期刊
QUATERNARY RESEARCH
卷 70, 期 2, 页码 275-282出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.04.011
关键词
loess; sand; proximal dust source; deserts; pleistocene; Negev
资金
- U.S. Army Research Office [DAAD19-03-1-0159]
- United States-Israel Binational science foundation [2006221]
Grain size analyses of three hilltop, primary eolian loess sequences in the Negev desert, southern Israel, show a bimodal grain-size distribution at 50-60 mu m and 3-8 mu m. Using analyses of mineralogy and OSL ages we demonstrate that the coarse mode is composed mostly of quartz grains and its relative magnitude increases regionally with time, suggesting an enhancement of a time-transgressive proximal dust Source compared to a distal, Saharan fine-grain dust. The only proximal dust Source for large amount of coarse silt quartz grains is the sands that advanced into Sinai and the Negev concurrently with the loess accretion during the late Pleistocene as a result of the exposure of the Mediterranean shelf. We therefore propose that the coarse silt quartz grains were formed through eolian abrasion within the margins of an advancing sand sea. This relationship between desert sand seas as a source for proximal coarse dust and desert margin loess deposits can be applicable to other worldwide deserts such as Northern Affica, China and Australia. (C) 2008 University of Washington. All rights reserved.
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