Can we detect centennial sea-level variations over the last three thousand years in Israeli archaeological records?

S Dean, BP Horton, N Evelpidou, N Cahill… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Archaeological remains are valuable relative sea-level (RSL) indicators in Israel, a
tectonically stable coast with minor isostatic inputs. Previous research has used …

Evidence for centennial scale sea level variability during the Medieval Climate Optimum (Crusader Period) in Israel, eastern Mediterranean

E Toker, D Sivan, E Stern, B Shirman, M Tsimplis… - Earth and Planetary …, 2012 - Elsevier
The current study provides evidence supporting a sea-level drop of up to about 50±20cm at
the eastern coasts of the Mediterranean basin during the period AD 900–1300. The estimate …

Holocene sea-level changes along the Mediterranean coast of Israel, based on archaeological observations and numerical model

D Sivan, S Wdowinski, K Lambeck, E Galili… - Palaeogeography …, 2001 - Elsevier
Local sea-level curves reflect global eustatic changes, regional isostatic adjustments of the
crust to changing ice and ocean volumes and tectonically controlled crustal movements. In …

Eastern Mediterranean sea levels through the last interglacial from a coastal-marine sequence in northern Israel

D Sivan, G Sisma-Ventura, N Greenbaum… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
A last interglacial (Marine Isotope Stage, MIS5e) marine-coastal sequence has been
identified along the Galilee coast of Israel, with the type section located at Rosh Hanikra …

New relative sea-level (RSL) indications from the Eastern Mediterranean: Middle Bronze Age to the Roman period (~ 3800–1800 y BP) archaeological constructions …

A Yasur-Landau, G Shtienberg, G Gambash, G Spada… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
This article presents new archaeological observations and multidisciplinary research from
Dor, Israel to establish a more reliable relative sea level for the Carmel Coast and Southern …

Evaluating ancient coastal wells as sea‐level indicators from the coast of Israel

R Vunsh, O Tal, Y Yechieli, S Dean… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This paper re‐evaluates previous records and adds new data to the relative sea level (RSL;
namely the sea level related to the level of the national terrestrial datum) reconstruction in …

Late H olocene Sea Level Reconstructions Based on Observations of R oman Fish Tanks, T yrrhenian Coast of I taly

N Evelpidou, P Pirazzoli, A Vassilopoulos… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We present estimates for late H olocene relative sea level change along the T yrrhenian
coast of I taly based on morphological characteristics of eight submerged R oman fish tanks …

Palaeoenvironmental and sea level changes during the Holocene in eastern Saudi Arabia and their implications for Neolithic populations

AG Parker, MW Morley, SJ Armitage, M Engel… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents the key findings of a multidisciplinary study investigating the nature and
timing of coastal landscape evolution in eastern Saudi Arabia during the Holocene. To date …

Archeological and biological relative sea‐level indicators

C Morhange, N Marriner - Handbook of sea‐level research, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The great antiquity of human occupation in the Mediterranean has left rich archeological
evidence along its coastlines, including harbors and fish tanks. This chapter emphasizes the …

Relative sea level changes during the Cretaceous in Israel

F Akiva, R Amnon, LB Shulamit… - AAPG …, 1986 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Detailed lithologic, microfaunal, and biometric investigations, using relative abundances,
diversity indexes, and duration charts of ostracods and foraminifera, allowed the recognition …