Morphometric and geomorphic approaches for assessment of tectonic activity, Dead Sea Rift (Israel)

Human induced calcretisation in anthropogenic soils and sediments: Field observations and micromorphology in a Mediterranean climatic zone, Israel

“…The evolution of the Mediterranean climate and vegetation in the Mediterranean Basin began in the early Pliocene and became amplified during the Pleistocene (Suc, 1984;Suc et al, 1995;Thompson, 2005). As expected, the results of different dating methods that have been applied for late Cenozoic calcretes in this region (Özer et al, 1989;Plaziat et al, 2008;Shtober-Zisu et al, 2008;Candy and Black, 2009;Zilberman et al, 2011;Ryb et al, 2013;Zucca et al, 2014) indicate a multi-phased calcretisation since the early Pleistocene, and possibly the late Pliocene. Common morphologies of hardpan-capped calcrete in the Levant are called 'nāri' (Itkin et al, 2012 and references therein).…”

From mass‐wasting to slope stabilization – putting constrains on a tectonically induced transition in slope erosion mode: a case study in the Judea Hills, Israel

“…Indeed, Shtober‐Zisu et al . () and Matmon et al . () have successfully dated the formation of calcretes, in northern Israel, using OSL fast‐signal measurements.…”

“…Hence, luminescence burial dating provides a robust upper limit age to the deposition of the substrate. Indeed, Shtober-Zisu et al (2008) and Matmon et al (2010) have successfully dated the formation of calcretes, in northern Israel, using OSL fast-signal measurements. In those cases the low dose rates of calcretes, 0Á4-0Á7 Gy ka -1 , and equivalent doses (De) values~100-250 Gy, allowed the acquisition of reliable mid-Pleistocene ages.…”

Spatial analysis of morphometric indices: the case of Bolu pull-apart basin, western section of North Anatolian Fault System, Turkey

“…These well-known indices have been previously tested as valuable tools in tectonically active regions to measure the level of activity, such as San Gabriel Mountains, California (Lifton & Chase, 1992), Lo River Fault in North Vietnam (Cuong & Zuchiewicz, 2001), SE Spain (Silva, Goy, Zazo, & Bardají, 2003), the western foothills of Taiwan Mountains (Chen, Sung, & Cheng, 2003), Kompotades fault to the south of the Maliakos Gulf (Zovoili, Konstantinidi, & Koukouvelas, 2004), Khairkuli drainage basins in the district of Dehradun, U. P. (Nautiyal, 2004), Western Beskydy Mountains (Panek, 2004), Kangra Re-entrant region of NW Himalaya (Malik & Mohanty, 2007), Dead Sea rift in Israel (Shtober-Zisu, Greenbaum, Inbar, & Flexer, 2008), and Madrid basin of central Spain (Garrote, Heydt, & Cox, 2008). The results indicate that the applicability of morphometric indices to tectonically active regions makes the assessment of tectonic activity easier.…”