The Red Sea : The Formation, Morphology, Oceanography and Environment of a Young Ocean Basin /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2015. |
| Series: | Springer Earth System Sciences,
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction to the Red Sea: Its origin, structure and environment
- The Red Sea: Birth of an ocean
- Geological evolution of the Red Sea: Historical background, review and synthesis
- Seafloor spreading initiation: geophysical and geochemical constraints from the Thetis and Nereus Deeps, central Red Sea
- The Northern Red Sea in transition from rifting to drifting - lessons learned from ocean deeps
- Lineaments in gravity data of the Red Sea
- Geodetic constraints on the geodynamic evolution of the Red Sea
- Seismicity and seismotectonic setting of the Red Sea and adjacent areas
- Seismicity of the western side of the southern Red Sea
- Volcanic eruptions in the southern Red Sea during 2007-2013
- Red Sea salt formations - a result of hydrothermal processes
- Salt flows in the central Red Sea
- Geochemical classification of brine-filled Red Sea deeps
- Hydrothermal activity and paleoenvironments of the Atlantis II Deep
- Environmental risks of mining metalliferous muds in the Atlantis II Deep, Red Sea
- Calcite and aragonite saturation states of the Red Sea and biogeochemical impacts of excess carbon dioxide
- Lagoon sediments of the eastern Red Sea: Distribution processes, pathways and patterns Sea level changes
- Air-Sea interaction and horizontal circulation in the Red Sea
- Water-mass formation, overturning circulation and the exchange of the Red Sea with the adjacent basins
- Heat balance of the Red Sea
- Impacts of climate change on the Red Sea region and its watersheds, Saudi Arabia
- Raised coral reefs and sediments in the coastal area of the Red Sea
- Geomorphology of shallow water coral reef environments in the Red Sea
- Coral reefs and communities of the central and southern Red Sea (Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti and Yemen)
- Coral reefs of the Red Sea with special reference to the Sudanese coastal area
- The status, threats and resilience of reef building corals of the Saudi Arabian Red Sea
- Biology of Red Sea corals: Metabolism, reproduction, acclimatization, and adaptation
- Taxonomic, ecological and historical considerations on the deep-water benthic mollusc fauna of the Red Sea
- Sea Slugs: unexpected biodiversity and distribution
- Marine turtles of the Red Sea
- Phytoplankton of the Red Sea
- Mangroves of the Red Sea
- The evolution of the Red Sea as a human habitat during the Quaternary Period.