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Herbertiidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): a family previously unrecorded in the Middle East [PDF]

open access: yesنامه انجمن حشره‌شناسی ایران
During a faunistic study of mangrove habitats conducted between 2015–2019 along the Makran coast (southeastern Iran), we collected specimens initially classified under the former Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea).
Hossein Lotfalizadeh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

THE 326 BC EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI IN THE NORTHERN ARABIAN SEA - IMPACT ON THE FLEET OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT [PDF]

open access: yesScience of Tsunami Hazards, 2022
Ancient Greek and Indian texts support that destructive sea waves along the Makran coast in the northern Arabian Sea were responsible for the partial destruction of Alexander the Great’s fleet in 326 BC.
George Pararas-Carayannis
doaj  

Cocos Frillgoby, Bathygobius cocosensis (Bleeker, 1854): an additional fish element for the Iranian marine waters (Teleostei: Gobiidae)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Aquatic Biology, 2019
Members of the pantropical/subtropical genus Bathygobius are small and common gobies in sheltered and exposed shallow rocky or sandy shorelines, reef crests, mangroves, seagrass beds, rock jetties and seawalls in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions ...
Reza Sadeghi, Hamid Reza Esmaeili
doaj   +1 more source

Tsunami hazard and risk zoning for Qurayyat in northeast Oman coast: Worst-case credible scenarios along the Makran Subduction Zone, Western Asia

open access: yesJournal of Asian Earth Sciences: X, 2022
This paper investigates the deterministic tsunami hazard scenarios to assess the potential impact on the Qurayyat coast, northeast Oman. It assesses the maximum tsunami hazard characteristics with a focus on the zoning of tsunami hazard related to the ...
Zaid Al-Habsi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

An integrated tsunami inundation and risk analysis at the Makran Coast, Pakistan

open access: yes, 2023
Abstract. The coastal cities and areas of Gwadar and Pasni in Pakistan, being highly vulnerable to tsunamis, are investigated for inundation and risk analysis. For modelling, both dynamic and static approaches are used for better understanding and for their comparative analysis.
Rashid Haider   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Emergency preparedness in the case of Makran tsunami: a case study on tsunami risk visualization for the western parts of Gujarat, India

open access: yesGeomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2016
The west coast of India is affected by tsunamigenic earthquake along the Makran subduction zone. On 28 November 1945 at 21:56 coordinated universal time (UTC), a massive Makran earthquake (M8.0) generated a destructive tsunami that propagated across the ...
V. M. Patel, M. B. Dholakia, A. P. Singh
doaj   +1 more source

First comprehensive taxonomic account of Salmacis bicolor L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) from Manbar Island, Makran Coast, Pakistan

open access: yesJournal of Fauna Biodiversity
The present study provides the first comprehensive morphological and taxonomic account of Salmacis bicolor L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846 from Pakistan, based on recently collected specimens from the intertidal rocky shore of Manbar Island along ...
Quratulan Ahmed   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pleistocene Coastal Evolution in the Makran Subduction Zone

open access: yesFrontiers in Earth Science, 2019
Along the coast of the Makran subduction zone (SE Iran and SW Pakistan), active uplift combined with efficient erosion and vigorous sediment transport have led to marine terraces with unique morphology and sedimentology.
Raphaël Normand   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the Role of Sea Surface Temperature in the 16 April 2024 Rainstorm Over the United Arab Emirates

open access: yesGeophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 3, 16 February 2026.
Abstract This study examines how anomalously high sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the Arabian Sea and surrounding gulfs contributed to the record‐breaking rainfall (250 mm day−1 ${\text{day}}^{-1}$) over the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 16 April 2024, with the greatest impacts in Dubai, Al‐Ain, and Abu Dhabi.
Basit Khan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cenozoic Evolution of the North‐Eastern Mediterranean Basins

open access: yesTectonics, Volume 45, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract The Eastern Mediterranean lies at the junction of the African, Arabian, and Eurasian plates, a region shaped by a long and complex tectonic history. While the Levant Basin in the southern sector has been extensively studied for hydrocarbon exploration, the northern domain offshore Cyprus, Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon remains less understood.
Nicolò Bertone   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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