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RESUME
MUSTAFA M. HARIRI, Ph.D.
Address:
P.O BOX 685, KFUPM, Dhahran 31261
Office Phone: 860-2620
Home Phone: 860-5476
E-mail: mmhariri@kfupm.edu.sa
Home page : http://users.kfupm.edu.sa/ES/mmhariri/
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Geology. 1995.
School: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD, USA.
Dissertation title:
Lineament studies and fracture control on the Tertiary gold-silver deposits,
northern Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
Dissertation subjects :
Structural geology , Economic geology, Remote sensing and GIS (Geographic
information system) application.
M.S. in Geology (Economic Geology). 1983.
School :
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Thesis title:
Geology and mineralization of Al-Bjaydi Cu-Ni prospect, Saudi Arabia
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Thesis subjects:
Economic Geology (Ore microscopic studies, Ore Origin,Mineralization
description), and Geochemical and geological studies
B.Sc. in Geology 1979.
School :
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Graduation project title: Geology of the southern part of Jeddah City.
ADMINISTRATION AND
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
1) Academic Experience
Chairman Earth Sciences Department (1997-present):
Earth Sciences Department, KFUPM.
Participated and served in several committees and activities related to
the department, College and University
Participated and presented in the undergraduate and graduate
programs review.
Mange and administrate all the departmental tasks (faculty
recruitments, and evaluations, assign committees, monitor the
standard of teaching and research conduct departmental council … etc)
Assistant professor (1995-present):
Earth Sciences, Department, KFUPM.
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Teaching the following courses:
Optical Mineralogy
Economic Geology
Igneous Petrology
Petrology
Regional Geology
Structural Geology
Advanced Structural Geology
Geology Seminars
Participated in the following researches:
1) Funded Researches:
Saudi Aramco Project:
Ghawar structural model and electronic database (1998-2000)
Task leader for the surface interpretation of lineaments and structures
KACST Projects:
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Mineralization and trace elements in Al-Sukhybrate mine using
the proton analytical technique. (1997-1998) (Co-Investigator)
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Suture zones and Ophiolites of the northern Arabian Shield (CoInvestigator)
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Wajeed Sandstone (Co-Investigator)
SABIC Projects:
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Dammam Dome (Principle Investigator)
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Ophiolite in northern Arabian Shield (Co-Investigator)
2) Independent Researches:
GIS Application in Geology
Fracture Studies
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Chaired the following committees:
Committee of Field trips in the 5th meeting of the Saudi Geological
Society, KFUPM
Organizing Committee for the Work Ethics Symposium
Organizing Committee for the Scientific Symposium for Petroleum and
Industries in the occasion of twenty years for the Custodian of the two
Holy Mosques
Environmental Sciences MS program of the College of Sciences
Served as a member in the following committees:
Organizing Committee for the Celebration of twenty years for the Reign
of the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques.
Organizing Committee for the 5th meeting of the Saudi Geological
Society, KFUPM
Admission Exams Committee (three times)
Library committee
Graduate Studies Committee (University)
Member in the Research Institute Council (since 2002)
Lecturer (1988-1990):
Earth Sciences Department, KFUPM.
Taught the laboratory sessions of the following courses:
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Structural Geology, Physical Geology, Economic Geology, Igneous
Petrology, and Sedimentary and metamorphic petrology.
2) Industrial Experience
Geologist (1979-1988):
DMMR (Deputy Ministry of Mineral Resources) Ministry of
Petroleum and Mineral Resources
Worked in and charged of the following projects:
Exploration for gold in different places within the Arabian
Shield among them the Hajr ancient mine south of Bishah
City, and Alluhf prospect near Mahd Al-Dahab mine.
Exploration for chromites in the ultramafic rocks in Zalm,
Ishmas and Ashaib areas.
Administrative Positions Held While at DMMR:
Assistant to the Chief Geologist for Mining Engineers
Secretary for the higher committee for Mining
In Charge of Mahd Al-Dahab and Sukhybrate files
TRAINING AND SELF
DEVELOPMENT
6 August - 2 September 1983; USGS, Reston, Virginia, USA
“Techniques in mafic and ultramafic rocks analysis”
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23 April - 25 May 1984; USGS, EROS, Sioux Falls, SD, USA
Remote Sensing and its application in Geology
15 June-15 August 1999; Leicester University, UK, British Council
Summer funded research
17-July-2001; Dallas, Texas, USA
“Applied Subsurface Geological Mapping”
23-July-2001; Houston, Texas, USA,
“Structural Geology in Petroleum Exploration and Production”
26-30 October, 2002; KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
“How to Conduct Business Consulting”
25-29 January-2003; Kingdom of Bahrain
“Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Using ARCVIEW
GIS”
September 2003: Develop Regional Geology Course (Geol 318) on
BB (Black Board platform)
Software and Computer Experience:
OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCES
Operating experience for the following geological and
computer software:
ROCKWARE (Geological software for structural analysis, logging,
contouring, stratigraphic column formation, and statistical
analysis).
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IDRISI a software for GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
analysis.
IGPET and DATASAVE for igneous rocks studies and CIPW
Norm calculation.
AUTOCAD and MAC-DRAW for geological maps drafting and
digitizing
ARCINFO and ARCVIEW (GIS Software)
Micosoft applications (Words, Excel, PowerPoint and
FrontPage)
CANVAS ( Drafting and drawing application)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member of the following associations and societies:
GSA (Geological Society of America),
AAPG (American Association of petroleum Geologist),
AAPG DEG (Division of Environmental Geosciences)
SEG (Society of Economic Geology),
SSES (Saudi Society of Earth Sciences),
DGS (Dhahran Geological Society).
FUNDED RESEARCHES
Saudi Aramco Ghawar Project (As part of the team of the R.I)
Title: Ghawar Structural Model and Electronic database
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Duties: Task leader for the surface structures and
lineaments
Period: 1998-2000
KACST Limited Grant Funded Project (Project No. LGP-1-102),
(Co-researcher)
Title: Geology and Geochemistry of Gold- Bearing Rocks,
Northeastern Saudi Arabia
Period: 1997-1998
KACST Limited Grants Funded Project (Co-researcher)
Title: Origin and Economic Significance of ironstones in
the Paleozoic wajeed sandstone, Asir Region
Period: 2001-2002
KACST Limited Grants Funded Project (Co-researcher)
Title: Suture zone and ophiolites in the Northern Arabian
Shield
Period: 2001-2002
British Council Research Program, Summer 1999, Leicester
University (Main researcher)
Title : Use of the GIS in determining the relationship of
lineaments from Landsat images, to geology, structures
and mineral prospects, southwestern part of the Arabian
Shield, Saudi Arabia
Period: June 1999-August 1999
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SABIC funded project (2003) Principle Investigator :
Title: Geological and Engineering Geological
Characterization of Fractures and Rock Masses within
Dammam Dome, Saudi Arabia
CONTRIBUTED TO THE
FOLLOWING MEETINGS
 GIS 2002 Conference, Manama, Bahrain, 2002
 The first Saudi Science Conference 9-11 April 2001,
KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
 Student Learning at KFUPM: Challenges and Opportunities
Discussion Forum, March 25, 2001, KFUPM, Dhahran, pp.
41-47
 5th International Conference on the Geology of the Arab
World (GAW-5), Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, 2000
 5th meeting of the Saudi Society of Earth Sciences, KFUPM,
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia October 1998
 Mini-symposium in Computer simulation and its applications,
KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia May 21, 1996.
 Geological Society of America 48th Annual Rocky Mountain
Section meeting, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA, April 18-19,
1996
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 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle,
Washington, USA, October 24-27, 1994
 Mineral Exploration '94, Lake Tahoe USA 26-28 September
1994
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Papers:
Hariri, M. M., 2003, Use of the GIS (Geographic Information Systems) in
Determining Relationship between Geology, Structures and Mineral Prospects,
Southern Part of the Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan Journal of Applied
Sciences 3 (2) , pp. 92-96 ISSN: 1607-8926
Makkawi, M., Hariri, M. M., and Ghaleb, A., 2003, Computer Utilization
in Teaching Earth Sciences: Experience of King Fahd University of Petroleum
and Minerals, International Education Journal Vol 4, No 2, 2003, pp. 89-97
Babalola, L. O., Hussain, M., Hariri, M. M., 2002, Possible Origin of iron
Rich Beds (Ironstone) in the Basal Section of the Plaeozoic Wajid Snadstone,
Abha-Khamis Mushayt Area, southwest Saudi Arabia, AJS&E Arabian Journal
of Science and Engineering, Vol 28, No 1A pp. 1- 22
Khandaker, N. I., Ahmed, M. , Hariri, M. M., Al-Ohali, M. M., Garwan,
M. A. , and Khan, K. R. , 1997, Microanalytical investigations of goldbearing rocks from the An Najadi region in Saudi Arabia, NIM B Beam
Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in
Physics Research B 130: Elsevier Publisher, pp. 654-659
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Hariri, M. M. , Lisenbee, A. L. and Paterson, C. J., 1995, Fracture control
on the Tertiary Epithermal-Mesothermal Gold-Silver Deposits, Northern Black
Hills, South Dakota: Pergamon Press, Explor. Mining Geol., Vol.4, No. 3 ,
pp. 205-214.
Conference Papers:
Hariri, M.M., 2002, Use of the GIS (Geographic Information Systems) in
determining relationship between geology, structures and mineral prospects,
Southern part of the Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia, GIS 2002 International
Conference, Conference Proceedings, March 11-13, 2002, Manama, Bahrain,
pp. 315-325
Hariri, M.M., 2000, Potential of gold mineralization within the carbonatized
serpentinite, Ancient Hajr gold mine, southwest Saudi Arabia, Proceedings of
the 5th International Conference on the Geology of the Arab World (GAW-5),
Editor Al-Sayed A. Youssef, February, 2000, Cairo University, Cairo, Vol. 1,
pp. 314-318
Hariri, M.M., Makkawi, M.H. and Ghaleb, A. R., 2001, Use of Computer
in Earth Sciences Education, The first Saudi Science Conference 9-11 April
2001, Proceedings, Vol. 3, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, pp. 193-204
Hariri, M. M., Al-Shaibani, A. M. and Qahwash, A. 2001, Possible
factors affecting the students, learning at KFUPM, Results of students’ random
survey, Student Learning at KFUPM: Challenges and Opportunities Discussion
Forum, March 25, 2001, KFUPM, Dhahran, pp. 41-47
Abstracts:
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Hussain, M., Hariri, M. M., and Warren, J. K., 2002, Quaternary
Eolinite Sequence in the Arabian Gulf Coastal Region, Northeastern Saudi
Arabia: A Modern Analogue for Oomoldic Porosity Development in an
Arid Setting, Abstracts with Programs, AAPG International Conference,
Cairo Egypt, October, 27-30, 2002
Ahmed, Z., and Hariri, M. M., 2001,Geology of the Bir Umq Ophiolite,
NWSaudi Arabia[abst.] International Symposium and Field Workshop on
the Tectonics and Mineralization in the Arabian Shield and its Extensions,
UNISCO/IGCP Project 368:Proterozoic Events in East Gondwana, King
Abdualaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 17-25, 2001
Hussain, M., Babalola, L. O. and Hariri, M.M., 2001, Ironstone in
the Wajid Sandstone: An example of hydrothermally-induced iron
accumulation in a sedimentary sequence[abst.] International Symposium
and Field Workshop on the Tectonics and Mineralization in the Arabian
Shield and its Extensions, UNISCO/IGCP Project 368:Proterozoic Events
in East Gondwana, King Abdualaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,
March 17-25, 2001
Hariri, M. M., 2000, Gold Mineralization in the Carbonatized Serpentinite,
Ancient Hajr Gold Mine, Southwest Saudi Arabia, [abst.] 5th International
Conference on the Geology of the Arab World (GAW-5), Cairo University,
Cairo, 21-24, 2000, p. 44
Hussain, M., Babalola, L.O., and Hariri, ,M. M., 2000, Provenance of the
Wajid Sandstone, Southeastern Margin of the Arabian Shield: Geochemical
and Petrographic Approach, AAPG National Conference, New Orleans, April
16, 1999, New Orleans, USA, Extended Abstracts with Programs: 7p.
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Hariri, M. M., 1998, Chromium and Nickle mineralization within the Jabal
Zalm ultramafic complex, Saudi Arabia, , [abst.] 5th meeting of the Saudi
Society for Earth Sciences, KFUPM, Dhahran, 26-29 October 1998, p. 29
Hariri, M. M., Parincek, D. and Al-Ghamdi, A., 1998 Lineament trends
and their relationship to the stress regimes and geological settings in Ghawar
Area, [abst.] 5th meeting of the Saudi Society for Earth Sciences, KFUPM,
Dhahran, 26-29 October 1998, p. 87
Hariri, M. M., 1996, The possible model for the fractures pattern of the
Lead-Deadwood dome, South Dakota, USA [abst.], Mini-symposium in
Computer simulation and its applications, KFUPM, Dhahran, May 21, 1996, p.
44
Hariri, M. M. , Lisenbee, A. L. and Paterson, C. J., 1996, Fractures and
Tertiary Mineralization, Lead-Deadwood Dome, Northern Black Hills, South
Dakota: Geological Society of America 48th Annual Rocky Mountain Section
meeting, Abstract and Programs, Rapid City, South Dakota, April 18-19, p.10.
Hariri, M. M., Paterson, C. J., and Lisenbee, A. L., 1994, Using GIS to
relate lineaments to geology, structures and Tertiary Au-Ag mines, Lead
Quadrangle, Black Hills, South Dakota: Geological Society of America annual
meeting, Abstract with Programs, Seattle, Washington, October 24-27, p.429
Hariri, M. M. , Lisenbee, A. L. and Paterson, C. J., 1994, Fracture control
on the Tertiary Epithermal-Mesothermal gold-silver deposits, northern Black
Hills, South Dakota: Mineral Exploration '94, Abstract, Conference programme
& Abstract, Lake Tahoe USA 26-28 September 1994
Technical Reports:
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Hussain, M, and Hariri, M.M., 2001, Origin and Economic Significance of
Ironstone in the Paleozoic Wajid Sandstone, Asir Region: KACST Limited
Grant Fuded Project (Project No. LGP 4-12), 64 p.
Khandaler, N. I., and Hariri, M. M., 1998, Geology and Geochemistry of
Gold-Bearing Rocks, Northeastern Saudi Arabia: KACST Limited Grant Funded
Project (Project No. LGP-1-102), 23 p.
Hariri, M. M., 1989, Gold Mineralization at the ancient Hajr mine: Saudi
Arabian Directorate General of Mineral Resources Open-File Report 06-36, 29
Al-Qurashi, H. E. and Hariri, M. M.., 1987, Geology and mineral potential
of the gabbroic rocks at Jabal Ash Shaib (19/43D): Saudi Arabian Deputy
Ministry for Mineral Resources Open-File 07-11, 19p.
Ahmed, Z and Hariri, M.M., 2001, Suture zone and ophiolites on the
northern Arabian Shield: research Proposal for KACST Limited Grant Funded
Project (Project No. LGP ), 27 p.
Contact Information:
Dr. Mustafa M. Hariri
P O Box 5070, KFUPM, 31261, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Tel: 8602620
Fax: 8602595
e-mail: mmhariri@kfupm.edu.sa
Home Page: http://users.kfupm.edu.sa/ES/mmhariri/
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