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The structural and sedimentological setting of the Quaternary deposits in Al-Ain area, UAE
Authors:Mohamed A El-Ghawaby  Mohamed I El-Sayed
Institution:aGeology Department, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, UAE;bGeology Department, Suez Canal University, Ismaliya, ARE
Abstract:Quaternary sediments represent the main constituent which covers an ENE–WSW elongated depression some 25 km long and 10 km wide (Al-Ain area). This depression is encountered between two north and south low fault scarps and is located perpendicular to the Al Jaww plain and Jabel Hafit axes.Four main types of Quaternary surface deposits were identified belonging to: flood plain and braided channels; desert plain; aeolian sand; and sabkha. The first type shows many pedogenic and non-pedogenic features of which are dolocrete, calcrete and gypcrete.An ENE–WSW closely-spaced dip-slip, stepping pattern fault set could be traced in dolocretized-calcretized braided channel deposits, on the south margin of this depression, where the relationship between fault geometry, displacement and geomorphology suggest a model of either graben or half-graben. The role of this system in developing the landscape of Al-Ain is well documented near the surface but a comprehensive study to assess its role in the sub-surface is needed.
Keywords:Quaternary sediments  flood flow  desert plain  aeolian sand  sabkhas  dolocrete  calcrete  gypcrete  graben
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