Beach deposits of MIS 5e high sea stand as indicators for tectonic stability of the Carmel coastal plain, Israel

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 19-21, 2007, Pages 2544-2557

  Galili, Ehud ^a   Zviely, Dov ^b   Ronen, Avraham ^b,c   Mienis, Henk K ^d,e  

^a ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c Stern Academic College of Emeq Yezreel   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; LITHOLOGY; QUARTZ; SEA LEVEL;

BEACH DEPOSITS; CEMENTED AEOLIAN SANDSTONES; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEASONAL STREAMS;

TECTONICS;

BEACHROCK; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL PLAIN; INTERGLACIAL; LITHOLOGY; MOLLUSC; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUARTZ; SHELL; TECTONICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

CARDIIDAE; DONACIDAE; GASTROPODA; GLYCYMERIDIDAE; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 36248969543     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.06.027     Document Type: Article

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