The Red Sea. The Formation, Morphology, Oceanography and Environment of a Young Ocean Basin/Красное море. Формирование, морфология, океанография и окружающая среда молодого океанического бассейна

Издание на английском языке
This book presents a broad overview of the current state of knowledge regarding the Red Sea, from its geological formation and oceanographic development to the environmental influences on its ecology and the changes it is experiencing due to the rapid development of its coastlines and role as one of the world’s major transport routes. The book gathers invited contributions from researchers with an interest in the geology, geophysics, oceanography and environment of the Red Sea, while also providing comprehensive new data and a complete review of the literature. It will be of interest not only to researchers actively studying the sea and its surroundings, but will also appeal to all those involved in planning and managing the Red Sea, its environment, its resources and the countries which rely on its existence.

Contents
Introduction to the Red Sea: Its Origin, Structure, and Environment
Najeeb M.A. Rasul, Ian C.F. Stewart, and Zohair A. Nawab
The Red Sea: Birth of an Ocean
Enrico Bonatti, Anna Cipriani, and Luca Lupi
Geological Evolution of the Red Sea: Historical Background, Review, and Synthesis
William Bosworth
Seafloor Spreading Initiation: Geophysical and Geochemical Constraints from the Thetis and Nereus Deeps, Central Red Sea
Marco Ligi, Enrico Bonatti, and Najeeb M.A. Rasul
The Northern Red Sea in Transition from Rifting to Drifting-Lessons Learned from Ocean Deeps
Axel Ehrhardt and Christian Hubscher
Lineaments in Gravity Data of the Red Sea
Neil C. Mitchell
Geodetic Constraints on the Geodynamic Evolution of the Red Sea
Robert Reilinger, Simon McClusky, and Abdullah ArRajehi
Seismicity and Seismotectonic Setting of the Red Sea and Adjacent Areas
Salah El-Hadidy Youssef
Seismicity of the Western Side of the Southern Red Sea
Ghebrebrhan Ogubazghi and Berhe Goitom
Volcanic Eruptions in the Southern Red Sea During 2007–2013
Sigurjоn Jоnsson and Wenbin Xu
Red Sea Salt Formations-A Result of Hydrothermal Processes
Martin Hovland, Hаkon Rueslаtten, and Hans Konrad Johnsen
Salt Flows in the Central Red Sea
Peter Feldens and Neil C. Mitchell
Geochemical Classification of Brine-Filled Red Sea Deeps
Mark Schmidt, Radwan Al-Farawati, and Reiner Botz
Hydrothermal Activity and Paleoenvironments of the Atlantis II Deep
Pierre Anschutz
Environmental Risks of Mining Metalliferous Muds in the Atlantis II Deep, Red Sea
Hjalmar Thiel, Ludwig Karbe, and Horst Weikert
Calcite and Aragonite Saturation States of the Red Sea and Biogeochemical Impacts of Excess Carbon Dioxide
Ahmed I. Rushdi
Lagoon Sediments of the Eastern Red Sea: Distribution Processes, Pathways and Patterns
Najeeb M.A. Rasul
Sea-Level Changes
David T. Pugh and Yasser Abualnaja
Air–Sea Interaction and Horizontal Circulation in the Red Sea
Amy S. Bower and J. Thomas Farrar
Water Mass Formation, Overturning Circulation, and the Exchange of the Red Sea with the Adjacent Basins
Sarantis Sofianos and William E. Johns
Heat Balance of the Red Sea
Fazal Ahmad and Alaa M.A. Albarakati
Impacts of Climate Change on the Red Sea Region and its Watersheds, Saudi Arabia
Mohamed Sultan, Saleh Sefry, and Mazen AbuAbdallah
Raised Coral Reefs and Sediments in the Coastal Area of the Red Sea
Abbas M. Mansour and Hashem A. Madkour
Geomorphology of Shallow Water Coral Reef Environments in the Red Sea
Gwilym Rowlands and Sam Purkis
Coral Reefs and Communities of the Central and Southern Red Sea (Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Yemen)
Rebecca Klaus
Coral Reefs of the Red Sea with Special Reference to the Sudanese Coastal Area
Dirar Nasr
The Status, Threats, and Resilience of Reef-Building Corals of the Saudi Arabian Red Sea
Andrew W. Bruckner and Alexandra C. Dempsey
Biology of Red Sea Corals: Metabolism, Reproduction, Acclimatization, and Adaptation
Yvonne Sawall and Abdulmohsin Al-Sofyani
Taxonomic, Ecological and Historical Considerations on the Deep-Water Benthic Mollusc Fauna of the Red Sea
Ronald Janssen and Marco Taviani
Sea Slugs: Unexpected Biodiversity and Distribution
Nathalie Yonow
Marine Turtles of the Red Sea
Agnese Mancini, Islam Elsadek, and Magdy A.N. El-Alwany
Phytoplankton of the Red Sea
Amany A. Ismael
Mangroves of the Red Sea
Ahmed S.M. Khalil
The Evolution of the Red Sea as a Human Habitat During the Quaternary Period
Geoff Bailey
Authors’ Biographies