Holocene stratigraphy of the Dead Sea: Correlation of high-resolution seismic reflection profiles to sediment cores

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B8, 1999, Pages 17617-17625

  Ben Avraham, Zvi ^a   Niemi, Tina M ^b   Heim, Christoph ^c   Negendank, Joerg ^c   Nur, Amos ^d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEAD SEA;

EID: 0033452783     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900084     Document Type: Article

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