Marine Sand Resources Offshore Israel

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-42

  Almagor, Gideon ^a   Gill, Dan ^a   Perath, Ithamar ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coastal sand balance; Holocene sedimentation; Israel s continental shelf; Submarine kurkar

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE RESOURCE; SAND; SEDIMENTATION;

ISRAEL MARGIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0034018833     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641190009353781     Document Type: Article

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