1. Abou-Ouf MA, El Shater A (1993) Black benthic foraminifera in carbonate facies of a coastal sabkha, Saudi Arabian Red Sea coast. J Fac Mar Sci King Abdulaziz Univ 4:133–141
2. Al-Washmi HA, Rasul NM (2003) Sedimentary processes of the Quaternary sediments of Al-Kharrar Lagoon, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. J Environ Sci Univ Mansoura Egypt 26(1):273–296
3. Bahafzalah AAK, El Askary MA (1981) Sedimentological and micropaleontological investigations of the beach sands around Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Bull Fac Earth Sci KAU 4:25–42
4. Behairy AKA, El-Sayed MKh (1984) Carbonate cements in modern Red Sea reef, north of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Mar Geol 58:443–450
5. Behairy AKA, Jaubert J (eds) (1984) Ecology of a coral reef complex and of an inshore lagoon near Sharm Obhur, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. Final Report, KAU. FMS/UN 163 p (unpublished)