The Red Sea : the formation, oceanography of a young morphology, and environment ocean basin. /: the formation, oceanography of a young morphology, and environment ocean basin. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Najeeb M.A. Rasul, Ian C.F. Stewart, editors.
• Editors: Rasul, Najeeb M. A; Stewart, Ian C. F
• Other Names: Hayʾat al-Misāḥah al-Jiyūlūjīyah al-Saʿūdīyah.
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Berlin [Germany] : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (627 pages), color illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 909.096533; Earth sciences; HISTORY / World; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Physical geography & topography; Geology; Ecology; Physical geography; Geology & the lithosphere; Red Sea -- History; Red Sea; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783662452011; 3662452014; 3662452006; 9783662452004
• Related ISBNs: 9783662452004
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.; Note: Print version record.
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