The Mountain Plateau hayl as a Specific Form of Karst
Depression in the Al-Hajar Mountains (South-Eastern Arabia)

J 2025

The Mountain Plateau hayl as a Specific Form of Karst Depression in the Al-Hajar Mountains (South-Eastern Arabia)

MATEICIUCOVÁ, Inna; Maximilian WILDING; Miroslav BUBÍK a Jiří OTAVA

Základní údaje

Originální název

The Mountain Plateau hayl as a Specific Form of Karst Depression in the Al-Hajar Mountains (South-Eastern Arabia)

Název česky

Hayl jako specifická forma krasové deprese na náhorních plošinách pohoří Al-Hajar (jihovýchodní Arábie)

Autoři

MATEICIUCOVÁ, Inna; Maximilian WILDING; Miroslav BUBÍK a Jiří OTAVA

Vydání

Open Quaternary, Ubiquity Press Ltd, 2025, 2055-298X

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60102 Archaeology

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5334/oq.152

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-105026695641

Klíčová slova anglicky

Al-Hajar Mountains; karst depression; aeolian silt; terra rossa; microfossils; translucent heavy minerals

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 12. 3. 2026 10:59, Mgr. Ester Gaja Pučálková, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

This contribution investigates the formation of karst depressions containing metres of fine sediment and prehistoric artefacts at an elevation of around 1000 m a.s.l. in the central part of the Al-Hajar Mountains in south-eastern Arabia. Through field reconnaissance, satellite imagery analysis and laboratory methods, we highlight the origin of their thick sediment deposits and the factors enabling their retention in an otherwise erosional landscape. Comprehensive analyses of heavy minerals and microfossils reveal that the sediment deposits accumulated in the depressions of the Sint Karst Plateau (local term: huyul, sg. hayl) contain alluvially redeposited aeolian materials rather than in situ weathering products. The basal terra rossa incorporates dust from surrounding rock formations, while the overlying silt originates from more distant sources, presumably coastal shelves exposed during marine regression (for instance, from the Arabian Gulf). The sediment aggradation and flooding observable at huyul is attributed to clogging by suspended silt particles during the infiltration of floodwater – a process similar to siltation in modern recharge dams, although occurring at a much different temporal scale and hydraulic pressure. Satellite imagery confirms that similar clusters of karst depressions exist elsewhere in the Al-Hajar Mountains at elevations between 700–1500 m a.s.l. and that they are specifically associated with near-horizontal karst plateaus with a distinctive criss-cross pattern of fractures. These mountain plateau huyul represent valuable palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental archives and have preserved aeolian dust no longer present in steep terrain of equal elevation.

Návaznosti

MUNI/FF-DEAN/1561/2022, interní kód MU

Název: Prehistorická refugia v centrální části pohoří Al-Hajar v severním Ománu

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Prehistorická refugia v centrální části pohoří Al-Hajar v severním Ománu, Děkanský grant

MUNI/FF-DEAN/1705/2023, interní kód MU

Název: Hayl (pl. huyul), specifický krajinný útvar v pohoří Al-Hajar (JV Arábie) a jeho význam pro pravěkého člověka

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Hayl (pl. huyul), specifický krajinný útvar v pohoří Al-Hajar (JV Arábie) a jeho význam pro pravěkého člověka, Děkanský grant

Citovat

MATEICIUCOVÁ, Inna; Maximilian WILDING; Miroslav BUBÍK a Jiří OTAVA. The Mountain Plateau hayl as a Specific Form of Karst Depression in the Al-Hajar Mountains (South-Eastern Arabia). Open Quaternary. Ubiquity Press Ltd, 2025, roč. 11, č. 1, s. 1-22. ISSN 2055-298X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.5334/oq.152.

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MATEICIUCOVÁ, Inna; Maximilian WILDING; Miroslav BUBÍK a Jiří OTAVA. The Mountain Plateau hayl as a Specific Form of Karst Depression in the Al-Hajar Mountains (South-Eastern Arabia). \textit{Open Quaternary}. Ubiquity Press Ltd, 2025, roč.~11, č.~1, s.~1-22. ISSN~2055-298X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.5334/oq.152.

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