The APG team conducted fieldwork in Jizan from 19 Feb to 23. Take a look at their experience as they gather data firsthand.
Field work in Midyan/Gulf of Aqaba. The aim of the fieldtrip was to study the structural style of the GOA and associated deformation within the basement as well as the syn to post rift section outcropping in the Midyan peninsula, Saudi Arabia.
PhD candidate Ali H. Alibrahim joined Professor Frans S. van Buchem and his team for fieldwork in the Cretaceous sections in Jordan.
Professor Afifi highlighting the stratigraphy of the basaltic volcanics.
Oligocene mammalian bone within the syn-rift section.
Jeddah basins and sub-basins
Interbedded sandstones and bentonite layers within the early syn-rift section near Hadath Ash-Sham.
Fault plane along the Gulf of Aqaba
Waiting for a refuel along the Gulf of Aqaba