Geological Setting, Palaeoenvironment and Archaeology of the Red Sea

Geological Setting, Palaeoenvironment and Archaeology of the Red Sea

Stewart, Ian C.F.; Rasul, Najeeb M.A.

Springer International Publishing AG

12/2018

803

Dura

Inglês

9783319994079

15 a 20 dias

3082

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Introduction to geology, palaeoenvironment and archaeology of the Red Sea.- Neotectonics of the Red Sea, Gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba.- A modern view on the Red Sea Rift: Tectonics, volcanism and salt blankets.- Constraining the opening of the Red Sea: Evidence from the Neoproterozoic margins and Cenozoic magmatism for a Volcanic Rifted Margin.- Timing of extensional faulting along the magma-poor central and northern Red Sea rift margin - Transition from regional extension to necking along a hyperextended rifted margin.- The nature of upper mantle upwelling during initiation of seafloor spreading in the southern Red Sea.- Oceanization starts at depth during continental rupturing in the northern Red Sea.- Rifting and salt deposition on continental margins: Differences and similarities between the Red Sea and the South Atlantic sedimentary basins.- Plate motions around the Red Sea since the Early Oligocene.- Hydrothermal prospection in the Red Sea Rift: Geochemical messages from basalts.- Salt formation, accumulation, and expulsion processes during ocean rifting - new insight gained from the Red Sea.- Origin of submarine channel north of Hanish Sill, Red Sea.- Cenozoic faults and seismicity in northwest Saudi Arabia and the Gulf of Aqaba region.- Crustal and upper-mantle structure beneath Saudi Arabia from receiver functions and surface wave analysis.- Variations in Plio-Pleistocene deposition in the Red Sea.- Pleistocene coral reef terraces on the Saudi Arabian side of the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.- Mollusc fauna associated with Late Pleistocene coral reef systems of the Saudi Arabian side of the Gulf of Aqaba.- Geochemistry of the Lunayyir and Khaybar volcanic fields (Saudi Arabia): Insights into the origin of Cenozoic Arabian volcanism.- Palaeomagnetism and geochronology of the Harrats Lunayyir and Khaybar lava fields, Saudi Arabia.- Microstructure and geochemistry of magmatic dykes from the Arabian margin, Red Sea.- Manganese mineralization related to the Red SeaRift system: Examples from the Red Sea coast and Sinai, Egypt.- The spatial distribution pattern of surficial sediment in Shiab Al-Kabeer, a shoal in the Red Sea of Saudi Arabia.- Sediment yield calculation along the Red Sea coastal drainage basins.- Landscape archaeology, palaeolithic survey and coastal change along the southern Red Sea of Saudi Arabia.- Investigating the palaeoshorelines and coastal archaeology of the southern Red Sea.- The archaeology of Pleistocene coastal environments and human dispersals in the Red Sea: Insights from the Farasan Islands.- The multi-disciplinary search for underwater archaeology in the southern Red Sea.- Geological structure and Late Quaternary geomorphological evolution of the Farasan Islands continental shelf, south Red Sea, SW Saudi Arabia.- Tectonic geomorphology and soil edaphics as controls on animal migrations and human dispersal patterns.- Blue Arabia, Green Arabia: Examining human colonisation and dispersal models.- Optically Stimulated Luminescence dating as a geochronological tool for Late Quaternary sediments in the Red Sea region.- Results of micropalaeontological analyses on sediment core FA09 from the southern Red Sea continental shelf.- Red Sea palaeoclimate: Stable isotope and element-ratio analysis of marine mollusc shells.- Ancient ports of trade on the Red Sea coasts - the 'Parameters of Attractiveness' of site locations and human adaptations to fluctuating land- and sea-scapes. Case study Berenike Troglodytica, southeastern Egypt.
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Geological Setting of the Red Sea;Passive Continental Margins;Development of the Read Sea margin;Geodynamics of the Red Sea;Semi-Enclosed Young Ocean