Middle and late Holocene sea-levels along the Israel Mediterranean coast - Evidence from ancient water wells

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-151

  Nir, Yaacov ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ancient water wells; Holocene sea levels; Israel Mediterranean coast; Rapid sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ANCIENT WATER WELLS; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE SEA LEVEL; PALAEOSHORELINES; RAPID RISE; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATION; WATER WELL;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0030776083     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(199703/04)12:2<143::AID-JQS297>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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