Geological Setting, Palaeoenvironment and Archaeology of the Red Sea

Chapter 1 Introduction to Geology, Palaeoenvironment and Archaeology of the Red Sea

Chapter 2 Neotectonics of the Red Sea, Gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba

Chapter 3 A Modern View on the Red Sea Rift: Tectonics, Volcanism and Salt Blankets

Chapter 4 Constraining the Opening of the Red Sea: Evidence from the Neoproterozoic Margins and Cenozoic Magmatism for a Volcanic Rifted Margin

Chapter 5 Timing of Extensional Faulting Along the Magma-Poor Central and Northern Red Sea Rift Margin—Transition from Regional Extension to Necking Along a Hyperextended Rifted Margin

Chapter 6 The Nature of Upper Mantle Upwelling During Initiation of Seafloor Spreading in the Southern Red Sea

Chapter 7 Oceanization Starts at Depth During Continental Rupturing in the Northern Red Sea

Chapter 8 Rifting and Salt Deposition on Continental Margins: Differences and Similarities Between the Red Sea and the South Atlantic Sedimentary Basins

Chapter 9 Plate Motions Around the Red Sea Since the Early Oligocene

Chapter 10 Hydrothermal Prospection in the Red Sea Rift: Geochemical Messages from Basalts

Chapter 11 Salt Formation, Accumulation, and Expulsion Processes During Ocean Rifting—New Insight Gained from the Red Sea

Chapter 12 Origin of Submarine Channel North of Hanish Sill, Red Sea

Chapter 13 Cenozoic Faults and Seismicity in Northwest Saudi Arabia and the Gulf of Aqaba Region

Chapter 14 Crustal and Upper-Mantle Structure Beneath Saudi Arabia from Receiver Functions and Surface Wave Analysis

Chapter 15 Variations in Plio-Pleistocene Deposition in the Red Sea

Chapter 16 Pleistocene Coral Reef Terraces on the Saudi Arabian Side of the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

Chapter 17 Mollusc Fauna Associated with Late Pleistocene Coral Reef Systems of the Saudi Arabian Side of the Gulf of Aqaba

Chapter 18 Geochemistry of the Lunayyir and Khaybar Volcanic Fields (Saudi Arabia): Insights into the Origin of Cenozoic Arabian Volcanism

Chapter 19 Palaeomagnetism and Geochronology of the Harrats Lunayyir and Khaybar Lava Fields, Saudi Arabia

Chapter 20 Microstructure and Geochemistry of Magmatic Dykes from the Arabian Margin, Red Sea

Chapter 21 Manganese Mineralization Related to the Red Sea Rift System: Examples from the Red Sea Coast and Sinai, Egypt

Chapter 22 The Spatial Distribution Pattern of Surficial Sediment in Shiab Al-Kabeer, a Shoal in the Red Sea of Saudi Arabia

Chapter 23 Sediment Yield Calculation Along the Red Sea Coastal Drainage Basins

Chapter 24 Landscape Archaeology, Palaeolithic Survey and Coastal Change Along the Southern Red Sea of Saudi Arabia

Chapter 25 Investigating the Palaeoshorelines and Coastal Archaeology of the Southern Red Sea

Chapter 26 The Archaeology of Pleistocene Coastal Environments and Human Dispersals in the Red Sea: Insights from the Farasan Islands

Chapter 27 The Multi-disciplinary Search for Underwater Archaeology in the Southern Red Sea

Chapter 28 Geological Structure and Late Quaternary Geomorphological Evolution of the Farasan Islands Continental Shelf, South Red Sea, SW Saudi Arabia

Chapter 29 Tectonic Geomorphology and Soil Edaphics as Controls on Animal Migrations and Human Dispersal Patterns

Chapter 30 Blue Arabia, Green Arabia: Examining Human Colonisation and Dispersal Models

Chapter 31 Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dating as a Geochronological Tool for Late Quaternary Sediments in the Red Sea Region

Chapter 32 Results of Micropalaeontological Analyses on Sediment Core FA09 from the Southern Red Sea Continental Shelf

Chapter 33 Red Sea Palaeoclimate: Stable Isotope and Element-Ratio Analysis of Marine Mollusc Shells

Chapter 34 Ancient Ports of Trade on the Red Sea Coasts—The ‘Parameters of Attractiveness’ of Site Locations and Human Adaptations to Fluctuating Land- and Sea-Scapes. Case Study Berenike Troglodytica , Southeastern Egypt