Sediment dispersal along northern Israel coast during the early Holocene: Geological and archaeological evidence

Marine Geology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 11-17

  Stanley, Daniel Jean ^a   Galili, Ehud ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL PATTERN; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE ENVIRONMENT; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF DYNAMICS;

ISRAEL, ATLIT-YAM; ISRAEL, CARMEL, ATLIT-YAM;

EID: 0029731559     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(95)00167-0     Document Type: Article

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