Late quaternary earthquake chronology from luminescence dating of colluvial and alluvial deposits of the Arava Valley, Israel

Quaternary Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-117

  Porat, Naomi ^a   Wintle, Ann G ^b   Amit, Rivka ^a   Enzel, Yehouda ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SCARP; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; RECURRENCE INTERVAL;

ISRAEL, ARAVA VALLEY;

EID: 0030430599     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.0051     Document Type: Article

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