Abandonment ages of alluvial landforms in the hyperarid Negev determined by luminescence dating

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 861-869

  Porat, N ^a   Amit, R ^a   Enzel, Y ^b   Zilberman, E ^a   Avni, Y ^a   Ginat, H ^c   Gluck, D ^a,b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Ma'ale Shaharut High School   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alluvial fans; Dating; Desert; Geomorphic surfaces; Israel; Luminescence; Negev; Terraces

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ALLUVIAL FAN; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DESERT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; TERRACE;

ISRAEL; JUDEAN DESERT; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 77950298915     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.10.018     Document Type: Article

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