Arash Sharifi

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

My Ph.D research is mainly focused on climate variability in Western Asia over the last glacial-interglacial cycles.West Asia, which extends from Iran and the Arabian Peninsula to eastern Mediterranean Sea, is one of the most climatically dynamic regions in the northern hemisphere. The interactions between the mid-latitude Westerlies, the Siberian Anticyclone ( SA) and the Indian Ocean Summer Monsoon ( IOSM) control precipitation and atmospheric dust content across West Asia. There is… Show more My Ph.D research is mainly focused on climate variability in Western Asia over the last glacial-interglacial cycles.West Asia, which extends from Iran and the Arabian Peninsula to eastern Mediterranean Sea, is one of the most climatically dynamic regions in the northern hemisphere. The interactions between the mid-latitude Westerlies, the Siberian Anticyclone ( SA) and the Indian Ocean Summer Monsoon ( IOSM) control precipitation and atmospheric dust content across West Asia. There is mounting evidence that rise and fall of some of the earliest human societies in the "Fertile Crescent" may be related to periods of abrupt climate change during the Holocene.I present a high-resolution (sub-decadal to centennial), multi-proxy reconstruction of aeolian input and changes in palaeohydrological conditions for the interior of West Asia based on peat and lake sediment records from NW Iran. Show less

University of California, Irvine

University of Tehran

University of Tehran

Study of Central Iranian Granitoids (Esfordi-Zarigan District) with special emphases on metasomatic processes

University of Isfahan