Quaternary deserts and climatic change

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by  Alsharhan, A. S., Glennie, K. W., Whittle, G. L

QUATERNARY DESERTS AND CLIMATIC CHANGE

PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON QUATERNARY DESERTS
AND CLIMATIC CHANGE/ ALAIN/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES/9-11 DECEMBER 1995
Quaternary Deserts and
Climatic Change
Edited b y
A.S.ALSHARHAN
Faculty o fS cience, UAE U niversity,AlAin, UnitedArabEmirates
K.W.GLENNIE
Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology, University o fA berdeen, Scotland, UK
G.L.WHITILE
Department ofG eology, University o f South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
C.G.St.C.KENDALL
Department ofG eological Sciences, University o f South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
A.A.BALKEMA/ROTTERDAM/BROOKFIELD/ 1998
United Arab Emirates IGCP-349
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Table of contents

Preface XI

Acknowledgments XIII

1 Quaternary sedimentation a nd d iagenesis
Geomorphology of cemented aeolian sands, Bowah Area, Oman 3

J. D.Al-Belushi
Diagenesis in the Quaternary carbonate sediments ofSaurashtra and Kachchh, Western India 7

N.Bhatt & MP.Patel
Predominant features of the Quaternary relief development seawards of the Oman Mountains 17

as reflected in wadi and coastal terraces and other coastal features

CHannjJ
The flood re-charge sabkha model supported by recent inversions of anhydrite to gypsum 29

in the UAE Sabkhas

CG. St. C Kendall, A S.Alsharhan & G . L Whittle

Carbonate sedimentation in coastal hypersaline lagoons of Alamain, Egypt 43

AA Moussa, M Shata, S. 0. Draz, M El-Sayed & M E l-Sabroutti

Petrography ofHolocene beachrock and hardgrounds, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 57

G.LWhittle, A S.Alsharhan & C G.St.CKendall
2 Dunes a nd i nland s abkhas
Geology and mineral genesis of Taba inland sabkha, southern Dead Sea Transform, 71

SW Jordan

AMAbed

Mineralogical characteristics of the Quaternary sand dunes in the eastern province 85

of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

E.AAhmed, A S.Alsharhan, M A Soliman & S. T amer
Textural characteristics of Quaternary sand dunes in the Eastern Province of Abu Dhabi, 91

United Arab Emirates

A.S.Alsharhan, E AAhmed & S.Tamer
V
Cemented Quaternary dune sands, Ras Al Hamra housing area, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman 109
KW.Glennie &H.Gokdag
The inland sabkhas of the Huqf, Oman: A product of past extremes of humidity and aridity 117
K W.Glennie, JAl-Belushi & S.Al-Maskery
Quaternary paleodunes, Arabian Gulf coast, Abu Dhabi Emirate: 123
Age and paleoenvironmental evolution
D.G.Hadley, E.MBrouwers & T.MBown
Umm as Samim, Oman: A sabkha with evidence for climate change 141
JAHeathcote & S.King
Present-day mobile crescentic dunes in the Thar desert, India 155
AKar
A reconnaissance survey of the linear dunes and loess plains of northwestern Nigeria: 165
Granulometry and geochronology
S. Stokes & J H orrocks
Latest Pleistocene and Holocene sand-sheet construction in the Selima Sand Sea, 175
Eastern Sahara
S.Stokes, T.AMaxwell, CV.Haynes Jr & JHorrocks
Late Quaternary evolution of clustered parabolic megadunes in Thar Desert, India 185
S. K. Wadhawan
3 Fluvial or wadi systems
Aeolian dust and superficial formations in the arid part of Yemen 199
B.CCoque-Delhuille & P.P.Gentelle
The fine-grained, loess-like sediments of the Wadi Firan, Sinai, Egypt: 209
Possibilities of palaeoclimatic interpretations?
K.Rogner & W.Smykatz-Kloss
Late Quaternary aridity in the southwestern Kalahari Desert: New contributions 213
from Optically Simulated Luminescence (OSL) dating of aeolian deposits,
northern Cape Province, South Africa
D.S.G.Thomas, S.Stokes & P.W.O'Connor
4 Quaternary climatic changes
Paleoenvironmental conditions of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene 227
in Anatolia, Turkey
i.Atalay
Comparison ofQuaternary environmental change in eastern and southern Africa 239
using cave speleothem, tufa and rock shelter sediment data
G.ABrook, JB.Cowart & S.ABrandt
Aeolian forms and climatic changes in the Great Western Erg, Algerian Sahara 251
Y.Callot
VI
Middle and late Quaternary palaeoclimatic evolution, northern Mediterranean coast ofEgypt 261
H.MElAsmar
The potential of a montane juniper tree-ring chronology for the reconstruction ofrecent 273
climate in Arabia
M Fisher &AS.Gardner
The desert of southeast Arabia: A product of Quaternary climatic change 279
KW.Glennie
Late Quaternary climate changes in the Central Namib Desert, Namibia 293
KHeine
Quaternary environmental change in the southeast Kalahari, Botswana, Southern Africa 305
K.Holmgren & P .Shaw
Chronology and paleoenvironmental significance of Quaternary desert sediment 315
in southeastern Arabia
N.Juyal, KW.Glennie & AKSinghvi
Aeolian system response to external forcing factors - A sequence stratigraphic view 327
of the Saharan region
G.Kocurek
Dune morphology, chronology, and Quaternary climatic change 339
N. Lancaster
Mid-Holocene climatic change and man in the present-day Sahara desert 351
N.Petit-Maire &ZT.Guo
A desert responds to Pleistocene climate change: Saline lacustrine sediments, Death Valley, 357
California, USA
S.MRoberts & R.lSpencer
Magnitude of climate change in Death Valley, California, USA between 100 and 200 ka B P: 371
Comparison with modem systems
R.lSpencer & S .MRoberts
Climatic and environmental changes in the deserts of Inner Mongolia, China, 381
since the Late Pleistocene
B. Wiinnemann, H.l P achur & H.Zang
5 Geochemical a pplications t o Quaternary d eserts
Geochemical processes controlling groundwater quality in Pushkar Valley, Rajasthan, India 397
P.S.Datta & S .KTyagi
Evaluation and management of ground water resources in the farm of Assiut Cement 403
Company, Assi ut, Egypt: An e xample of water management in a desert area
with little or no rainfall
A-AM Ebraheem
Recharge to groundwater in arid and semi-arid regions from the Holocene to the present 419
W.MEdmunds
VII
Potentiality of global positioning system in sand dune measurement: A case study 433
from the Thar desert, India
AKar,ATsunekawa & T .Miyazaki
Contribution to hydrogeochemistry of the Quaternary aquifer in the Al-Ain area, 439
United Arab Emirates
ZS.Rizk,H.K.Garamoon & H.AEI-Etr
Hydraulic properties of dune and interdune areas around Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates 455
ZS.Rizk,H.KGaramoon & H.AEI-Etr
Schlumberger soundings on the area northwest ofAssiut city, middle Egypt 469
MMSenosy
6 Application o f remote sensing to desert e nvironments
Evaluation of the Shuttle Imaging Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) data for mapping 483
paleo-drainage systems in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
AE.Dabbagh,KG.Al-Hinai & MAKhan
Sand seas of the western desert of Egypt 495
N.S.Embabi
Hydrochemical facies in the groundwater of central and southern Oman 511
P.G.Macumber,R.AlAbri & S .AlAkhzami
Twenty year changes in micro landscapes of Kuwait: Case studies 521
R.F.Misak, A MAI-Dousari & MT.Zaghloul
7 Quaternary a nalogs to ancient a nd r ecent s ediments
Sedimentological aspects and hydrocarbon potential of the Quaternary in the Gulf of Suez 531
rifted basin, Egypt
AS.Alsharhan & M G.Salah
Quaternary wadi, lacustrine, aeolian depositional cycles and sequences, Chott Rharsa basin, 539
southern Thnisia
MBlum, G . K ocurek, M Deynoux, C S wezey, N. Lancaster, D . M Price & 1-C Pion
Dune morphology and palaeowinds from aeolian sandstones in the Miocene Shuwaihat 553
Formation, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
CS.Bristow & N.Hill
The Great Pearl Bank Barrier of the southern Arabian Gulf-A possible analog 565
for the Aptian rudist banks ofthe Arabian Peninsula
G.W.Hughes
An a ncient sabkha-like emironment in the Permian intermontane basin 583
of Baden-Baden, Germany
M Loffler, E . Sittig & W . S mykatz-Kloss
VIII
8 Archaeology
Evolution and paleoclimatic meaning ofthe talus flatirons in the Ebro Basin, northeast Spain 593
MGutierrezElorza, C Sancho, T .Arauzo &lLPeiiaMonne
Coastal miliolite formation and history of the early man in southern Saurashtra, Western India 601
AR.Marathe, P .G.Deodhar & S.N.Rajaguru
9 Glossary
A glossary of Arabic desert terminology used in southeastern Arabia 611
T.MGoodall & lD.Al-Belushi
Author index 621
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