干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Formation of the Wahiba Sand Sea in the Sultanate of Oman: implications of change in wind energy

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DOI	10.1007/s12517-020-06185-x
	Formation of the Wahiba Sand Sea in the Sultanate of Oman: implications of change in wind energy
	Hereher, Mohamed; Al-Buloshi, Ali; Sherief, Youssef; Al-Awadhi, Talal; Al-Hatrushi, Salim; Charabi, Yassine; Gheith, Amin; Assal, Ehab
通讯作者	Hereher, M
来源期刊	ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES
ISSN	1866-7511
EISSN	1866-7538
出版年	2020
卷号	13 期号:22
英文摘要	The Wahiba Sand Sea is a north-south aeolian field that occupies the northeast corner of the Sultanate of Oman. Two main phases of sand dunes are conspicuous in this dune field as revealed by satellite data, namely High Sands in the north and Low Sands in the south. They are completely different in grain color and dune morphology. Granulometric and mineralogical analyses of sediments reveal more than a single source of sand supply for the two regions. Linear dune belts cover the northern dune field and complex transverse ridges predominate at the southern area. Hourly wind data from two meteorological stations at Ibra and Masirah in the north and south of the sand sea, respectively, were collected for 11 years (Jan. 2000 to Dec. 2010) in order to calculate the seasonal and annual sand drift potential along the sides of the sand sea. Results showed that wind energy is extremely high at Masirah due to the SW summer and fall monsoons, whereas at Ibra, wind energy is very low. The drop of sand drift potential (DP) from south to north is clearly observed from analyzing sand moving winds by empirical equations. The morphology of dunes and the direction of sand drift potential suggest two dune fields in the sand sea. The current pattern of wind regime in the north is presumably different from the prevailing wind during dune formation, whereas the dunes in the south were significantly formed by the recent wind regimes. This observation implies that two connected dune fields constitute the Wahiba Sand Sea.
英文关键词	Wind energy Drift potential Aeolian deposits Oman
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000590099100003
WOS关键词	WESTERN DESERT ; DUNES ; MIGRATION
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Geology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/327547
作者单位	[Hereher, Mohamed; Al-Buloshi, Ali; Sherief, Youssef; Al-Awadhi, Talal; Al-Hatrushi, Salim; Charabi, Yassine] Sultan Qaboos Univ, Geog Dept, Coll Arts & Social Sci, Muscat, Oman; [Hereher, Mohamed] Damietta Univ, Dept Environm Sci, Fac Sci, New Damietta, Egypt; [Sherief, Youssef] Zagazig Univ, Geog Dept, Coll Arts, Zagazig, Egypt; [Gheith, Amin] Mansoura Univ, Geol Dept, Fac Sci, Mansoura, Egypt; [Assal, Ehab] Damietta Univ, Fac Sci, Geol Dept, New Damietta, Egypt
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hereher, Mohamed,Al-Buloshi, Ali,Sherief, Youssef,et al. Formation of the Wahiba Sand Sea in the Sultanate of Oman: implications of change in wind energy[J],2020,13(22).
APA	Hereher, Mohamed.,Al-Buloshi, Ali.,Sherief, Youssef.,Al-Awadhi, Talal.,Al-Hatrushi, Salim.,...&Assal, Ehab.(2020).Formation of the Wahiba Sand Sea in the Sultanate of Oman: implications of change in wind energy.ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES,13(22).
MLA	Hereher, Mohamed,et al."Formation of the Wahiba Sand Sea in the Sultanate of Oman: implications of change in wind energy".ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES 13.22(2020).