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The chemistry and uranium isotopic composition of a coupled timeseries of sequentially leached aeolian and sinking marine particles

Lapid G. (1) (2), Torfstein A. (1) (2)

The Negative Emissions Testing Center: Standardized Evaluation of Existing and Emerging CO2 Removal Technologies

Yaniv Edery (1), Avinoam Rabinovich (2), Elad Levintal (3), Ran Calvo (4) and Ravid Rosenzweig (4).

Palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate interpretation of sedimentological archives from a small, dune-dammed endorheic basin (playa) at the northwestern Negev desert dunefield margin

Nitay Golovaty, Joel Roskin

Seismic-to-Well Interpretation of the Judea and Kurnub Formations in the Hiyon Syn-cline area, Northern Negev

Dror O. (1), Trachtman P. (1), Zuriely A. (2)

Delineation of the ‘Sinkholes Salt’ layer with Time Domain Electromagnetics (TDEM) measurements, an example from the Ze’elim fan, Dead Sea

Levi E. (1), Baer G. (2), Nof R. N.(2), and Gavrieli I. (2)

Using OSL to study the Development of Golan Heights Volcanic Soils

Sarid U. (5), Zaarur S. (5), Porat N. (1), Faershtein G (1)

Development of a Remote Sensing-Based Tool for Evaluating the Mechanical Properties of Carbonate Rocks for Industrial Applications

Vernytsky A. (1), Bakun Mazor D.(1), August I. (2)

Effect of cement waste on contaminant behavior in the near-surface soil-water environment

Kellum A. (1), Dror I. (1), Berkowitz B. (1)

High resolution drone photogrammetric modeling. A comparison between two approaches and different software

Tsabar A. (1), Buskila A. (1), Laronne’s B. J. (1), Hancock, G.R. (3) Balaban N. (2)

Heinrich Event 2 (ca. 24 ka BP) as a chrono-climatic anchor for the appearance of Epipaleolithic backed bladelets microlith industries in the Southern Levant

Abadi I. (1, 2), Torfstein A. (3, 4), Friesem D. (5, 6, 7), Langgut D. (8, 9), Jin M. (8, 9), Rabinovich R. (2, 3, 10), Steiner T. (2, 10), Zurro D. (11), Gur-Arieh S. (5, 12), Ovadia A. (13), Goring-Morris N. (2)

Implication for Radioactive Waste Burial: Irradiation Effects on Kerogen Bearing Rocks of the Ghareb Formation

Mizrahi N. (1,2), Klein-BenDavid O. (3,4), Amrani A. (1), Yasur G. (2), Yardeni G. (4), Rosenberg YO. (2)

Two-Stage Dolomitization in Carbonate Platforms: Insights from Clumped Isotope Thermometry and U-Pb Dating

Levenson Y. (1), Eiler J. (2), Kylander-Clark A. (3), Neagu N. (4), Ebert Y. (4), Wurgaft E. (1), Ryb U. (4)

An innovative method for flood monitoring and improving the planning of cross-stream infrastructures

Ben Moshe L. (1)

Exploration in the Lithium Triangle Salta, Argentina

Rubacha G. (1)

Oron oil shale - Examining the possibility of utilizing oil shale for the cement market in Israel

Kolodner K. (1), Roded S. (1)

Lateral shift from turbidite- to contourite-dominated continental slope, a case study from southeast Brazil slope

Schattner, U. (1), ‎Rocha, C.B. (2), Ramos, R.B. (2), Shtober-Zisu, N. (1), Lobo, F.J. (3), de Mahiques, M.M. (2,4)

Temporal and Spatial dispersal of Heavy Metals inside and out of Haifa Bay

Weiss-Sarusi K. (1,2), Bookman R. (2), Silverman J. (3), Teutsch N (1,2)

A cosmopolitan calcifying benthic foraminifera in agglutinated disguise as a geochemical recorder of coastal environments

Sosnitsky T. (1), Krekova V. (1), Elisha B. (1), Sadekov A.(2), Torfstein A. (3,4), Holzmann M. (5), Li H. (2), Abramovich S. (1), Ashckenazi-Polivoda S. (6,7)

Assessment of CO2 storage potential in the depleted Mari-B field, offshore Israel

Makinde O. (1), Waldmann N. (1), Eruteya O.E. (2)

Seismicity of the Red Sea

Issachar R. (1)

Disconnected Flows, Eroded Landscapes: A Case Study of Human Impact on a Judean Desert Water System

Shtober-Zisu N. (1), Zissu B (2)

The possible role of subsurface erosion in the formation of rectangular valley systems in Kasei Valles, Mars.

Wise L. (1,2), Goren L. (1), Mushkin A. (2)

Measurements of Near-shore Sediment Dynamics in the Eastern Mediterranean using Repeat Campaigns of Bathymetric Airborne LiDAR

Mushkin, A. (1), Rozen, N. (1,2), Crouvi, O. (1), Katz, O. (1), Agnon, A. (2), Lensky, N. (1,2), Lapid, R. (3), Kor, R. (3), Katz, T. (4)

Modification of C:N ratios in settling organic particles by lateral transport in an ultraoligotrophic deep-sea

Ronen Alkalay1,2, Yishai Weinstein1, Barak Herut2, Ilana Berman-Frank3, Timor Katz2

When geomorphological toolkits point at occupation intensity during the Epipaleolithic – The case of Tahunat es-Sukkar in Bet Shean Valley, Israel

Malinsky-Buller, A1., Ben Dor, Y2., Oikonomou, I.3, Tjallingii, R4., Atar, Y5., Munro, N6., Levy, E7., Weiss K.8, Golan Z.9, Abadi, I10-11.

Concretions of the surroundings of Mount Miron as an interesting phenomenon - a role for geological formation.

Kamentsev L.

Last Glacial Cycle Sea-level Imprints on the Israeli Continental Shelf

Lang G. (1), Arnon M., Bialik M. O. (1,2), Ben-Lulu Y. (1), Niyazi Y. (3), Gadol O. (4), Makovsky Y. (1)

Beyond Backstripping: A New Approach for Subsidence Analysis

Lang G.(1), ten Brink U. S.(2), Makovsky Y.(1)

Late Holocene Climate, Human Activities, and Environmental Dynamics in the Southern Arabian Desert

Waldmann N. (1), Parth S. (1)*, Mehta B. (2), Marchegiano M. (3), Mazzini I.(4), Danish M. (1), Kumar S. (2), Ariztegui D. (5), Yassine A-A. (1), Anoop A. (2), Taha N. (1), Russell J. (6)

Updated view on seismotectonics along the Dead Sea transform

Sharon M. (1, 2), Kurzon I. (1), Wetzler N. (1), Sagy, A. (1), Marco, S. (3), Ben-Avraham (3)

Two-Stage Dolomitization in Carbonate Platforms: Insights from Clumped Isotope Thermometry and U-Pb Dating

Levenson Y. (1), Eiler J. (2), Kylander-Clark A. (3), Neagu N. (4), Ebert Y. (4), Wurgaft E. (1), Ryb U. (4)

Two-Stage Dolomitization in Carbonate Platforms: Insights from Clumped Isotope Thermometry and U-Pb Dating

Levenson Y. (1), Eiler J. (2), Kylander-Clark A. (3), Neagu N. (4), Ebert Y. (4), Wurgaft E. (1), Ryb U. (4)

From Basalt to Soil: Insights into Soil Development on the Golan Heights

Zaarur S.(1), Crouvi, O.(2), Porat N.(2), Boas H.(1), Sarid U.(1), Behar N.(1)

An Observational Study of Munition Transport and Burial Dynamics in Marine Environments

Eliyahou D. (1), Goodman-Tchernov B.N. (1), Katz T. (2), Jaijel R.(2)

Lateral shift from turbidite- to contourite-dominated continental slope, a case study from southeast Brazil slope

Schattner, U. (1), ‎Rocha, C.B. (2), Ramos, R.B. (2), Shtober-Zisu, N. (1), Lobo, F.J. (3), de Mahiques, M.M. (2,4)

From Deposition to Deformation: The Dynamic Evolution of the Levant Continental Shelf

Frankin N (1) Gvirtzman Z (1) Sagy Y (1) Laor M (2)

Complex formation of sinkholes in a mixed carbonate/igneous terrane, east Galilee, Israel

Frumkin E. (1), Bronshtein N. (2), Heimann A. (1) Langford B (1) Levi E. (2)

Public geological field lectures in Israel - the surroundings of Mount Meron and other places.

Kamentsev L.

Timing the Oligocene-Miocene uplift of Afro-Arabia: Insights from clay mineralogy and geochemistry

Glazer A. (1), Avigad D. (1), Morag N. (2)

Nutrient dynamics in the Lake Kinneret Watershed (LKW) during the recent dry hydrological year

Mor-Federman T.,(1,2), Bookman, R.,(2), Sawaed, I., (3), Be'eri-Shlevin, Y., (1)

A GIS-based spatial analysis of damage patterns – potential earthquakes at the Byzantine village of Shivta

Lian Amir (Kombelis)(1), Yotam Tepper(1,2), Motti Zohar(1)

Crystallographic damage and recovery in calcite-bearing fault rocks throughout the seismic cycle; Preliminary insights from microstructural investigations and nanoindentation tests

Boneh Y.(1), Levi T.(2), Weinberger R.(2)

Artificial and Natural Sedimentological Processes at the Intermediate Bronze Age cemetery of Newe Efrayim, Central Coastal Plain, Israel

Nimrod Wieler1, Yossi Elisha1, Jenny Marcus1 and Gilad Itach 1

Beachrock along the Mediterranean Coast of Israel: Types, Formations, Depositional Environments and their Use in ancient times

Amir Bar (1,2), Revital Bookman (2), Ehud Galili (3,4), Joel Roskin (5) Naomi Porat (6), Elie Haddad (7), Dov Zviely (8)

Identifying buried Byzantine-Early Islamic Agricultural Soils in the Yavne Hinterlands: A Multi-Proxy Approach

Jenny Marcus1,2, Nimrod Wieler2, Shulamit Terem2, Noam Greenbaum3, Tami Zilberman4, Gal Yasur4, Yotam Asscher2,5, Pablo Betzer2, Daniel Varga2, Oren Ackermann1

Stable isotopes and the Mottled Zone (Hatrurim) metamorphism: Yeshu Kolodny’s legacy

Matthews, A.

Makhtesh Hatzera Erosion Cirque, the Negev Desert – sediment dynamics

Greenbaum N.(1), Schwartz U.(1), Zohar M.(1), Lekach J.(2)

Makhtesh Hatzera Erosion Cirque, the Negev Desert – sediment dynamics

Greenbaum N.(1), Schwartz U.(1), Zohar M.(1), Lekach J.(2)

Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy across the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum in the southern Neo-Tethys margin of Israel

Ovechkina M. (1), Schneider-Mor A. (1), Morag N. (1), Amoyel Z. (1), Yasur G. (1), Zilberman T. (1)

Modeling the Lake Kinneret Watershed hydrology – surface and groundwater processes

Ben-Zur E. (1,2), Gvirtzman H. (1), Gal G. (2), Be’eri-Shlevin Y. (2)

From Fission Track to Oxygen isotopic composition of speleothems – visions and breakthroughs

Miryam Bar-Matthews

Joint wireline DAS-seismometer deployment in an abandoned well: lessons and insights

Wetzler N.(1), Lellouch A.(2)

Neoproterozoic island arcs formation and reworking in the northernmost Arabian-Nubian Shield: Evidence from U-Pb-Hf-O isotopes in detrital zircon from Eilat metasediments

Vardi C. (1), Avigad D. (1), Glazer A. (1), Gerdes A. (2), Li S. (3), Wang T. (4), Albert R. (2), Geller Lutzky Y. (1)

Experimentally revealing the dynamic effect of fault geometry on earthquake ruptures

Gabrieli T. (1), Tal Y. (1)

Seismic Activity and Turbidite Deposition in the Gulf of Aqaba-Eilat: Insights from Sediment Core Analysis

Geffen Tabachnik(1), Dierk Hebbeln(2),Jürgen Titschack(2), Revital Bookman(1)

Atmospheric relative humidity as a source of moisture driving extremely fast salt weathering processes in hyperarid environments

Boroda R. (1), Mushkin A. (1), Lensky N. (1,2), Ben Moshe L. (1), Eyal H. (1,3), Malik U (1), Balmas, A (1), Amit R. (1)

High-Resolution Seafloor Grain Size Classification and Mapping Using Multibeam Backscatter Data and Geostatistical Interpolation Methods

Giladi Asaf (1), Kanari Mor (1), Katz Timor (1) & Tibor Gideon (1)

Integrated Petrophysical Evaluation of Middle to Late Jurassic Carbonates Along the Levant Shelf Margin

Vygovskiy S.(1), Bartov Y.(1), Volozh Y.(1)

Quantity, composition and source of major gases in groundwater systems in Israel

Ben-nun Levanon H. (1,2), Ram R. (2, 3), Rosenberg Y.O (2), Ganor J. (1), Reznik I. J (2)

Holocene slip rates across the Amazyahu Fault

Asif O. (1, 2), Mushkin A. (1), Langford B. (1, 2), Balmas A. (1), Vaks A. )1(, Frumkin A. (2)

Low-Temperature Plasticity of Olivine and Hornblende: Insights from Nanoindentation Experiments

Ashkenazi E. (1), Boneh Y. (1)

Sediment Transport in the Bat-Galim Canyon: Insights from Two Monitoring Seasons

Jaijel R. (1), Biton E. (1), Weinstein Y. (2), Ozer T. (1), Katz T. (1)

Channel concavity index controls planform complexity of branching drainage networks

Goren L. (1), Shelef E. (2)

The influence of the H2O/rock ratio on metasomatism and melting of the mantle

Piven, M., Kessel, R.

Combining field laboratories and numerical simulations to study rock weathering in extreme environments

Ben Asher, M

Analysis of Pockmark Development Across the Messinian-Pliocene Boundary, Levant Basin

Plotnikov B. (1), Lang G. (1) , Makovsky Y. (1)

Assessing the Origin of Inland Sandy Sediment Cover within Archaeological Contexts at Caesarea Israel

Lottner E. S., Anagnostoudi T., Goodman-Tchernov B.

Findings from Long-Term Monitoring of the Hydrological System Along the Dead Sea Shores

Levy Y. (1), Lutzky H. (1), Moshe A. (1), Swaed I.M. (1), Volin L. (2), Galili U. (2)

Anatomy of a Foreseeable Disaster: Lessons from the 2023 Dam-Breaching Flood in Derna, Libya

Armon M. (1), Shmilovitz Y. (2), Dente E. (3)

Streams Nutrients Load Response to Extreme Climate Regimes (ECR) Lake Kinneret Watershed as a Case Study

Mor-Federman T. (1,2), Bookman R. (2) and Be’eri-Shlevin Y. (1)

Permafrost not so ‘perma’ – recent brine migration and cryopeg formation in Svalbard

Weinstein Y.(1), Rotem D.(1,2), Christiansen H.(2)

Permafrost not so ‘perma’ – recent brine migration and cryopeg formation in Svalbard

Weinstein Y.(1), Rotem D.(1,2)

Simulations of CO2 injection into selected structures of the Negev Jurassic aquifer

Rosenzweig, R. (1) , Kumar, P. (1), Sagy, Y. (1), Bar, O. (1), and Calvo R. (1)

Historic trends in the Gulf of Eilat: Molluscan community changes linked to the Medieval Warm Period, Little Ice Age, and post-Industrial climate phases

Edelman-Furstenberg Y. (1), Katz T. (2), Shaked Y. (3), Eyal G. (4,5), Kidwell SM. (6)

Novel cement production technology from local natural oil shales.

Handel E.

Investigating Depositional Environments through Particle Morphologies: The Role of Grain Shape Analysis in Sedimentology and Archaeology

Oikonomou I. (1), Malinsky-Buller A. (1), Karampaglidis T. (2), Jacobi Glass Y. (3), Crouvi O. (3), Ben Dor Y. (3)

Increasing river migration and river-related forest removal in the Amazon Basin

Dente E. (1,2), Gardner J. (1,3), Langhorst T. (3), Yang X. (4), Abad J. D. (5), Armon M. (6,7), and Pavelsky T. (3)

Hidden risks of the Nuisance-to-Resource approach in constructed wetlands: analyzing metal distribution in a nature-based-solution for flood mitigation at Gazelle Valley Park (Jerusalem)

Ben Dor Y. (1), Sharabi G. (1), Alian S. (1), Nussbaum R. (2), Morin E. (2), Freiman E. (3), Lind A. (4), Shemesh I. (4), Balaban A. (4), Train F. (4), Levintal E. (3)

Sand and glass: A multi-proxy investigation of Late Roman glass production at Tel Yavne, Israel

Ben Dor Y. (1), Gorin-Rosen Y. (2), Sorkin K. (2), Betzer P.(2), Varga D. (2), Zilberman T.(1), Yasur G. (1), Jacobi Glass Y. (1), Asscher Y. (2,3), Wieler N. (2)

Afforestation and Urbanization Effects on the Unsaturated Zone Flow Field and the Emergence of Perched Springs: An Example from the Jerusalem Mountains

Shalom O. (1) (2), Lev O. (2), and Gvirtzman H. (1)

Novel measurements of calcium sulfate hydration water δ¹⁸O and δD for reconstructing evaporative conditions in hyper-arid Negev Desert Reg-soils

Levy E. J.(1), Zilberman T. (1), Mushkin A. (1), Ayalon A. (1), Gázquez F. (2), and Amit R. (1)

Put Your Records On: Channel vs. Plateau depositional variability offshore southeastern Mediterranean

Aaltonen Yariv, J. (1), Kanari, M. (2), Katz, T. (2), Anagnostoudi, Th. (1), Goodman-Tchernov, B.N. (1)

Desert flash-floods recorded by Ba/Ca in short lived benthic marine foraminifera (Operculina ammonoides)

Shai Oron (1,2), Timor Katz (3), Aleksey Sadekov (4), Gilad Antler (2,5), Beverly Goodman-Tchernov (1)

Desert flash-floods recorded by Ba/Ca in short lived benthic marine foraminifera (Operculina ammonoides)

Shai Oron (1,2), Timor Katz (3), Aleksey Sadekov (4), Gilad Antler(2,5), Beverly Goodman-Tchernova (1)

High resolution drone photogrammetric modeling. A comparison between two approaches and different software

Tsabar A. (1), Buskila A. (1), Laronne’s B. J. (1), Balaban N. (2)

The complex effect of climate change and urbanization on flows in small–medium Mediterranean catchments

Rinat Y. (1), Armon M. (2), and Morin E. (2)

Assessment of the Potential for Phosphate Recycling from Sewage Sludge in Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) in Israel

Gelman F. (1), Grishanov D. (2), Halicz L. (1), Berlin O. (1), Zohar I.(3), Lev O. (2)

Earthquake early-warning alert in Israel due to a 370-ton explosion in southern Lebanon, October 26, 2024

Schardong L. (1), Kurzon I. (1), Nof R.N. (1), Navon H. (1), Wetzler N. (1), Gorstein M. (1), Avirav V. (1)

Holocene activity on the Jericho Fault – new OSL ages

Galina Faershtein(1), Yoav Nahamias(1), Anton Vaks(1), Tzahi Golan(1), Amir Sagy(1)

Microfossil Evidence of Mediterranean Sea-Level Variability from the Shelf’s Edge

Mironovich A. (1), Kanari M. (1,2), Anagnostoudi T. (1), Katz T. (2,3), Goodman-Tchernov B.N. (1,3)

The role of pre-salt relief and detachment surfaces in thin-skinned tectonics: The Palmahim rapidly gliding corridor and the Dor rollover anticline, offshore Israel

Laor M. (1,2), Gvirtzman Z. (1,2)

Modeling the Controls on Microbial Iron and Manganese Reduction in Methanic Sediments

Neumann Wallheimer R. (1), Halevy I. (2), Sivan O. (1)

Quantifying the Evaporative Kinetic Fractionation Using Triple Oxygen Isotopes in Closed-Basin Lakes

Keinan J. (1,2), Brall N. (1), Neagu N. (1), Moshe N. (1), Tserendash N. (3), Goldsmith Y. (1)

Focal Plane solution and orientation analysis highlight major fault structures in the Kinneret Basin

Eshly Aizenshtat Soffer1,2, Nadav Wetzler1 and Amotz Agnon2

Carbon-dioxide sequestration in deep saline aquifer in southern Israel: Potential, unknowns and future plans

Calvo, R. (1), Bar, O. (1), Sagy, Y. (1), Rosenzweig, R. (1)

Multiphase deformation of a multilayered salt giant: Salt tectonics in the Levant Basin

Jimmy Moneron (1,2,3) and Zohar Gvirtzman (1,2)

Soft sediment deformation in laboratory experiments

Siman-Tov S. (1), Siegal O. (1), Marco S. (2), Heifetz E. (2)

Reactive Barrier Studies for Mitigating CO₂ Leakage from Geological Storage Beneath the German North Sea

Weber N. (1,2), Deusner C. (1), Haeckel M. (1)

Artificial Islands and Their Impact on Mainland Coastlines: A Review of Coastal Effects and Policy Implications

Babitsky. O (1), Goodman-Tchernov. B (1)

Salt-related gravity-driven processes in the Levant Basin, Eastern Mediterranean: Insights from physical modeling

Anagnostoudi Th. (1),Vendeville B.C. (2), Gaullier V. (2), Ferrer O. (3), Schattner U. (4), Lazar M. (1)

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