Karst system developed in salt layers of the Lisan Peninsula, Dead Sea, Jordan

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 155-172

  Closson, Damien ^a   LaMoreaux, Philip E ^b   Abou Karaki, Najib ^c   Al Fugha, Hassan ^c  

^a ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

^b Springer   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Dead Sea; Dynamic karst; Hazards; Jordan; Lisan; Salt karst

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HAZARDS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; LAKES; RAIN; SALTS; WATER LEVELS;

HOLOCENE; JORDAN; KARST SYSTEM; LISAN; SEA;

LIMESTONE;

DIAPIRISM; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; KARST; KARSTIFICATION; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; ROCK SALT; SALT DOME; STRESS FIELD; WATER LEVEL;

AL KARAK; ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; JORDAN; LISAN PENINSULA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33847316935     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0469-9     Document Type: Article

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