Late holocene embayment infill and shoreline migration, haifa bay, eastern mediterranean

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-31

  Porat, Naomi ^a   Sivan, Dorit ^b   Zviely, Dov ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SHORELINE; TRANSGRESSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HAIFA BAY; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 67650093990     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJES.57.1.21     Document Type: Article

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