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DOI | 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.09.011 |
Timing and characteristics of Late Pleistocene and Holocene wetter periods in the Eastern Desert and Sinai of Egypt, based on C-14 dating and stable isotope analysis of spring tufa deposits | |
Hamdan, Mohamed A.1; Brook, George A.2 | |
通讯作者 | Hamdan, Mohamed A. |
来源期刊 | QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
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ISSN | 0277-3791 |
出版年 | 2015 |
卷号 | 130页码:168-188 |
英文摘要 | There is very little dated evidence on wet periods in the Eastern Desert and Sinai Peninsula of Egypt during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. To obtain such information, we have studied the petrography, isotope geochemistry and AMS radiocarbon ages of mostly relict tufas deposited by springs draining perched ground water bodies in metamorphic and volcanic rocks. The tufas unconformably overly Precambrian basic igneous rocks (basalt, diabase and gabbro). As the ages of tufa carbonate are frequently older than the true ages of the deposits because of the incorporation of old, C-14-dead carbon, we have dated both the carbonate matrix and insoluble organic material of the tufas. These ages show that the tufas were largely formed during two broad time periods, the most recent from 12,058 to 6678 cal yr BP (African Humid Period), and the other from similar to 31,200-22,500 cal yr BP, with preferential growth during the coldest times of this period namely during Heinrich Events 2 and 3 (H2 and H3) and the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). The time span between 19,000-9000 cal yr BP, including the YD and H1, appears to have been relatively more arid than the earlier LGM or H2 periods or the later Holocene. The Late Pleistocene tufas are depleted in O-18 relative to the Holocene tufas and were deposited at a lower temperature (similar to 14.0 degrees-20.8 degrees C vs. 18.4 degrees-23.4 degrees C). We believe that the Holocene tufas in the Sinai were formed by rainfall from the Mediterranean and those in the southern part of the Eastern Desert by African monsoon rainfall derived from the Red Sea-Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean. In contrast, the moisture that fed the Late Pleistocene tufas, which are depleted in O-18 relative to Holocene deposits, and progressively depleted from north to south, was probably brought by the Westerlies from the Atlantic-Mediterranean Sea when the Westerly circulation was pushed southwards during the coldest periods of the Late Pleistocene. Periods of tufa deposition correlate with major documented paleoclimatic events in North Africa during the late Pleistocene and Holocene; such as the Nile floods, high sea level and the formation of sapropels in the Mediterranean. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Egypt Eastern Desert Sinai Tufa Isotopes Pleistocene Holocene Paleoclimate |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Egypt ; USA |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000367020600011 |
WOS关键词 | RED-SEA MOUNTAINS ; WESTERN DESERT ; OXYGEN ISOTOPES ; KHARGA OASIS ; PLUVIAL EPISODES ; AFRICAN MONSOON ; FOSSIL AQUIFERS ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; HUMID PERIOD ; AGE |
WOS类目 | Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Physical Geography ; Geology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/190096 |
作者单位 | 1.Cairo Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Geol, Cairo, Egypt; 2.Univ Georgia, Dept Geog, Athens, GA 30602 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Hamdan, Mohamed A.,Brook, George A.. Timing and characteristics of Late Pleistocene and Holocene wetter periods in the Eastern Desert and Sinai of Egypt, based on C-14 dating and stable isotope analysis of spring tufa deposits[J],2015,130:168-188. |
APA | Hamdan, Mohamed A.,&Brook, George A..(2015).Timing and characteristics of Late Pleistocene and Holocene wetter periods in the Eastern Desert and Sinai of Egypt, based on C-14 dating and stable isotope analysis of spring tufa deposits.QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,130,168-188. |
MLA | Hamdan, Mohamed A.,et al."Timing and characteristics of Late Pleistocene and Holocene wetter periods in the Eastern Desert and Sinai of Egypt, based on C-14 dating and stable isotope analysis of spring tufa deposits".QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 130(2015):168-188. |
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