Ancient coastal installations and the tectonic stability of the Israeli coast in historical times

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 146, Issue , 1998, Pages 147-163

  Galili, Ehud ^a   Sharvit, Jacob ^a  

^a ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOTECTONICS; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0032304299     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.146.01.08     Document Type: Article

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