Digital topography and bathymetry of the area of the Dead Sea depression

Tectonophysics

Volumn 266, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 177-185

  Hall, John K ^a,b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Dead Sea; Digital Terrain Model (DTM); Syrian African rift; Topography

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; RIFT; TOPOGRAPHY;

DEAD SEA; ISRAEL; JORDAN;

EID: 0030390351     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00189-8     Document Type: Article

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