Analytical framework for integrated water resources management: guidelines for assessment of institutional frameworks

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
1 Quaternary sedimentation and diagenesis......Page 16
 Geomorphology of cemented aeolian sands, Bowah Area, Oman......Page 18
 Diagenesis in the Quaternary carbonate sediments of Saurashtra and Kachchh, Western India......Page 22
 Predominant features of the Quaternary relief development seawards of the Oman Mountains as reflected in wadi and coastal terraces and other coastal features......Page 32
 The flood re-charge sabkha model supported by recent inversions of anhydrite to gypsum in the UAE Sabkhas......Page 44
 Carbonate sedimentation in coastal hypersaline lagoons of Alamain, Egypt......Page 58
 Petrography of Holocene beachrock and hardgrounds, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates......Page 72
2 Dunes and inland sabkhas......Page 84
 Geology and mineral genesis of Taba inland sabkha, southern Dead Sea Transform, SW Jordan......Page 86
 Mineralogical characteristics of the Quaternary sand dunes in the eastern province of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates......Page 100
 Textural characteristics of Quaternary sand dunes in the Eastern Province of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates......Page 106
 Cemented Quaternary dune sands, Ras Al Hamra housing area, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman......Page 124
 The inland sabkhas of the Huqf, Oman: A product of past extremes of humidity and aridity......Page 132
 Quaternary paleodunes, Arabian Gulf coast, Abu Dhabi Emirate: Age and paleoenvironmental evolution......Page 138
 Umm as Samim, Oman: A sabkha with evidence for climate change......Page 156
 Present-day mobile crescentic dunes in the Thar desert, India......Page 170
 A reconnaissance survey of the linear dunes and loess plains of northwestern Nigeria: Granulometry and geochronology......Page 180
 Latest Pleistocene and Holocene sand-sheet construction in the Selima Sand Sea, Eastern Sahara......Page 190
 Late Quaternary evolution of clustered parabolic megadunes in Thar Desert, India......Page 200
3 Fluvial or wadi systems......Page 212
 Aeolian dust and superficial formations in the arid part of Yemen......Page 214
 The fine-grained, loess-like sediments of the Wadi Firan, Sinai, Egypt: Possibilities of palaeoclimatic interpretations?......Page 224
 Late Quaternary aridity in the southwestern Kalahari Desert: New contributions from Optically Simulated Luminescence (OSL) dating of aeolian deposits, northern Cape Province, South Africa......Page 228
4 Quaternary climatic changes......Page 240
 Paleoenvironmental conditions of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene in Anatolia, Turkey......Page 242
 Comparison of Quaternary environmental change in eastern and southern Africa using cave speleothem, tufa and rock shelter sediment data......Page 254
 Aeolian forms and climatic changes in the Great Western Erg, Algerian Sahara......Page 266
 Middle and late Quaternary palaeoclimatic evolution, northern Mediterranean coast of Egypt......Page 276
 The potential of a montane juniper tree-ring chronology for the reconstruction of recent climate in Arabia......Page 288
 The desert of southeast Arabia: A product of Quaternary climatic change......Page 294
 Late Quaternary climate changes in the Central Namib Desert, Namibia......Page 308
 Quaternary environmental change in the southeast Kalahari, Botswana, Southern Africa......Page 320
 Chronology and paleoenvironmental significance of Quaternary desert sediment in southeastern Arabia......Page 330
 Aeolian system response to external forcing factors – A sequence stratigraphic view of the Saharan region......Page 342
 Dune morphology, chronology, and Quaternary climatic change......Page 354
 Mid-Holocene climatic change and man in the present-day Sahara desert......Page 366
 A desert responds to Pleistocene climate change: Saline lacustrine sediments, Death Valley, California, USA......Page 372
 Magnitude of climate change in Death Valley, California, USA between 100 and 200 ka BP: Comparison with modern systems......Page 386
 Climatic and environmental changes in the deserts of Inner Mongolia, China, since the Late Pleistocene......Page 396
5 Geochemical applications to Quaternary deserts......Page 410
 Geochemical processes controlling groundwater quality in Pushkar Valley, Rajasthan, India......Page 412
 Evaluation and management of ground water resources in the farm of Assiut Cement Company, Assiut, Egypt: An example of water management in a desert area......Page 418
 Recharge to groundwater in arid and semi-arid regions from the Holocene to the present......Page 434
 Potentiality of global positioning system in sand dune measurement: A case study from the Thar desert, India......Page 448
 Contribution to hydrogeochemistry of the Quaternary aquifer in the Al-Ain area, United Arab Emirates......Page 454
 Hydraulic properties of dune and interdune areas around Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates......Page 470
 Schlumberger soundings on the area northwest of Assiut city, middle Egypt......Page 484
6 Application of remote sensing to desert environments......Page 496
 Evaluation of the Shuttle Imaging Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) data for mapping paleo-drainage systems in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia......Page 498
 Sand seas of the western desert of Egypt......Page 510
 Hydrochemical facies in the groundwater of central and southern Oman......Page 526
 Twenty year changes in micro landscapes of Kuwait: Case studies......Page 536
7 Quaternary analogs to ancient and recent sediments......Page 544
 Sedimentological aspects and hydrocarbon potential of the Quaternary in the Gulf of Suez rifted basin, Egypt......Page 546
 Quaternary wadi, lacustrine, aeolian depositional cycles and sequences, Chott Rharsa basin, southern Thnisia......Page 554
 Dune morphology and palaeowinds from aeolian sandstones in the Miocene Shuwaihat Formation, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates......Page 568
 The Great Pearl Bank Barrier of the southern Arabian Gulf – A possible analog for the Aptian rudist banks of the Arabian Peninsula......Page 580
 An ancient sabkha-like environment in the Permian intermontane basin of Baden-Baden, Germany......Page 598
8 Archaeology......Page 606
 Evolution and paleoclimatic meaning of the talus flatirons in the Ebro Basin, northeast Spain......Page 608
 Coastal miliolite formation and history of the early man in southern Saurashtra, Western India......Page 616
9 Glossary......Page 624
 A glossary of Arabic desert terminology used in southeastern Arabia......Page 626
Author index......Page 636