Geomorphology of cemented aeolian sands, Bowah Area, Oman

AbstractA new site with Lateglacial palaeosols covered by 0.8 - 2.4 m thick aeolian sands is presented. The buried soils were subjected to multidisciplinary analyses (pedology, micromorphology, geochronology, dendrology, palynology, macrofossils). The buried soil cover comprises a catena from relatively dry (’Nano’-Podzol, Arenosol) via moist (Histic Gleysol, Gleysol) to wet conditions (Histosol). Dry soils are similar to the so-called Usselo soil, as described from sites in NW Europe and central Poland. The buried soil surface covers ca. 3.4 km2. Pollen analyses date this surface into the late Allerød. Due to a possible contamination by younger carbon, radiocarbon dates are too young. OSL dates indicate that the covering by aeolian sands most probably occurred during the Younger Dryas. Botanical analyses enables the reconstruction of a vegetation pattern typical for the late Allerød. Large wooden remains of pine and birch were recorded.

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Aeolian Sands as Material to Construct Low-Volume Roads

Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board ◽

10.3141/2205-09 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2205 (1) ◽

pp. 67-72

Author(s):

P. Paige-Green ◽

M. I. Pinard ◽

M. Mgangira

Keyword(s):

Low Volume Roads ◽

Low Volume ◽

Aeolian Sands

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A Middle Palaeolithic burial of a modern human at Taramsa Hill, Egypt

Antiquity ◽

10.1017/s0003598x00086919 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 72 (277) ◽

pp. 475-484 ◽

Cited By ~ 57

Author(s):

P. M. Vermeersch ◽

E. Paulissen ◽

P. Van Peer ◽

S. Stokes ◽

C. Charlier ◽

...

Keyword(s):

East Africa ◽

Late Pleistocene ◽

Modern Human ◽

Nile Valley ◽

Middle Palaeolithic ◽

African Origin ◽

Modern Humans ◽

Origin Of Modern Humans ◽

Clear Relation ◽

Aeolian Sands

Discussion about a possible African origin of modern humans is hampered by the lack of Late Pleistocene skeletal material from the Nile valley, the likely passage-way from East Africa to Asia and Europe. Here we report the discovery of a burial of an anatomically modern child from southern Egypt. Its clear relation with Middle Palaeolithic chert extraction activities and a series of OSL dates, from correlative aeolian sands, suggests an age between 49,800 and 80,400 years ago, with a mean age of 55,000.

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Provenance of aeolian sands in the Hetao Plain, northwestern China

Aeolian Research ◽

10.1016/j.aeolia.2018.02.002 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 32 ◽

pp. 92-101 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Xingchen Yang ◽

Maotang Cai ◽

Peisheng Ye ◽

Mengni Ye ◽

Chenglu Li ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Northwestern China ◽

Hetao Plain ◽

Aeolian Sands

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Postglacial geomorphic development of the Dinosaur Provincial Park badlands, Alberta

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences ◽

10.1139/e87-011 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 135-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 34

Author(s):

Rorke B. Bryan ◽

Ian A. Campbell ◽

Aaron Yair

Keyword(s):

Red Deer ◽

Experimental Studies ◽

Sediment Discharge ◽

Erosion Rates ◽

Water And Sediment ◽

Provincial Park ◽

Geomorphic Processes ◽

Aeolian Sands

Experimental studies concerning current geomorphic processes and erosion rates in the badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, have not explained the unusual extent of badland development or prominent nonstructural near-horizontal surfaces that occur in the park. Two of these surfaces result from spillway development associated with Wisconsin deglaciation, and the extent of badland development is associated with major spillway concentration and exposure of highly erodible Cretaceous strata. A third surface is associated with erosion caused by locally generated runoff. All surfaces are blanketed with aeolian sands and silts deposited around 5500 BP, which profoundly affected the hydrology of the area and water and sediment discharge from the badlands to the Red Deer River. Subsequent stripping of the aeolian cover by streams, along with piping and tunnel erosion, has reexposed vulnerable Cretaceous strata and restored the high erosion rates now observed in these badlands.

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Effect of Protection Level in the Hydroperiod of Water Bodies on Doñana’s Aeolian Sands

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs8100867 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (10) ◽

pp. 867 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Javier Bustamante ◽

David Aragonés ◽

Isabel Afán

Keyword(s):

Water Bodies ◽

Protection Level ◽

Aeolian Sands

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Thermoluminescence dating of aeolian sands from polycyclic soil profiles in the southern Netherlands

Quaternary Science Reviews ◽

10.1016/0277-3791(92)90047-c ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 11 (1-2) ◽

pp. 85-92 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

J.W.A. Dijkmans ◽

J.M. van Mourik ◽

A.G. Wintle

Keyword(s):

Soil Profiles ◽

Thermoluminescence Dating ◽

Southern Netherlands ◽

Aeolian Sands

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Ravenspurn South Field, Blocks 42/29, 42/30, 43/26, UK North Sea

Geological Society London Memoirs ◽

10.1144/gsl.mem.1991.014.01.58 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 469-475 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

R. D. Heinrich

Keyword(s):

North Sea ◽

Reservoir Quality ◽

Desert Environment ◽

Gas Field ◽

Field Development ◽

Southern North Sea ◽

Fluvial Processes ◽

Sandstone Formation ◽

Aeolian Sands

AbstractThe Ravenspurn South Gas Field is located in the Sole Pit Basin of the Southern North Sea in UKCS Block 42/30, extending into Blocks 42/29 and 43/26. The gas is trapped in sandstones of the Permian Lower Leman Sandstone Formation, which was deposited by aeolian and fluvial processes in a desert environment. Reservoir quality is poor, and variations are mostly facies-controlled. The best reservoir quality occurs in aeolian sands wth porosities of up to 23% and permeabilities up to 90 md. The trap is a NW-SE-striking faulted anticline: top seal is provided by the Silverpit Shales directly overlying the reservoir, and by Zechstein halites. Field development began early in 1988 and first gas was delivered in October 1989. Production is in tandem with the Cleeton Field, about 5 miles southwest of Ravenspurn South, as the Villages project. Initial reserves are 700 BCF and field life is expected to be 20 years.

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