Geology of the Arabian Peninsula: Sedimentary geology of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

This volume, "The Geology of the Arabian Peninsula," is a logical consequence of the geographic and geologic mapping project of the Arabian Peninsula, a cooperative venture between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Government of the United States.The Arabian-American Oil Co. and the U.S. Geological Survey did the fieldwork within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and, with the approval of the governments of neighboring countries, a number of other oil companies contributed additional mapping to complete the coverage of the whole of the Arabian Peninsula.So far as we are aware, this is a unique experiment in geological cooperation among several governments, petroleum companies, and individuals.The plan for a cooperative mapping project was originally conceived in July 1953 by the late "William E. Wrather, then Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, the late James Terry Duce, then Vice President of Aramco, and the late E. L. deGolyer.George Wadsworth, then U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and Sheikh Abdullah Sulaiman, then Minister of Finance of the Government of Saudi Arabia, lent their support to the plan.In November of the following year