Dead Sea The Lake and Its Setting

Name: Dead Sea The Lake and Its Setting
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ISBN: 9780195087031

ISBN-10: 0195087038

ISBN-13: 9780195087031

Edition: 1997

Authors: Tina M. Niemi, Zvi Ben-Avraham, Joel R. Gat

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Located at the tectonically active irregular boundary between the Mediterranean and Arabic plates, at a negative elevation of over 400 metres below sea level, the Dead Sea serves as a laboratory for many phenomena. Not only does the Sea provide a modern analog for ancient pull-apart basins, it also allows us to examine the process of evaporite deposition from deep water, and provides insight into the adaptive ability of the life forms living in its hypersaline brine. Developed from the conference "The Dead Sea - A Summary of Recent Research" organized by the Dead Sea Research Centre at Tel Aviv University in 1992, this book presents both papers presented at the conference, and chapters…

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List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/20/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 298
Size: 11.10" wide x 8.60" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.552
Language: English



Contributors



Dead Sea research - An introduction, Tina Niemi




Structure and Tectonics of the Dead Sea Basin



Topography and bathymetry of the Dead Sea depression




Geophysical framework of the Dead Sea: Structure and tectonics




The history and formation of the Dead Sea basin, Zvi Garfunkel



Hydrocarbon exploration in the southern Dead Sea area




Active tectonics in the Dead Sea basin




On the seismicity of the Dead Sea basin




Physical, Chemical, and Biological Aspects of the Dead Sea



The hydrography of a hypersaline lake




Surface currents and seiches in the Dead Sea




Wind waves on the Dead Sea, Artur Hecht, Tal Ezer, Avraham Huss




Evaporation estimate for the Dead Sea: Essential considerations for saline Lakes




Evolution of the Dead Sea brines




Ion Interaction approach to geochemical aspects of the Dead Sea




Halite deposition from the Dead Sea: 1960-1993




Halite precipitation and sediment deposition as measured in sediment traps deployed in the Dead Sea: 1981-1983




Carbon dynamics in the Dead Sea, Boaz Luz, Mariana Stiller




The radiocarbon content of the Dead Sea




Iron, manganese, and trace elements in the Dead Sea




Microbiological studies in the Dead Sea: 1892-1992




Quaternary History of the Lake and Its Environment



Geomorphology of the Dead Sea western margin




Fluctuations of Late Pleistocene Lake Lisan in the Dea Sea Rift




The Holocene history of Dead Sea levels




The Dead Sea region: An archaeological perspective




Geochemical and hydrological processes in the coastal environment of the Dead Sea




Groundwaters along the western Dead Sea shore




The botanical conquest of the newly exposed shores of the Dead Sea




Dead Sea research: Synopsis and future



Index