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
46 - Cosmogenic-Isotope Based Erosion Rates along the Western Margin of the Dead Sea Fault
from Part V: - Quaternary Geomorphology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2017
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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
This is a compilation of bedrock and basin-wide average erosion rates determined from in-situ cosmogenic isotope concentrations in bedrock and sediments collected along the western margin of the Dead Sea fault. Bedrock erodes at rates ranging between <1 mm/ka to over >200 mm/ka (mean≈20 mm/ka). Chert and quartzolite in the arid environments erode the slowest. Carbonate rocks under hyperarid conditions also erode slowly (<2 mm/ka). Friable Lower Cretaceous sandstones in the Hazera erosional crater erode the fastest. Average basin-wide erosion ranges between 17.3±1.1 and 147±15 mm/ka (mean ≈56 mm/ka). Outlet channels yield average basin erosion rates of 19.4±2.6 to 70.9±2.9 mm/ka. However, five of the seven analyzed drainage basins yield similar average basin erosion rates ranging between 19.4±2.6 and 23.8±1.6 mm/ka. Comparisons with worldwide erosion rates indicate (1) most erosion rates along the western margin of the Dead Sea fault are within the average erosion rate range of Earth. (2) The tectonic, climatic and lithologic variations along the Dead Sea fault do not produce extreme (high or low) values of erosion rates.
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- Quaternary of the LevantEnvironments, Climate Change, and Humans, pp. 391 - 400Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
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