1. Aref MAM (1998) Holocene stromatolites and microbial laminites associated with lenticular gypsum in a marine-dominated environment, Ras El Shetan area, Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt. Sedimentology 45:245–266
2. Aref MAM (2000) Halite and gypsum morphologies in Borg El-Arab solar salt works-a comparison with the underlying supratidal sabkha deposits, Mediterranean Coast, Egypt. In: Proc. 5th Int. Conf. Geol. Arab World, Cairo University, Egypt, pp. 1117–1134
3. Aref MAM (2003) Lithofacies characteristics, depositional environment and karstification of the Late Miocene (Messinian) gypsum deposits in the Northern Western Desert, Egypt. Sedimentol Egypt 11:9–27
4. Aref MAM, Mandurah MH (2011) Lithostratigraphy, facies interpretation and depositional environment of the Lower Miocene gypsified stromatolites and microbial laminites, Rabigh and Ubhur areas, Red Sea Coast, Saudi Arabia. J King Abdulaziz Univ Earth Sci 22(1):117–139
5. Basyoni MH, Aref MAM (2007) Tepees versus petees in some Saudi and Egyptian sabkhas; factors controlling their distribution, morphology and origin. XI Congresso da Abequa, Belém, Pará, Brazil (Abstract)