scientists thinking, what was the
environment during their achievements? and how did they reach to their findings?
COMPUTER USE
Software used
Theta
Diffrac- AT
Newpet
Isoplot
SPSS
Corel
Microsoft office
Kware-SFT
Kware Magma
Calculating angles and corresponding d-spacing in XRD
analyses
Controlling the XRD measurements, showing the
interactive graphics, smoothing and background
adjustment, matching two or more patterns in one graph,
peaks search, unknown search including inorganic, organic
substances and mineral phases.
Processing Geochemical data to interpret igneous rock
petrogenesis and other geochemical relations.
Calculating ages and isotopic ratios using different
radioactive isotopes.
Statistical treatment of geological, mineralogical, and
geochemical data
Data processing and representation
Word processor, spreadsheet and data presentation.
SFT is a windows application designed to invert particle
size data to find size distribution parameters of lognormal,
sequential fragmentation, or sequential fragmentation/
transport parameters, the latter two providing information
about the fragmentation/ transport origins of the sample.
Calculating the CIPW values, Percentages of felsic
minerals, magma classification (Shand classification and
IUGS classification), densities and visocosities.
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RESEARCH PROJECT ACTIVITIES
1- Krypton geochemistry and Kr isotope dating for groundwater of the Nubian Aquifer
(2002-2003) with Prof. Neil C. Sturchio Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, Prof. Sultan M. I, Project Manager International
Programs, Environmental Research Division, Aragonne Laboratories, USA and other
researchers from Swiss, granted by NSF.
2-Thermoluminescence dating of Quaternary succession in North Egypt (20022005). Granted by Ain Shams University.
3- Geochemistry of lake Qarun bottom sediments, environmental assessment of
Natural radioactivity and heavy metal pollution in El-Fayoum area, Western Desert of
Egypt (2003-2006) with Prof. Neil C. Sturchio and others from Egypt and USA, granted
by U.S.-EGYPT Joint Science and Technology Board
4- Non-Silicate Minerals (2006) granted by Dean of Scientific Research, King
Abdulaziz University. Principal Investigator.
5-Fate and transport of heavy metals and radioelements in groundwater aquifers of Al
Qunfudhah and Wadi Haliy quadrangles, southwest of Saudi Arabia (2007-2009),
granted by General Directorate of Research Grants Programs, King Abdulaziz City for
Science and Technology
CONFERENCES
Presentation:
-Invited Talk in the annual meeting of MSE, Cairo on Dec. 4, 1999. Title: “U-series
age and origin of two secondary uranium deposits, central Eastern Desert, Egypt”
-Annual meeting of the Geological Society of Egypt on Nov. 3, 2001.Title:
“Uranium-series disequilibrium dating of secondary uranium ore from south Eastern
Desert of Egypt” (Award of distinguished paper)
-International Conference on Uranium Geochemistry-2003 at Nancy, France. April
13-16, 2003. Title “Influence of the Alteration Processes on the Origin of Uranium
and Europium Anomalies in Trachyte, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt ”.
-Fifth Inter. Conference on the Geology of the Middle East. Ain Shams University,
Cairo. January 20-21, 2003. Title” The effect of hydrothermal alterations on the
geochemical characteristics of El Sukkari granite, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt”
- Annual Meeting of The GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA (GSA), Seattle,
USA on Nov. 2–5, 2003 http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2003AM/finalprogram/ “Chlorine
isotopes, chloride sources, and residence times of groundwaters in the Nubian aquifer,
Egypt”
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-The Water-Rock Interaction Meeting, New York, USA, June 2004
(http://www.outreach.psu.edu/C&I/WRI/) “Krypton-81 and Water-Rock Interactions
on a Million-Year Time Scale”
-Second Environmental Physics Conference. 18-22 Feb. 2006, Alexandria, Egypt
Title" Thermoluminescence (TL) Dating of Some Pleistocene Sites (East Delta) by
Using Al2O3:C (TLD-500) Dosimeter".
- Meeting of the Saudi Geological Society (SMG-8), Jeddah, March, 2009. Title"
Mineral Chemistry Of Monazite From The Black Sand Deposits, Northern Sinai,
Egypt: A Provenance Perspective"
- Meeting of the Saudi Geological Society (SMG-8), Jeddah, March, 2009. Title"
Natural Attenuation Of Uranium And Formation Of Autunite At The Expense Of
Apatite Within An Oxidizing Environment, South Eastern Desert Of Egypt"
- Meeting of the Saudi Geological Society (SMG-8), Jeddah, March, 2009. Title"
Uranium Series Isotopic Fractionation As An Indication For Uranium Mobility In El
Shallal Granites, West Central Sinai, Egypt "
- Meeting of the Saudi Geological Society (SMG-8), Jeddah, March, 2009. Title"
Genesis of kasolite associated with aplite-pegmatite at Jabal Sayid, Hijaz region,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"
International Meetings Attendance:
-1997 GSA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.
-1997 GSA Southeastern Section Meeting, Montgomery, AL
-2003 Fifth Inter. Conference on the Geology of the Middle East, Ain Shams
University, Cairo, Egypt.
-2003 The first International Conference on Uranium Geochemistry-2003, Nancy,
France
-2009 Meeting of the Saudi Geological Society (SMG-8), Jeddah, March, 2009.
BOOKS AND PROCEEDINGS
1-Editor of the proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the Geology of
the Middle East, Ain Shams University Press (2003)
2- Mineralogy, 1st volume, Introduction to Mineralogy (2007) (in Arabic), Al Anglo
of Egypt Publisher, 358p.
3- Mineralogy, 2ed volume, Silicate Minerals, (2008) (in Arabic), Al Anglo of Egypt
Publisher, 423p.
4- Non-Silicate Minerals (in Arabic) in press.
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SUPERVISION
Title of theses or dissertation
Degree
University
N.B
Geochemistry and uranium-leaching
characteristics of some younger
granites-Hammamat group contact
zones at Northern and Central Eastern
Desert
The Effects of Mineralogical and
Geo-chemical
characteristics
of
Eocene and Miocene clays on their
Engineering properties.
Geological, Mineralogical and Radiometric studies on the recent sediments
in El Masaid-Bir El Kharoba, North
Sinai, Egypt, with emphasis on the
economic heavy minerals
Characters and distribution of the
economic minerals in the black sand
deposits of the coastal area, West ElBrullus,
Egypt
and
their
sedimentation conditions.
Geoenvironmental assessment of
Lake Qarun, Western Desert of Egypt
Ph.D.
Ain Shams
Awarded
M.Sc.
Ain Shams
Awarded
Ph.D.
Ain Shams
Awarded
Ph.D.
Ain Shams
Awarded
M.Sc.
Ain Shams
Awarded
Ph.D.
Ain Shams
Awarded
Ph.D
Ain Shams
Registration
Date
2005/8/28
Evaluation of the mineralogical and
geochemical characteristics of the
Eocene and Miocene rocks for the
Engineering Geology of New Cairo
City, Egypt
Geoenvironmental assessment of
water pollution in greater Cairo.
OTHER UNIVERSITY ACTIVTIES
Administration duties:
1- Member of the high committee for academic accreditation at FES-KAU
2- Department representative in the committee for academic accreditation at FES-KAU
3-Working as secretary for the faculty meetings (FS-ASU)
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4-Member of a committee responsible for selecting chemicals and instruments for the
department (FS-ASU).
5-Supervision on the departmental musem (Hard Rocks Divison) (FS-ASU).
6-Library works (FS-ASU)
7- Coordinator of the Department of Mineral Resources and Rocks, King Abdulaziz
University for the Quality Assurance process (Quality Standards for Higher Education
Programs) National Commission for Academic Accreditation & Assessment
Students related activities:
1-Supervision for the graduation projects submitted by B.Sc students.
2-Supervision of different under graduate lab. courses including Geochemistry,
Optical mineralogy, Crystallography, Igneous, Metamorphic rocks and
Precambrian rocks.
3-Participation and organization of Field trips for undergraduate students.
4-Preparation of materials required for Laboratories sessions.
5-Preparation, Controlling, observing bractical, and theoritical Exams.
6-Participation in recreation and sport activities.
COMMUNITY SERVICES
A) Consultation Services
1- Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company (GUPCO)/ 1995
(Research on the Provenance (source of clastic supply) to the Miocene
Reservoirs of the Nile Delta.)
2-Nuclear Materials Authority (NMA)/2004-2005
(Establishment of Alpha spectrometry laboratory)
B) Organizing Committee of Conferences and Workshops:
1-Member of the organizing committee of the workshop on the Application of
Remote Sensing in Geology organized by The Geological Society of Africa and Ain
Shams University in January 8-9, 2001.
2-Executive member of the organizing committee of the Fifth International
Conference on the Geology of the Middle East held at Ain Shams University, in
January 20-21, 2003. (2001-2003)
3-Instructor in the geology-training course for the Engineers of Dar al-handasah
Group, April (2003).
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4- Member of the organizing committee of the workshop on the strategic plan for the
Center of Excellence in Environmental Studies at King Abdulaziz University (2008).
TRAINING COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
I have attended many training courses and workshops in Egypt, USA and Saudi
Arabia
1- Geochemical methods for trace and rare elements determinations in the rocks and
minerals and their applications. National Research Center, Cairo 1993.
2 - Educational training course, Ain Shams University, 1993.
3 -Applications of commercial packages software for personal computers, Ain Shams
University, 1994.
4- Safety training in Hazardous Waste Awareness and Handling, Department of
Environmental Health and Safety, Florida State University, 1996.
5- Safety training in Chemical Hazard Communication & Right-To-Know, Department
of Environmental Health and Safety, Florida State University, 1996.
6- Workshop on the Remote Sensing and its Geological Applications, Ain Shams
University and the Geological Society of Africa, 2001.
7- Short Course on Geological Parameters for Environmental Protection, UNESCO,
UNEDO and Cairo University, 2001.
8- Environmental Assessment of Heavy Metals Pollution, National Research Center,
Cairo, 2005
9- New Trends in Teaching, Ain Shams University, Cairo, 2005
10- Time Management and work tensions, Ain Shams University, Cairo, 2005
11- Introduction to Electronic Management Education System (EMES), Deanship of
Distant Learning, King AbdulAziz University, KSA , 2006
12- Simulation in Education, Center of Teaching and Learning Development, King
AbdulAziz University, KSA, 2008
13- Strategic plan for the Center of Excellence in Environmental Studies at King
Abdulaziz University, KSA, 2008
SCIENTIFIC SOCITIES MEMBERSHIP
1- The Geochemical Society of America (GSA).
2- The Geological Society of Egypt (GSE).
3- The Mineralogical Society of Egypt (MSE).
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4- The Sedimentological Society of Egypt (SSE).
5- The Egyptian Syndicate of Scientific Professions (ESSP)
RECOGNITION AND MERIT AWARDS
1-Honor Degree, Ain Shams University, 1985
2-Ain Shams University Medal for Master Degree, 1992
3-Scholarship to Florida State University (FSU) (1996-1998)
4-Ain Shams University Medal for Ph.D Degree, 1999
5-Award of distinguished paper, Geological Society of Egypt (GSE), 2001.
6-Prize of excellent papers, Ain Shams University, 2003
7- Inclusion in the American biographies (WHO IS WHO IN SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING) (2005-2009)
8-Diplma of achievement in science (2005-2006) The International Biographical
Centre of Cambridge, England (IBC)
9- Sabbatical leave to Faculty of Earth Sciences, KAU, KSA (2005-200
RESEARCH TOPICS
- 23 years experience in Geology and Geochemistry researches including Mineralogy,
Geochemistry, Environmental and Isotope Geochemistry.
- Instrumentation: X-ray Diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscope, Energy dispersive
X-ray Analyzer, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotomtry, Spectrophotometer, Alphaspectrometry
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
1- Yehia H. Dawood, Hesham M. Harbi, Hamdy H. Abd El-Naby (2009) Genesis of
kasolite associated with aplite-pegmatite at Jabal Sayid, Hijaz region, Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia, in review.
2- Yehia H. Dawood (2009) Radiogenic isotopic fractionation as an indication for
uranium mobility in granites of El Shallal area, west central Sinai, Egypt, Journal of
Earth Sciences, KAU, v 21(1), in press.
3- Yehia H. Dawood (2009) Mineral chemistry and genesis of uranyl minerals
associated with psammitic gneisses, Abu Rusheid area, south Eastern Desert of
Egypt, in review.
4- Abd-Allah A. M. A., Dawood Y. H. and W. Abdel Moghney (2009) Mineralogical
and chemical compositions of shallow marine clays, east of Cairo, Egypt: a
geotechnical perception". Journal of Earth Sciences, KAU, v 21(1), in press.
5- Abd-El Naby H. H., Dawood, Y. H. (2008) Natural attenuation of uranium and
formation of autunite at the expense of apatite within an oxidizing environment,
south Eastern Desert of Egypt. Applied Geochemistry 23, 3741–3755.
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6- Dawood, Y. H. and Abd-El Naby H. H. (2008) Monazite chemistry: evidence for
a prehistoric journey, Geology Today, 24, 6, 216-222.
7- Dawood, Y. H. and Abd-El Naby H. H. (2007) Mineral Chemistry of Monazite
from the Black Sand Deposits, northern Sinai, Egypt: a Provenance Perspective.
Mineralogical Magazine, Great Britain, Vol. 71(4), pp. 441–458.
8- Salah M. Kamal, Yasser A. El-Safori, Samir A. Awad, Mohamad A. Gomaa, and
Dawood Y. H.( 2006) Thermoluminescence (TL) Dating of Some Pleistocene
Sites (East Delta) by Using Al2O3:C (TLD-500) Dosimeter. 2nd Environmental
Physics Conference. 18-22 Feb. 2006, Alexandria, Egypt
9-Dawood, Y. H., Saleh, G.M. and Abd El-Naby H. H. (2005) “Effects of
hydrothermal alteration on geochemical characteristics of the El Sukkari granite,
Central Eastern Desert, Egypt”. International Geology Review, V 47, number 12,
Pages 1316-1329.
10-Samir A. Awad, Yehia H. Dawood, Ali M.A. Abd-Allah, Ahmed A. SharafEldin
and Waleed A. Agila (2005) "Mineral, geochemical and geotechnical assessment
of the Eocene and Miocene clays, east of Cairo, Egypt. M.E.R.C., Earth Sc. Ser.
(Egypt). Vol. 19, Pages 117-142.
11-Leslie Patterson, Neil C. Sturchio, B. Mack Kennedy, Matthijs van Soest,
Mohamed Sultan, Zheng-Tian Lu, Bernhard E. Lehmann, Roland Purtschert,
Zeinhom El Alfy, Baher El Kaliouby, Yehia Dawood, Ali Abdallah, (2005).
"Cosmogenic, radiogenic, and stable isotopic constraints on groundwater
residence time in the Nubian Aquifer, Western Desert of Egypt". Geochemistry,
Geophysics, Geosystems (USA). VOL. 6, Q01005, doi:10.1029/2004GC000779.
http://www.agu.org/journals/gc/
12- Sturchio N. C., Du X., Purtschert R., Lehmann B. E., Sultan M., Patterson L. J.,
Lu Z.-T., Müler P., Bigler T., Bailey K., O’Connor T. P., Young L., Lorenzo R.,
Becker R., El Alfy Z., El Kaliouby B., Dawood Y. H., and Abdallah A. M.
A.(2004)“One million year old groundwater in the Sahara revealed by krypton-81
and chlorine-36” Geophys. Res. Lett., (USA). Vol. 31/5, L05503,
doi:10.1029/2003GL019234.
(http://www.agu.org/pubs/back/gl/2004/index.php?month=March)
13-Dawood, Y. H., Abd El-Naby H. H. and Sharafeldin A. A. (2004) “Influence of
the Alteration Processes on the Origin of Uranium and Europium Anomalies in
trachyte, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt ” Geochemical Exploration (Netherlands).
Vol. 81, Pages 15-27.
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/503342/descripti
on#description
14-Dawood, Y. H (2003): “Chemical composition of uranophane associated with
peraluminous granite, north Eastern Desert of Egypt. M.E.R.C., Earth Sc. Ser.
(Egypt). Vol. 17 , Pages 43-57
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15- El-Kalioubi. B., Hussein, E. M., Dawood, Y. H., El-Mansi, M. M. and Mahfouz,
M. G. (2003) “Geochemistry and uranium mineralization of the younger graniteHammamat sediments contact zone, Gattar area, North Eastern Desert, Egypt.”
M.E.R.C., Earth Sc. Ser. (Egypt). Vol. 17 , Pages 1-23
16-Patterson, Leslie J., Sturchio, Neil C., Sultan, Mohamed, Lu, Z.-T., Purtschert, R.,
Lehmann, B. E., El Alfy, Z., El Kaliouby, B., Dawood, Y. H., and Abdallah, A.
M. A.(2003): “Chlorine isotopes, chloride sources, and residence times of
groundwaters in the Nubian aquifer, Egypt (abstract), The Geological Society of
America, Annual Meeting Seattle (USA) Abstr. Prog., 35, abstract 232-12.
(http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2003AM/finalprogram/)
17-Saleh, G.M., Dawood, Y. H., and Abd El-Naby H. H. (2002): “Petrological and
geochemical constraints on the origin of the granitoid suite of the Homert Mikpid
area, south Eastern Desert, Egypt” Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological
Sciences (Japan). Vol.97, Pages 47-58.
18-Dabous, A. A and Osmond, J. K., Dawood, Y. H. (2002): “Uranium/Thorium
isotope evidence for ground-water history in the Eastern Desert of Egypt.” Journal
of Arid Environments (USA). Vol.50, Pages 343-357.
19-Dawood, Y. H. (2001): “Uranium-series disequilibrium dating of secondary
uranium ore from south Eastern Desert of Egypt. Applied Radiation and Isotopes
(Germany). Vol. 55/6, pages 881-887.
20-Dawood, Y. H. and Abd-El Naby H. H. (2001): “Mineralogy and genesis of
secondary uranium mineralization, Um Ara area, South Eastern Desert, Egypt.”
Journal of African Earth Sciences (England). Vol. 32/2, pages 317-323.
21-Abd-El Naby H. H., Dawood, Y. H. and Saleh G. M. (2000): “ Pan-African
granitoid magmatism of Gabel Homer Akarem area, South Eastern Desert, Egypt:
geochemistry and petrogenetic implications.” Chemie der Erde (Germany). Vol.
60, Pages 251-267.
22-Osmond, J. K., Dabous, A. A. and Dawood, Y. H. (1999): “U-series age and
origin of two secondary uranium deposits, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt.”
Economic Geology (USA) Vol. 94, Pages 273-280.
23-El Sisi, Z. A., Sharaf, L. M., Dawood, Y. H. and Hassouba A. B. (1996): “Source
of clastic supply to Sidi Salem and Abu Madi Reservoirs of the Nile Delta: A
Provenance Study.” EGPC 13th Exploration and Production Conference (Egypt),
Vol. 1, Pages 291-296.
24-Dabous, A. A., Dabbour, G. A. and Dawood, Y. H. (1992): “Heavy minerals
content and radioactivity of the black sand deposits, North Sinai Area, Egypt.”
Egyptian Mineralogist (Egypt) Vol. 4, Pages 87-108.
25-Dabous, A. A., Dabbour, G. A. and Dawood, Y. H. (1992): “Signature of grain
size parameters on beach sediments, North Sinai, Egypt.” Ain Shams Science
Bulletin (Egypt) Vol. 30, Pages 445-458.
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