Lake Kinneret levels and active faulting in the Tiberias area

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 199-205

  Hazan, Nissim ^a   Stein, Mordechai ^b   Marco, Shmuel ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; FAULT ZONE; HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; SUBSIDENCE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN DISTRICT; SEA OF GALILEE; WORLD;

EID: 12344265801     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/K54Y-L2LN-994U-MG4H     Document Type: Article

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