The North African Journal of Scientific Publishing (NAJSP) علمينشر الل إفريقيا لة شمال مجل(NAJSP) EISSN: 2959-4820 Volume 1, Issue 4, October-December 2023, Page No: 94-99 Website: https://najsp.com/index.php/home/index SJIFactor 2023: 3.733 ( ر العربي التأثي معاملAIF ) 2023 : 0.63 ISI 2023: 0.383 94 | The North African Journal of Scientific Publishing (NAJSP) Geochemical Characteristics and Implications of The Provenance of Abu-Shaybah Formation Sandstones Wadi Greem Area in Al-Khums City Abdallah Muhammed Alhili 1* , Fathi Beleed Ghanem 2 , Osama Ali Abdelkader 3 , Abdulsallam Muftah Al Mishkh 4 1 Radioactive West Management Division, Libyan Atomic Energy Establishment, Libya 2, 3 Department of Geology, Elmergib University, Libya 4 Department of Marine Geology, Al-Asmarya Islamic University, Libya *Corresponding author: abdoalhili@yahoo.com Received: September 28, 2023 Accepted: November 21, 2023 Published: November 30, 2023 Abstract: The Abu-Shaybah Formation (Late Triassic) is separated into the lower and upper sections and has an unconformable relationship with the Alaziziya Formation. We looked into the main components of the formation in this study. The samples had moderate concentrations of SiO2 and Al2O3, with average values of 87% and 8.7%, respectively, according to the Sandstone geochemical data. and greater amounts of Fe2O3 (3.1%), TiO2 (0.21%), and the element's contents of MnO, K2O, MgO, Na2O, and SO3 were around (0.1%), with P2O5 (0.05%) having the lowest value. Because calcite is used as a cementing agent, the CaO content of these sandstones is approximately 0.8%. Relevant geochemical element plots show that the majority of the sandstones in Abu-Shaybah are Quartz arenite kinds. Keywords: Geochemical characteristics, Formation Sandstones, Wadi Greem, Al-Khums City. Cite this article as: A. M. Alhili, F. B. Ghanem, O. A. Abdelkader, A. M. Al Mishkh, “Geochemical Characteristics and Implications of The Provenance of Abu-Shaybah Formation Sandstones Wadi Greem Area in Al-Khums City,” The North African Journal of Scientific Publishing (NAJSP), vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 94–99, October-December 2023. Publisher’s Note: African Academy of Advanced Studies – AAAS stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Copyright: © 2023 by the authors. Licensee The North African Journal of Scientific Publishing (NAJSP), Libya. This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). بة بمنطقة وادي لتكوين أبو شيرمليت منشأ الحجر اللجيوكيميائية ودئص الخصا ا قر يم بمدينة الخمس لي محمد الهي عبد 1 * بلعيد غانم ، فتحي 2 لقادرمة علي عبد ا ، أسا 3 خيح المشي مفتام ، عبد الس 4 1 قة اللطا مؤسسة ا ذ رية، طرابلس ، ليبيا 2 ، 3 عضو هيئة تدريس، لجيولوجيا قسم ا، علومية ال كل، الخمس، معة المرقب جا ، ليبيا 4 عضو هيئة تدريس، البحريةلجيولوجيا قسم ا، ية الموارد البحرية كل، سمريةمعة الجا ا ، ليبيا