Geomorphology of Lake Lisan terraces along the eastern coast of the Dead Sea, Jordan

Geomorphology

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 246-263

  Abu Ghazleh, Shahrazad ^a   Kempe, Stephan ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold stadials; Lacustrine terraces; Lake Lisan; Post Glacial; Stromatolite; U Th and OSL dating

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GPS; GRABEN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITHOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; POSTGLACIAL; STROMATOLITE; TERRACE; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TRANSGRESSION; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 67349253575     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.02.015     Document Type: Article

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