SGS SPELEOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS

  Updated April 15, 2008

 

 

Below is a list of Saudi Geological Survey reports related to caves in Saudi Arabia. You can view abstracts of each report in English or Arabic or you can download the complete report as a PDF file. They are also available in printed form from the SGS WEBSITE. 

Roobol, M.J., Pint, J.J., Al-Shanti, M.A., Al-Juaid, A.J., Al-Amoudi, S.A., and Pint, S., With the collaboration of Al-Eisa, A.M., Allam, F., Al-Sulaimani, G.S., and Banakhar, A.S., 2002, PRELIMINARY SURVEY FOR LAVA-TUBE CAVES ON HARRAT KISHB, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Geological Survey Open-File report SGS-OF-2002-3, 35 p., 41 figs, 1 table, 4 apps., 2 plates.

Abstract in English.               Abstract in Arabic (.PDF file: 71.3 kb)

Download the complete report (.PDF file: 3.94 mb)

Download Plate 1 of this report (.PDF file: 1.63 mb)

Download Plate 2 of this report (.PDF file: 1.69 mb)

Pint, J.J., Al-Shanti, M.A., Al-Juaid, A.J., Al-Amoudi, S.A., 2002, PRELIMINARY SURVEY FOR CAVES SUITABLE FOR TOURISM IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA - AS SULB PLATEAU - KAHF AL RUTUWBAH AND B32 CAVE: Saudi Geological Survey Open-File report SGS-OF-2002-10, 28 p., 43 figs.

Abstract in English.               Abstract in Arabic (.PDF file: 39.4 kb)

Download the complete report (.PDF file: 1.16 mb)

Al-Shanti, M.A., Pint, J.J., Al-Juaid, A.J., Al-Amoudi, S.A., 2002, PRELIMINARY SURVEY FOR CAVES IN THE HABAKAH REGION OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Geological Survey Open-File report SGS-OF-2003-3, 32 p., 43 figs.

Abstract in English.               Abstract in Arabic (.PDF file: 39.9 kb)

Download the complete report (.PDF file: 2.45 mb)

Forti, P., Pint, J.J., Al-Shanti, M.A., Al-Juaid, A.J., Al-Amoudi, S.A., and Pint, S.I., 2003, THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOURIST CAVES IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Geological Survey Open-File report SGS-OF-2003-6, 32 p., 43 figs, 1 table, 2 apps.

Abstract in English.               Abstract in Arabic (.PDF file: 49 kb)

Download the complete report (.PDF file: 2.52 mb)

Fleitmann, D., Matter, A., Pint, J.J. and Al-Shanti, M.A.  2004, THE SPELEOTHEM RECORD OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Geological Survey Open-File report SGS-OF-2004-8, 40 p., 24 figs, 8 tableS, 1 app.

Abstract in English. (.PDF file: 92 kb)         Abstract in Arabic (.PDF file: 92 kb)

Download the complete report (.PDF file: 2.3 mb)

Pint, J.J., Al-Shanti, M.A., Al-Juaid, A.J., Al-Amoudi, S.A., and Forti, P., 2005, GHAR AL HIBASHI, HARRAT NAWASIF/AL BUQUM, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, with the collaboration of R. Akbar, P. Vincent, S. Kempe, P. Boston, F.H. Kattan, E. Galli, A. Rossi, and S. Pint: Saudi Geological Survey Open-File report SGS-OF-2004-12, 68 p., 43 figs, 1 table, 2 apps., 1 plate.

Abstract in English.               Abstract in Arabic (.PDF file: 58 kb)

Download the complete report (.PDF file: 6.8 mb)

Download the Plate of this report (Plan and Profile Map of Hibashi Cave -.PNG file: 307 kb)

Saudi Cave Unit, 2007, Maps of caves surveyed by Saudi Geological Survey, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Saudi Geological Survey Data-File Report SGS-DF-2005-14, 59 p, 58 figs.

Abstract in English.                Abstract in Arabic (.PDF file: 85 kb)

Download the complete report (.PDF file: 4.1 mb)

ARTICLES ON SAUDI CAVES IN SPELEOLOGICAL JOURNALS

The following articles can be downloaded through this web site:

VULCANOSPELEOLOGY IN SAUDI ARABIA by John J. Pint, Acta Carsologica 35/1 2006, pp. 107-119

PROSPECTS FOR LAVA-CAVE STUDIES IN HARRAT KHAYBAR, Saudi Arabia by John J. Pint
(DOWNLOAD = 1.5 mb) Proceedings of the X, XI, and XII International Symposia on Vulcanospeleology, edited by Ramón Espinasa and John
Pint, AMCS,Austin, 2008, PP. 197-200