Quaternary deserts and climatic change 1st Edition by Alsharhan, Glennie, Whittle, Kendall ISBN 9781000150551 1000150550

1 Quaternary sedimentation and diagenesis

Geomorphology of cemented aeolian sands, Bowah Area, Oman

Diagenesis in the Quaternary carbonate sediments of Saurashtra and Kachchh, Western India

Predominant features of the Quaternary relief development seawards of the Oman Mountains as reflected in wadi and coastal terraces and other coastal features

The flood re-charge sabkha model supported by recent inversions of anhydrite to gypsum in the UAE Sabkhas

Carbonate sedimentation in coastal hypersaline lagoons of Alamain, Egypt

Petrography of Holocene beachrock and hardgrounds, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

2 Dunes and inland sabkhas

Geology and mineral genesis of Taba inland sabkha, southern Dead Sea Transform, SW Jordan

Mineralogical characteristics of the Quaternary sand dunes in the eastern province of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Textural characteristics of Quaternary sand dunes in the Eastern Province of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Cemented Quaternary dune sands, Ras Al Hamra housing area, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

The inland sabkhas of the Huqf, Oman: A product of past extremes of humidity and aridity

Quaternary paleodunes, Arabian Gulf coast, Abu Dhabi Emirate: Age and paleoenvironmental evolution

Umm as Samim, Oman: A sabkha with evidence for climate change

Present-day mobile crescentic dunes in the Thar desert, India

A reconnaissance survey of the linear dunes and loess plains of northwestern Nigeria: Granulometry and geochronology

Latest Pleistocene and Holocene sand-sheet construction in the Selima Sand Sea, Eastern Sahara

Late Quaternary evolution of clustered parabolic megadunes in Thar Desert, India

3 Fluvial or wadi systems

Aeolian dust and superficial formations in the arid part of Yemen

The fine-grained, loess-like sediments of the Wadi Firan, Sinai, Egypt: Possibilities of palaeoclimatic interpretations?

Late Quaternary aridity in the southwestern Kalahari Desert: New contributions from Optically Simulated Luminescence (OSL) dating of aeolian deposits, northern Cape Province, South Africa

4 Quaternary climatic changes

Paleoenvironmental conditions of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene in Anatolia, Turkey

Comparison of Quaternary environmental change in eastern and southern Africa using cave speleothem, tufa and rock shelter sediment data

Aeolian forms and climatic changes in the Great Western Erg, Algerian Sahara

Middle and late Quaternary palaeoclimatic evolution, northern Mediterranean coast of Egypt

The potential of a montane juniper tree-ring chronology for the reconstruction of recent climate in Arabia

The desert of southeast Arabia: A product of Quaternary climatic change

Late Quaternary climate changes in the Central Namib Desert, Namibia

Quaternary environmental change in the southeast Kalahari, Botswana, Southern Africa

Chronology and paleoenvironmental significance of Quaternary desert sediment in southeastern Arabia

Aeolian system response to external forcing factors — A sequence stratigraphic view of the Saharan region

Dune morphology, chronology, and Quaternary climatic change

Mid-Holocene climatic change and man in the present-day Sahara desert

A desert responds to Pleistocene climate change: Saline lacustrine sediments, Death Valley, California, USA

Magnitude of climate change in Death Valley, California, USA between 100 and 200 ka BP: Comparison with modern systems

Climatic and environmental changes in the deserts of Inner Mongolia, China, since the Late Pleistocene

5 Geochemical applications to Quaternary deserts

Geochemical processes controlling groundwater quality in Pushkar Valley, Rajasthan, India

Evaluation and management of groundwater resources in the farm of Assiut Cement Company, Assiut, Egypt: An example of water management in a desert area with little or no rainfall

Recharge to groundwater in arid and semi-arid regions from the Holocene to the present

Potentiality of global positioning system in sand dune measurement: A case study from the Thar desert, India

Contribution to hydrogeochemistry of the Quaternary aquifer in the Al-Ain area, United Arab Emirates

Hydraulic properties of dune and interdune areas around Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

Schlumberger soundings on the area northwest of Assiut city, middle Egypt

6 Application of remote sensing to desert environments

Evaluation of the Shuttle Imaging Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) data for mapping paleo-drainage systems in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Sand seas of the western desert of Egypt

Hydrochemical facies in the groundwater of central and southern Oman

Twenty year changes in micro landscapes of Kuwait: Case studies

7 Quaternary analogs to ancient and recent sediments

Sedimentological aspects and hydrocarbon potential of the Quaternary in the Gulf of Suez rifted basin, Egypt

Quaternary wadi, lacustrine, aeolian depositional cycles and sequences, Chott Rharsa basin, southern Tunisia

Dune morphology and palaeowinds from aeolian sandstones in the Miocene Shuwaihat Formation, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

The Great Pearl Bank Barrier of the southern Arabian Gulf — A possible analog for the Aptian rudist banks of the Arabian Peninsula

An ancient sabkha-like environment in the Permian intermontane basin of Baden-Baden, Germany

8 Archaeology

Evolution and paleoclimatic meaning of the talus Saurons in the Ebro Basin, northeast Spain

Coastal miliolite formation and history of the early man in southern Saurashtra, Western India

9 Glossary

A glossary of Arabic desert terminology used in southeastern Arabia

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