The origin and disappearance of the late Pleistocene-early Holocene short-lived coastal wetlands along the Carmel coast, Israel

Quaternary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-92

  Sivan, Dorit ^a   Greenbaum, Noam ^a   Cohen Seffer, Ronit ^a   Sisma Ventura, Guy ^b   Almogi Labin, Ahuva ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coastal wetlands; Israel; Late Pleistocene early Holocene transition; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

CLAY SEDIMENTS; COASTAL AQUIFERS; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL WETLANDS; CYPRIDEIS TOROSA; HOLOCENES; ISOTOPIC VALUES; ISRAEL; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL RISE; SHALLOW-WATER; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATERBODIES;

ANIMALS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ISOTOPES; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

WETLANDS;

COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL WETLAND; DEPOSITION; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; RECONSTRUCTION; SANDBAR; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALLOW WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ISRAEL;

CYPRIDEIS TOROSA; FORAMINIFERA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 79960834338     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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