Book contents
- Quaternary of the Levant
- Quaternary of the Levant
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Quaternary of the Levant
- Part I: The Evolution of Current Landscapes and Basins
- Part II: Palaeoclimates
- Part III: Archaeology of Human Evolution
- Part IV: Palaeoecology
- Part V: Quaternary Geomorphology
- 46 Cosmogenic-Isotope Based Erosion Rates along the Western Margin of the Dead Sea Fault
- 47 Palaeogeography and Palaeohydrology of Fluvial Systems in the Levant, Southeastern Mediterranean
- 48 Quaternary Fluvial Environments and Palaeohydrology in Syria
- 49 Stable Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Signatures of Pedogenic Carbonates in Arid and Extremely Arid Environments in the Levant
- 50 Evolution of the Southeastern Mediterranean Coastal Plain
- 51 Middle–Late Quaternary Wetlands along the Coastal Plain of Israel
- 52 The Fluvial Systems
- 53 Loess in the Negev Desert: Sources, Loessial Soils, Palaeosols, and Palaeoclimatic Implications
- 54 Isotopic Tracers of Dust and Loess in the Levant
- 55 Loess, Dunes, and Human Activities
- 56 Late Quaternary Chronologies of the Northern Sinai/Northwestern Negev Dunefield and their Palaeoclimatic and Palaeoenvironmental Implications
- 57 Aridisols in the Southern Levant Deserts and their Palaeoclimate Implications
- 58 Quaternary Sediments and Soils of Jordan
- Part VI: Humans in the Levant
- Index
- Plate section
- References
52 - The Fluvial Systems
Studies of Stream Terraces in the Negev Highlands and their Relationship with the Levant Alluvial Chronologies
from Part V: - Quaternary Geomorphology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2017
Book contents
- Quaternary of the Levant
- Quaternary of the Levant
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Quaternary of the Levant
- Part I: The Evolution of Current Landscapes and Basins
- Part II: Palaeoclimates
- Part III: Archaeology of Human Evolution
- Part IV: Palaeoecology
- Part V: Quaternary Geomorphology
- 46 Cosmogenic-Isotope Based Erosion Rates along the Western Margin of the Dead Sea Fault
- 47 Palaeogeography and Palaeohydrology of Fluvial Systems in the Levant, Southeastern Mediterranean
- 48 Quaternary Fluvial Environments and Palaeohydrology in Syria
- 49 Stable Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Signatures of Pedogenic Carbonates in Arid and Extremely Arid Environments in the Levant
- 50 Evolution of the Southeastern Mediterranean Coastal Plain
- 51 Middle–Late Quaternary Wetlands along the Coastal Plain of Israel
- 52 The Fluvial Systems
- 53 Loess in the Negev Desert: Sources, Loessial Soils, Palaeosols, and Palaeoclimatic Implications
- 54 Isotopic Tracers of Dust and Loess in the Levant
- 55 Loess, Dunes, and Human Activities
- 56 Late Quaternary Chronologies of the Northern Sinai/Northwestern Negev Dunefield and their Palaeoclimatic and Palaeoenvironmental Implications
- 57 Aridisols in the Southern Levant Deserts and their Palaeoclimate Implications
- 58 Quaternary Sediments and Soils of Jordan
- Part VI: Humans in the Levant
- Index
- Plate section
- References
Summary
In this chapter, we evaluate the stream alluvial terraces in the Negev Highlands as palaeoenvironmental responders to Quaternary climates and tectonics. The generation of terraces in the Negev Highlands in light of climatic fluctuations is discussed. Then, we review the relations between regional tectonics and the major erosion, incision and fluvial terraces formation since the late Miocene initial development of the current drainage system. We also evaluate the relationship between the stream terraces in the Negev Highlands and other Levant alluvial chronologies. Forces underlying the fluvial terrace formation in the Negev Highlands are primarily orbital-scale climatic fluctuations, shifting between relatively wetter, high sediment production and sedimentation, and drier intervals imposing incision. These aggradation-incision cycles are superimposed on the long-term and much older tectonic forcing of doming and arching of the Negev. In general, similar incision and deposition history prevailed in the wider Levant, with some local modifications.
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