The chronostratigraphy of a quaternary sequence at the distal part of the nile littoral cell, Haifa Bay, Israel

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 675-686

  Avnaim Katav, Simona ^a,b   Almogi Labin, Ahuva ^b   Sandler, Amir ^b   Sivan, Dorit ^a   Porat, Naomi ^b   Matmon, Ari ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chronostratigraphy; Haifa Bay; Inner shelf; OSL; Palaeomagnetism; Quaternary; Sea land transition zone

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOMAGNETISM; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SHALLOW WATER; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE; TRANSITION ZONE; WATER DEPTH;

HAIFA BAY; ISRAEL; LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84867336062     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2537     Document Type: Article

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