The Red Sea (eBook)

Dr. Najeeb Rasul, Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia e-mail: rasul.nm@sgs.org.saDr. Ian C.F. Stewart, Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, Saudi Arabiae-mail: Stewart.IC@sgs.org.sa

Introduction to the Red Sea: Its origin, structure and environment.- The Red Sea: Birth of an ocean.- Geological evolution of the Red Sea: Historical background, review and synthesis.- Seafloor spreading initiation: geophysical and geochemical constraints from the Thetis and Nereus Deeps, central Red Sea.- The Northern Red Sea in transition from rifting to drifting – lessons learned from ocean deeps.- Lineaments in gravity data of the Red Sea.- Geodetic constraints on the geodynamic evolution of the Red Sea.- Seismicity and seismotectonic setting of the Red Sea and adjacent areas.- Seismicity of the western side of the southern Red Sea.- Volcanic eruptions in the southern Red Sea during 2007-2013.- Red Sea salt formations – a result of hydrothermal processes.- Salt flows in the central Red Sea.- Geochemical classification of brine-filled Red Sea deeps.- Hydrothermal activity and paleoenvironments of the Atlantis II Deep.- Environmental risks of mining metalliferous muds in the Atlantis II Deep, Red Sea.- Calcite and aragonite saturation states of the Red Sea and biogeochemical impacts of excess carbon dioxide.- Lagoon sediments of the eastern Red Sea: Distribution processes, pathways and patterns Sea level changes.- Air-Sea interaction and horizontal circulation in the Red Sea.- Water-mass formation, overturning circulation and the exchange of the Red Sea with the adjacent basins.- Heat balance of the Red Sea.- Impacts of climate change on the Red Sea region and its watersheds, Saudi Arabia.- Raised coral reefs and sediments in the coastal area of the Red Sea.- Geomorphology of shallow water coral reef environments in the Red Sea.- Coral reefs and communities of the central and southern Red Sea (Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti and Yemen).- Coral reefs of the Red Sea with special reference to the Sudanese coastal area.- The status, threats and resilience of reef building corals of the Saudi Arabian Red Sea.- Biology of Red Sea corals: Metabolism, reproduction, acclimatization, and adaptation.- Taxonomic, ecological and historical considerations on the deep-water benthic mollusc fauna of the Red Sea.- Sea Slugs: unexpected biodiversity and distribution.- Marine turtles of the Red Sea.- Phytoplankton of the Red Sea.- Mangroves of the Red Sea.- The evolution of the Red Sea as a human habitat during the Quaternary Period.