Book contents
- Quaternary of the Levant
- Quaternary of the Levant
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Quaternary of the Levant
- Part I: The Evolution of Current Landscapes and Basins
- Part II: Palaeoclimates
- Part III: Archaeology of Human Evolution
- Part IV: Palaeoecology
- Part V: Quaternary Geomorphology
- 46 Cosmogenic-Isotope Based Erosion Rates along the Western Margin of the Dead Sea Fault
- 47 Palaeogeography and Palaeohydrology of Fluvial Systems in the Levant, Southeastern Mediterranean
- 48 Quaternary Fluvial Environments and Palaeohydrology in Syria
- 49 Stable Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Signatures of Pedogenic Carbonates in Arid and Extremely Arid Environments in the Levant
- 50 Evolution of the Southeastern Mediterranean Coastal Plain
- 51 Middle–Late Quaternary Wetlands along the Coastal Plain of Israel
- 52 The Fluvial Systems
- 53 Loess in the Negev Desert: Sources, Loessial Soils, Palaeosols, and Palaeoclimatic Implications
- 54 Isotopic Tracers of Dust and Loess in the Levant
- 55 Loess, Dunes, and Human Activities
- 56 Late Quaternary Chronologies of the Northern Sinai/Northwestern Negev Dunefield and their Palaeoclimatic and Palaeoenvironmental Implications
- 57 Aridisols in the Southern Levant Deserts and their Palaeoclimate Implications
- 58 Quaternary Sediments and Soils of Jordan
- Part VI: Humans in the Levant
- Index
- Plate section
- References
54 - Isotopic Tracers of Dust and Loess in the Levant
from Part V: - Quaternary Geomorphology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2017
Book contents
- Quaternary of the Levant
- Quaternary of the Levant
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Quaternary of the Levant
- Part I: The Evolution of Current Landscapes and Basins
- Part II: Palaeoclimates
- Part III: Archaeology of Human Evolution
- Part IV: Palaeoecology
- Part V: Quaternary Geomorphology
- 46 Cosmogenic-Isotope Based Erosion Rates along the Western Margin of the Dead Sea Fault
- 47 Palaeogeography and Palaeohydrology of Fluvial Systems in the Levant, Southeastern Mediterranean
- 48 Quaternary Fluvial Environments and Palaeohydrology in Syria
- 49 Stable Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Signatures of Pedogenic Carbonates in Arid and Extremely Arid Environments in the Levant
- 50 Evolution of the Southeastern Mediterranean Coastal Plain
- 51 Middle–Late Quaternary Wetlands along the Coastal Plain of Israel
- 52 The Fluvial Systems
- 53 Loess in the Negev Desert: Sources, Loessial Soils, Palaeosols, and Palaeoclimatic Implications
- 54 Isotopic Tracers of Dust and Loess in the Levant
- 55 Loess, Dunes, and Human Activities
- 56 Late Quaternary Chronologies of the Northern Sinai/Northwestern Negev Dunefield and their Palaeoclimatic and Palaeoenvironmental Implications
- 57 Aridisols in the Southern Levant Deserts and their Palaeoclimate Implications
- 58 Quaternary Sediments and Soils of Jordan
- Part VI: Humans in the Levant
- Index
- Plate section
- References
Summary
At the northern edge of Sahara-Arabia, dust settles in water-bodies or forms widespread loess. Sr, Pb, and Nd isotopic ratios determine sources of atmospheric dust to the Levant in these vast deserts. Combining results of contemporary storms, Sr-Nd isotopes and Mg/Al of Negev loess, fine-grained deposits in the Red Sea and from the Dead Sea indicate shifts in delivery synoptic systems. The samples Nd-Sr results are in-between the fields of (mostly) Proterozoic Sahara Shields, late Proterozoic Arabian Nubian Shield (ANS) and Nile sediments containing Neogene-Quaternary basaltic derived material. The relative fraction of each of the source end members in the final sinks reflects configurations of atmospheric-synoptic patterns and their delivery efficiencies, which in turn, are related to regional changes in climate. Easttern Mediterranean cold frontal depressions and Sharav cyclones deliver most of the dust from the Sahara; Red Sea trough delivers fine-grain material from the Red Sea region and is responsible for bringing dust from ANS rock sources. During intervals of more frequent occurrences of Red Sea trough, the isotopic composition of the dust shifted accordingly.
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