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
50 - Evolution of the Southeastern Mediterranean Coastal Plain
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
Field surveys, chronology, geology, geomorphology, pedology and archaeological records were used in comprehensive synthesis outlining the evolution of the Israeli Coastal Plain under late Quaternary sea level changes. We discuss buried soil-stratigraphy vs. sediments, sand dunes, and the formation of the observed topography and terrain morphology. This synthesis indicates that extensive sand field active during eustatic sea regression were stabilized during glacial maxima by vegetation; this was followed by pedogenesis and erosion of fine eolian sediments into depressions. During interglacials, additional sand accumulated covering regressive deposits. During interglacial, the sedimentation is followed by erosion under coastal cliff activity and incision of the fluvial systems due to high gradient and stream capturing. This sequence of glacial-interglacial scale processes results in east to west accretion of the Quaternary Coastal Plain, forming the typical series of coast parallel relict sedimentary ridges (complexes) and fluvial-filled troughs.
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- Quaternary of the LevantEnvironments, Climate Change, and Humans, pp. 433 - 446Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
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