A 160,000-Year Record of Dune Development and Atmospheric Circulation in Southern Arabia

Science ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 296 (5575) ◽  
pp. 2018-2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Preusser
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Circulation ◽  
Southern Arabia

The Deserts of Asia

1960 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
George B. Cressey
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Circulation ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Western China ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Southern Arabia

More than one third of Asia is dry. From the Red Sea almost to the Pacific are a series of deserts and semideserts, the product of continentality, mountain patterns, and atmospheric circulation. Two areas of extreme aridity are present in die Rub al Khali of southern Arabia and the Takla Makan of western China, both essentially rainless and lifeless. Elsewhere, aridity fades off into subhumid lands with marginal potentials for settlement.

Holocene Paleoecology and Prehistory in Highland Southern Arabia

Paléorient ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joy McCorriston ◽  
E.A. Oches ◽  
D.E. Walter ◽  
K.l. Cole
Keyword(s):  
Southern Arabia ◽  
Holocene Paleoecology
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