Mohammed Abduz Zaher ( – 27 August 2017) was a Bangladeshi geologist. He was the director general of Geological Survey of Bangladesh.

Biography

Abduz Zaher described a new mineral in his M.S. Thesis of

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in 1969 that he investigated from

Salt Range The Salt Range ( and Namkistan نمکستان) is a mountain range in the north of Punjab province of Pakistan, deriving its name from its extensive deposits of rock salt. The range extends along the south of the Potohar Plateau and the north ...

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. The mineral was named after him as

zaherite Zaherite is a mineral, a complex sulfate of aluminium, formula Al12( O H)26( SO4)5·20 H2O. It was discovered in the Salt range, Punjab, Pakistan by M. A. Zaher of the Bangladesh Geological Survey after whom it is named in 1977. This mineral would ...

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in 1977. He was the director general of Geological Survey of Bangladesh. He was a teacher of

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's soil science department too. He provided technical and strategic support to the

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s during the

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. Abduz Zaher died on 27 August 2017 at the age of 85.

Selected publications

* A. Zaher, M. (1963). ''Peat deposit of Kola Moza, Khulna, East Pakistan'' * Ahmed, W., and A. Zaher, M., (1965). ''Paharpur Gondwana coalfield and subsurface geology of Rajshahi Division, East Pakistan'' * A. Zaher, M. (1969). ''A study of the clays of the Salt Range and Kala-Chitta Hills, West Pakistan'' * Rahman, M. M. and A. Zaher, M., (1980). ''Jamalganj Coal - Its Quantity, Quality and Minability'' * A. Zaher, M., and Anisur Rahman, (1980). ''Prospects and investigations for minerals in the northern part of Bangladesh, in Petroleum and mineral resources of Bangladesh'' * A. Zaher, M., Alam, M. K., Arifur Rahman, Q. M. and Chowdhury, S. I. (1986). ''Subsurface Geology of the Limestone Deposits of Jaypurhat Area, Jaypurhat District, Bangladesh''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abduz Zaher, M. Academic staff of the University of Dhaka 2017 deaths 1930s births Bangladeshi geologists Michigan Technological University alumni People from Brahmanbaria district