scholarly journals Cretaceous ammonites from the Sultanate of Oman (Adam Foothills)

GeoArabia ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-74
Author(s):  
Christian Meister ◽  
André Piuz
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Lithostratigraphic Units ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
First Time

ABSTRACT Twenty taxa are described from the Cretaceous of Oman (Adam Foothills). The genera Puzosia, Placenticeras, Cunningtoniceras, Nigericeras, Metoicoceras, Rubroceras and Hoplitoides and the subgenus C. (Gentoniceras) are recorded for the first time from the Arabian Peninsula. Based on the ammonite ranges, a sequence of nine bioevents of the Albian–Turonian is correlated within the zonation, and some markers allow correlations at a larger scale, at least along the southern Neo-Tethys margin. The ammonite data give new constraints for the correlations of the lithological units along the Adam Foothills West-East transect and they question the definition of the lithostratigraphic units within the Natih Formation, especially the Natih A and B members. From a paleogeographic point of view Oman is a landmark for the distribution of the ammonites between the western Neo-Tethys (Europe, North Africa, Middle East) and the eastern Neo-Tethys (Africa, Madagascar and India).

The marine vertebrate faunas from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Syria

2000 ◽  
Vol 137 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. BARDET ◽  
H. CAPPETTA ◽  
X. PEREDA SUBERBIOLA ◽  
M. MOUTY ◽  
A. K. AL MALEH ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Faunal Composition ◽  
Suitable Material ◽  
Fossil Assemblages ◽  
Marine Vertebrates ◽  
The Difference ◽  
First Time

Marine vertebrate faunas from the latest Cretaceous phosphates of the Palmyrides Chain of Syria are described for the first time. Recent fieldwork in the phosphatic deposits of the Palmyra area (mines of Charquieh and Khneifiss, outcrops of Bardeh, Soukkari and Soukhneh) have yielded a rich and diversified assemblage of marine vertebrates, including more than 50 species of chondrichthyes, osteichthyes, squamates, chelonians, plesiosaurians and crocodilians. Selachians are the most abundant and diverse component of the faunas and are represented by at least 34 species of both sharks and rays. Actinopterygians include representatives of six families, the most common being the enchodontids. Squamates are known by six mosasaurid species and an indeterminate varanoid. Chelonians are represented by at least two bothremydids and two chelonioids. Finally, elasmosaurid plesiosaurs and indeterminate crocodilians are also present in the fossil assemblages. The difference in faunal composition observed between the sites is interpreted as being due to palaeoecological preferences related to the Hamad Uplift palaeostructure. The marine vertebrate faunas of Syria show close affinities with those of the latest Cretaceous phosphatic deposits of North Africa and the Middle East and are typical of the southern Tethyan realm. From a biostratigraphical point of view, the selachians are the only suitable material to provide elements of an answer to the long debated question of the age of the Syrian Senonian phosphates. They suggest an Early Maastrichtian age for most of the phosphates of the Palmyrides Chain.

scholarly journals Water Institutional Arrangements of FalajAl Daris in the Sultanate of Oman

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Salim Al-Marshoudi
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Annual Rainfall ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Irrigated Area ◽  
Accumulated Rainfall ◽  
Definition Of

Oman, which is located on the Southern East of Arabian Peninsula, classified as holding a semi-arid climate with an average annual rainfall of 100 mm. Therefore, agricultural production in Oman is fully dependent in irrigation. More than one third is supplied by the ancient aflaj (sing. Falaj), which provide 680 x 106 m3 of water per year and irrigate of an area of 26,500 ha. There is two commonly known definition of the aflaj; the locally defined from the classic Arabic root as to divide the water among its shareholders. In addition, the modern technical definition as trenches and tunnels, which are dug in the ground, to convey the accumulated rainfall water table to the irrigated area in the villages. This study explore some of the existing institutional arrangements found within Falajdaris, at the waliyat (city) of Nizwalocated in the Dakhillya governmental, Sultanate of Oman. This study uses mainly face-To-face interviews with local administrative falaj agents to explore and discuss the most operated mechanized of the institutional arrangements. The study concluded that there is strong relationship between FalajDaris institutional arrangements development and physical water variability. Int. J. Soc. Sc. Manage. Vol. 5, Issue-1: 31-42

Nomenclature and definition of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease: a consensus from the Middle East and north Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gamal Shiha ◽  
Khalid Alswat ◽  
Maryam Al Khatry ◽  
Ala I Sharara ◽  
Necati Örmeci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Disease ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Fatty Liver ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Fatty Liver Disease ◽  
Definition Of

North Africa and the Middle East

2020 ◽  
pp. 194-206
Author(s):  
Sam Hellmuth ◽  
Mary Pearce
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Information Structure ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Horn Of Africa ◽  
Prosodic Phrasing ◽  
Word Prosody ◽  
Typological Variation

This chapter provides an overview of the prosodic systems of languages spoken in North Africa and the Middle East, taking in North Africa and the Horn of Africa, plus the Arabian Peninsula, and the Middle East (but excluding Kurdish). The survey sketches the nature and scope of typological variation—in respect to prosody—across the whole of the Afro-Asiatic and Nilo-Saharan language families, addressing, within the limits of the existing literature: word prosody, prosodic phrasing, melodic structure, and prosodic expression of meaning (sentence modality, focus, and information structure). The survey is organized around language sub-families, reporting what is known about the different aspects of prosody for each sub-family, together with a brief discussion of priorities for future research.

DIGITAL SOCIETY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA: NEW OPPORTUNITIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
pp. 190-196
Author(s):  
Maria V. Melanina ◽  
◽  
Viktoria S. Ponomareva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
East West

The article examines the features of the formation of the information society in the countries of the Arab East (West Asia and North Africa), justifies the need for the development of digitalization from the point of view of the long-term tasks facing these states in the field of sustainable development, including the need to diversify the economy, production and exports. It is established that the countries of the Arab world have intensified regional cooperation in this direction, and are currently at the stage of forming Arab digital content.

scholarly journals Investigation of CATS aerosol products and application toward global diurnal variation of aerosols

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (19) ◽  
pp. 12687-12707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Logan Lee ◽  
Jianglong Zhang ◽  
Jeffrey S. Reid ◽  
John E. Yorks
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Orthogonal Polarization ◽  
Aerosol Extinction ◽  
Extinction Data ◽  
Time Variations ◽  
First Time ◽  
Global Oceans ◽  
Level 2 ◽  
Global Mean

Abstract. We present a comparison of 1064 nm aerosol optical depth (AOD) and aerosol extinction profiles from the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) level 2 aerosol product with collocated Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) AOD, Moderate Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Aqua and Terra Dark Target AOD and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) AOD and extinction data for the period of March 2015–October 2017. Upon quality-assurance checks of CATS data, reasonable agreement is found between aerosol data from CATS and other sensors. Using quality-assured CATS aerosol data, for the first time, variations in AODs and aerosol extinction profiles are evaluated at 00:00, 06:00, 12:00 and 18:00 UTC (and/or 00:00, 06:00, 12:00 and 18:00 local time or LT) on both regional and global scales. This study suggests that marginal variations are found in AOD from a global mean perspective, with the minimum aerosol extinction values found at 18:00 LT near the surface layer for global oceans, for both the June–November and December–May seasons. Over land, below 500 m, the daily minimum and maximum aerosol extinction values are found at 12:00 and 00:00/06:00 LT, respectively. Strong diurnal variations are also found over north Africa, the Middle East and India for the December–May season, and over north Africa, south Africa, the Middle East and India for the June–November season.

scholarly journals The impact of Pacific Decadal Oscillation on springtime dust activity in Syria

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing Pu ◽  
Paul Ginoux
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Optical Depth ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Pacific Decadal Oscillation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Dust Storms ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Deep Blue ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. The increasing trend of aerosol optical depth in the Middle East and a recent severe dust storm in Syria have raised questions as whether dust storms will increase and promoted investigations on the dust activities driven by the natural climate variability underlying the ongoing human perturbations such as the Syrian civil war. This study examined the influences of the Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO) on dust activities in Syria using an innovative dust optical depth (DOD) dataset derived from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Deep Blue aerosol products. A significantly negative correlation is found between the Syrian DOD and the PDO in spring from 2003–2015. High DOD in spring is associated with lower geopotential height over the Middle East, Europe, and North Africa, accompanied by near surface anomalous westerly winds over the Mediterranean basin and southerly winds over the eastern Arabian Peninsula. These large-scale patterns promote the formation of the cyclones over the Middle East to trigger dust storms and also facilitate the transport of dust from North Africa, Iraq, and Saudi Arabian to Syria, where the transported dust dominates the seasonal mean DOD in spring. A negative PDO not only creates circulation anomalies favorable to high DOD in Syria but also suppresses precipitation in dust source regions over the eastern and southern Arabian Peninsula and northeastern Africa. On the daily scale, in addition to the favorable large-scale condition associated with a negative PDO, enhanced atmospheric instability in Syria associated with increased precipitation in Turkey and northern Syria is also critical for the development of strong springtime dust storms in Syria.

scholarly journals First record of the genus Oodera Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae, Ooderini) from the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of four new species

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 874 ◽  
pp. 47-68
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Soliman ◽  
Neveen S. Gadallah ◽  
Hathal M. Al Dhafer
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
First Record ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

The genus Oodera Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae) is recorded for the first time for the Arabian Peninsula, from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman. The present study is based on specimens reared from xylophagous beetle larvae of the family Buprestidae (Coleoptera) infesting dead Acacia trees from Al-Dakhiliyah and Dhofar governorates in Oman and Al-Baha, Asir and Riyadh regions in Saudi Arabia. Four new species, Oodera arabicasp. nov., O. omanensissp. nov., O. rapuzziisp. nov., and O. similissp. nov. are described, illustrated and compared with closely related Oodera species. An illustrated key and the xylophagous host records of the species are also provided.

scholarly journals APPLYING THE VERNACULAR MODEL TO HIGH-RISE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amer Al-Jokhadar ◽  
Wassim Jabi
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Geometric Model ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Definition Of

In the age of globalisation and continuous urbanisation, architects have a greater responsibility to design residential buildings with comfortable and sustainable environments. However, sustainable solutions should not concern themselves only with utilising technology, but also with creating synergies amongst a community’s social, cultural, historical, and environmental aspects. This research focuses on the implications of this wider definition of sustainability within the hot-arid climates of the Middle East and North Africa. Most of the current high-rise residential buildings in these regions do not promote social cohesion as they have been constructed without consideration for local identity and lifestyle. In contrast, vernacular courtyard dwellings and neighbourhoods offer good examples of socially cohesive and healthy environments. Yet, vernacular houses might not be compatible with pressures of modern construction. The question then becomes how to maintain the relationship between the spatial, social and environmental aspects while employing the latest technologies and materials. This paper presents the different qualities of vernacular houses and neighbourhoods in the different regions of the Middle East and North Africa. Social and spatial relationships of different cases are assessed, through a typological analysis approach using a developed syntactic-geometric model, to trace the lifestyle and the cultural values of the society. The aim is a parametric exploration of appropriate sustainable solutions that facilitate the synergy of socio-climatic requirements, the well-being qualities of the residents, and the specifics of culture, time and people while designing sustainable high-rise developments.

scholarly journals Corruption and Inflation Tax in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region: Sensitivity to Definition of Corruption

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-73
Author(s):  
Ahmad Jafari Samimi
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Corruption Perception Index ◽  
Inflation Tax ◽  
Corruption Index ◽  
Corruption Perception ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
And Control ◽  
Control Of Corruption

Corruption usually harms all aspects of macroeconomic performances of all countries around the World especially the developing world. The purpose of the present paper is to investigate the impact of corruption on inflation tax in MENA countries. In a previous paper1, we used Corruption Perception Index (CPI) as a definition of corruption and applied Friedman, International Bank and Vito Tanzi definitions for inflation tax. We concluded that, there is a positive and significant relationship between corruption and inflation tax. In this paper, we used two different indices for corruption; Corruption Perception Index (CPI) and Control of Corruption Index (CCI) to investigate the sensitivity to different definition of corruption. To do so, we have concentrated on a sample of 17 developing countries from Middle East and North Africa countries for which the necessary data were available for the period 2003-2008. We have used two different indices for corruption; Corruption Perception Index (CPI) and Control of Corruption Index (CCI). Our findings based on panel data (we used unbalanced panel data because of missing data) regression models indicate that in general a positive relationship between corruption and inflation tax exists. In other words, the higher is the corruption the higher will be the inflation tax. Therefore, according to the results, governments have to try to use policies reducing corruption.

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