scholarly journals Airborne Thermal Data Identifies Groundwater Discharge at the North-Western Coast of the Dead Sea

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 6361-6381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulf Mallast ◽  
Friedhelm Schwonke ◽  
Richard Gloaguen ◽  
Stefan Geyer ◽  
Martin Sauter ◽  
...  
1954 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-141
Author(s):  
Bo Reicke

The Hebrew scrolls newly discovered near Qumran at the north-western shore of the Dead Sea, which are attracting more and more the attention of New Testament students, are also very important for the evolution of Jewish Gnosticism. One may think especially of the fact that in some of these manuscripts the Hebrew word for ‘knowledge’ and related terms occur with a striking frequency, and that the dualistic cosmology of the new texts seems to be rather like certain fundamental ideas of Gnosticism. Since the archaeological evidence now proves that the Qumran manuscripts are pre-Christian, or were at least written in the first Christian century, one may very well state that new light can now be thrown upon the much debated question of a pre-Christian, Jewish Gnosticism.


1984 ◽  
Vol 121 (6) ◽  
pp. 577-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. E. R. Lovelock

AbstractThe structure of the northern part of the Arabian platform is reviewed in the light of hitherto unpublished exploration data and the presently accepted kinematic model of plate motion in the region. The Palmyra and Sinjar zones share a common history of development involving two stages of rifting, one in the Triassic–Jurassic and the other during late Cretaceous to early Tertiary times. Deformation of the Palmyra zone during the Mio-Pliocene is attributed to north–south compression on the eastern block of the Dead Sea transcurrent system which occurred after continental collision in the north in southeast Turkey. The asymmetry of the Palmyra zone is believed to result from northward underthrusting along the southern boundary facilitated by the presence of shallow Triassic evaporites. An important NW-SE cross-plate shear zone has been identified, which can be traced for 600 km and which controls the course of the River Euphrates over long distances in Syria and Iraq. Transcurrent motion along this zone resulted in the formation of narrow grabens during the late Cretaceous which were compressed during the Mio-Pliocene. To a large extent, present day structures in the region result from compressional reactivation of old lineaments within the Arabian plate by the transcurrent motion of the Dead Sea fault zone and subsequent continental collision.


Chemosphere ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 66 (7) ◽  
pp. 1230-1242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inês Lima ◽  
Susana M. Moreira ◽  
Jaime Rendón-Von Osten ◽  
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares ◽  
Lúcia Guilhermino

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regina A. Uhl

Abstract The function of the plan-schematic settlements of the so called Cucuteni-Tripolye-Complex in the north-western pontic region remains enigmatic and yet, these structures haven´t been approached holistically. The article aims to address basic aspects as the construction plan and the chronology at one of these sites, the settlement Petreni in the Republic of Moldova. Beyond that, it shall be outlined, in how far the settlements served as mnemonic places. Deliberately burnt houses in these settlements represent a characteristic feature, which do not only resemble the end of a settling stage - they rather mark performative acts and may be associated with the death of a household or a community member. As the burnt house debris has not been removed or levelled, it reflects a visible marker for preceding generations among the living - such structures constitute distinctive mechanisms of commemoration and mirror communities which share a common set of experiences and knowledge.


2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 1374-1383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alissa Barnes ◽  
Dipani Sutaria ◽  
Alastair V. Harry ◽  
Rima W. Jabado

Subject The implications of the Red Sea-Dead Sea plan. Significance Israel and Jordan on February 26 signed an agreement to facilitate water-sharing and address the depletion of the Dead Sea, which is receding at a rate of about a metre per year. The 900 million dollar World Bank-sponsored 'Seas Canal' deal consists of two main aspects: local water exchange deals, with Jordan providing Israel with desalinated water from Aqaba in exchange for bluewater from the Sea of Galilee in the north; and saltwater transfer from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. The Palestinian Authority is not party to the agreement, and awaits a separate deal with Israel. Impacts Prospects for Palestinian-Israeli water negotiations have drastically decreased. Jordan will still need to agree further desalination and cooperation deals in order to meet demand. Water saving efforts will be pushed aside in favour of much more costly desalination. Desalination powered by burning fossil hydrocarbons accelerates global warming.


2016 ◽  
Vol 186 ◽  
pp. 90-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giada Trezzi ◽  
Jordi Garcia-Orellana ◽  
Valentí Rodellas ◽  
Juan Santos-Echeandia ◽  
Antonio Tovar-Sánchez ◽  
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