Late Pleistocene and Holocene tectonic deformation at the Gesher site, Kinnarot Valley, Dead Sea Rift

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 133-143

  Belitzky, Shmuel ^a   Garfinkel, Yosef ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE;

ASIA; DEAD SEA RIFT; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33644783478     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/8GTH-MP3N-CE32-Y04W     Document Type: Article

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