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Load Structure Seismites in the Dead Sea Area, Israel: Chronological Benchmarking with 14C Dating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

D Bowman ,
H J Bruins  and
J van der Plicht
D Bowman
Affiliation:
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Beer Sheva, P.O. Box 653, Israel 84105. Email: dbowman@bgumail.bgu.ac.il.
H J Bruins
Affiliation:
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Social Studies Unit, Department of Man in the Desert, Sede Boker Campus, Israel 84990
J van der Plicht
Affiliation:
Centre for Isotope Research, Radiocarbon Laboratory, Groningen University, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Abstract

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The Dead Sea is a terminal lake located in the seismically active zone of the Syro–African Rift Valley. The water level of the Dead Sea has been receding dramatically during the last decades, resulting in significant entrenchment of wadis towards its shores. Exposed sections in fan deltas reveal abruptly changing facies of alluvial fan, beach, and shallow lacustrine environments. Our study focuses on soft sediment deformations of the load-structure type. Though of limited lateral extent, their field characteristics concur with the widely accepted criteria that define seismites. This paper demonstrates the potential of load-structures as seismic-chronological benchmarks through radiocarbon dating. We present the first evidence of 14C correlation between two types of seismites in different locations: load structure and mixed layer.

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Type
Near East Chronology: Archaeology and Environment
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 43 , Issue 3: Proceedings of the 17th International Radiocarbon Conference (Part 3 of 3) , 2001 , pp. 1383 - 1390
Copyright
Copyright © 2001 The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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