Sinkhole "swarms" along the Dead Sea cost: Reflection of disturbance of lake and adjacent groundwater systems

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1075-1087

  Yechieli, Yoseph ^a   Abelson, Meir ^a   Bein, Amos ^a   Crouvi, Onn ^a   Shtivelman, Vladimir ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dead Sea; Fresh saline water interface; Groundwater; Hydrogeology; Salt karst; Sinkholes

Indexed keywords

FRESH-SALINE WATER INTERFACE; SALT KARST; SALT LAYER; SINKHOLES;

FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

ESTUARINE FRONT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; SINKHOLE;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33749079223     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25880.1     Document Type: Article

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