Soils as a tool for estimating ages of quaternary fault scarps in a hyperarid environment - The southern Arava valley, the dead sea rift, Israel

Catena

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 21-45

  Amit, R ^a   Harrison, J B J ^b   Enzel, Y ^c   Porat, N ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

colluvium; fault scarp; Reg soil; soil catena; stable surfaces; terrace riser

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030457468     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(96)00028-8     Document Type: Article

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