Human-induced geological hazards along the Dead Sea coast

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 371-380

  Closson, D ^a   Abou Karaki, N ^b  

^a ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Dead Sea; Landslides; Sinkholes; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

DEAD SEA; DEAD SEA BRINE; DEVELOPMENT PLANS; GEOLOGICAL HAZARDS; GROUND WATER LEVEL; OVEREXPLOITATION; PALESTINIAN AUTHORITIES; PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES; SINKHOLES; SURFACE WATER FLOWS; TERMINAL LAKES;

GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LANDSLIDES; SUBSIDENCE; WATER LEVELS;

HAZARDS;

EXPLOITATION; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SINKHOLE; SUBSIDENCE; SURFACE WATER; WATER LEVEL;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 70349858120     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1400-3     Document Type: Article

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