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Photo ID: hysjxe	Subject: Beaches	Description
	Coastal Environment; Coastal Features; Coastal Zones; Elevation; Maps; Shorelines; Technical Art	Map showing contoured elevation of sabkha surface of the Abu Dhabi coastal zone. Sabkha forms a gently seaward-dipping surface.
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	Peter Scholle Credit Line: Copyright Peter Scholle, NMBGMR	Asia; United Arab Emirates; Abu Dhabi
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Photo ID: hysjxr	Subject: Beaches	Description
	Coastal Features; Coastal Zone; Crystals; Erosion; Erosional Features; Evaporites; Geomorphology; Gypsum; Mineralogy; Minerals; Pustular Mat; Sedimentology; Shoreline Features; Texture	Evaporites in pustular mat. The granular texture within broken pustule consists of small, authigenically formed, discoidal gypsum crystals. Crystal growth breaks up mat which is then eroded by wind. This is on the upper edge of the algal/cyanobacterial zone of the Abu Dhabi coastal zone. Coin for scale.
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	Peter Scholle Credit Line: Copyright Peter Scholle, NMBGMR	Asia; United Arab Emirates; Abu Dhabi
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Photo ID: hysjyn	Subject: Beaches	Description
	Algae; Algal Mats; Biogenic Structures; Biostratigraphy; Coastal Features; Coastal Zone; Crystals; Erosion; Erosional Features; Evaporites; Geomorphology; Gypsum; Gypsum; Halite; Mineralogy; Minerals; Pustular Mat; Sedimentology; Sediments; Shoreline Features; Stromatolites; Texture	View of intertidal, leathery, pustular to knobby algal stromatolite with extensive associated halite and gypsum on the surface (white) and interstitially within the sediment. Abu Dhabi coastal zone.
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	Peter Scholle Credit Line: Copyright Peter Scholle, NMBGMR	Asia; United Arab Emirates; Abu Dhabi
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Photo ID: hysjzk	Subject: Beaches	Description
	Algae; Coastal Environment; Coastal Processes; Coastal Zone; Cyanobacteria; Intertidal; Marine; Mats; Oceans; Sand; Sediments	Recent Abu Dhabi coastal zone. Seaward (lower intertidal) edge of algal/cyanobacterial mat zone. The transition from non-mat to stromatolitic sediments is controlled by the duration of wetting and the grazing by marine organisms, especially Cerithid gastropods. Boot for scale.
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	Peter Scholle Credit Line: Copyright Peter Scholle, NMBGMR	Asia; United Arab Emirates; Abu Dhabi
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Photo ID: hysk0m	Subject: Beaches	Description
	Blistered; Coastal Environment; Coastal Processes; Coastal Zone; Cores; Intertidal Mat Zone; Laminated; Marine; Oceans; Organic; Pustular; Sedimentation; Sediments	Shovel core of sediments from the Abu Dhabi coastal zone. Sediments range from pustular to blistered middle - to upper-intertidal mat zone. Note organic rich, finely laminated deposit with little introduced carbonate sediment. Coin for scale, diameter 2.5cm.
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	Peter Scholle Credit Line: Copyright Peter Scholle, NMBGMR	Asia; United Arab Emirates; Abu Dhabi
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Photo ID: hysk1m	Subject: Beaches	Description
	Algae; Biogenic Structures; Biostratigraphy; Carbonates; Coastal Environment; Coastal Processes; Coastal Zone; Cross-section; Cyanobacteria; Marine; Micritic; Oceans; Organic; Reef Builders; Sedimentation; Sediments; Stromatolite	Cross-section of ponded algal stromatolitic sediment from Abu Dhabi coastal zone. Note interlayering of black, orgainc rich, blue-green algal/cyanobacterial mats with light-colored micritic carbonates derived from lagoonal areas during storms. Scale divisions in cm.
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	Peter Scholle Credit Line: Copyright Peter Scholle, NMBGMR	Asia; United Arab Emirates; Abu Dhabi
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Photo ID: hysk2l	Subject: Beaches	Description
	Algae; Biogenic Structures; Biostratigraphy; Blistered; Coastal Environment; Coastal Processes; Coastal Zone; Cyanobacteria; Intertidal Mat Zone; Knobby; Marine; Oceans; Organic; Reef Builders; Sedimentation; Sediments; Stromatolite	View looking down onto middle-intertidal, leathery, pustular to knobby algal and/or cyanobacterial stromatolite. Knobby or blistered textures help to retain water on the mat surface during low tides. Scale divisions in cm.
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	Peter Scholle Credit Line: Copyright Peter Scholle, NMBGMR	Asia; United Arab Emirates; Abu Dhabi
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Photo ID: hysk3l	Subject: Beaches	Description
	Algae; Biogenic Structures; Biostratigraphy; Coastal Environment; Coastal Processes; Coastal Zone; Cyanobacteria; Desiccation Structures; Intertidal Mat Zone; Marine; Oceans; Organic; Reef Builders; Sedimentation; Sediments; Stromatolite	View looking down onto middle-intertidal, leathery, desiccation-cracked algal and/or cyanobacterial stromatolite. Desiccation polygons in various parts of the middle-upper intertidal zone range from 10cm to more than 2m across. Scale in cm.
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	Peter Scholle Credit Line: Copyright Peter Scholle, NMBGMR	Asia; United Arab Emirates; Abu Dhabi
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Photo ID: hysk4j	Subject: Beaches	Description
	Algal Mats; Carbonates; Channel; Coastal Environment; Coastal Processes; Coastal Zone; Desiccation Structures; Intertidal; Marine; Micritic; Oceans; Sand; Sediments	Middle-intertidal tidal channel showing drape of thin layer of storm-introduced micritic carbonate over desiccated algal mats. Scale in photo is 2.5m.
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	Peter Scholle Credit Line: Copyright Peter Scholle, NMBGMR	Asia; United Arab Emirates; Abu Dhabi
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Photo ID: hysk5k	Subject: Beaches	Description
	Algal Mats; Coastal Environment; Coastal Processes; Coastal Zone; Cyanobacteria; Intertidal; Marine; Oceans; Ponds; Sand; Sediments	Tough, leathery algal/cyanobacterial mats from ponded area near Abu Dhabi, where they have been partially torn up into large intracalsts by a strom. Scale 2m.
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	Peter Scholle Credit Line: Copyright Peter Scholle, NMBGMR	Asia; United Arab Emirates; Abu Dhabi
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