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SAR Interferometry for Sinkhole Early Warning and Susceptibility Assessment along the Dead Sea, Israel by Nof, Ran N., Abelson, Meir, Raz, Eli, Magen, Yochay, Atzori, Simone, Salvi, Stefano, Baer, Gidon

“…During the past three decades, the Dead Sea (DS) water level has dropped at an average rate of ~1 m/year, resulting in the formation of thousands of sinkholes…”
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Collapse-sinkholes and radar interferometry reveal neotectonics concealed within the Dead Sea basin by Abelson, Meir, Baer, Gidon, Shtivelman, Vladimir, Wachs, Daniel, Raz, Eli, Crouvi, Onn, Kurzon, Ittai, Yechieli, Yoseph

“…The Dead Sea (DS) pull‐apart basin is one of the more seismically active segments of the DS Transform plate boundary. In the last decade, hundreds of…”
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Sinkhole formation and subsidence along the Dead Sea coast, Israel by Yechieli, Yoseph, Abelson, Meir, Baer, Gideon

“…More than 4,000 sinkholes have formed since the 1980s within a 60-km-long and 1-km-wide strip along the western coast of the Dead Sea (DS) in Israel. Their…”
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Elevation and thickness of the 11–10 Kyr old ‘Sinkholes Salt’ layer in the Dead Sea: clues to past limnology, paleo-bathymetry and lake levels by Baer, Gidon, Bernstein, Michael, Yechieli, Yoseph, Nof, Ran N., Abelson, Meir, Gavrieli, Ittai

“…The sinkholes along the Dead Sea (DS) shores form by dissolution of an 11–10 kyr old subsurface salt layer (hereafter named the ‘Sinkholes Salt’) that…”
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Natural versus human control on subsurface salt dissolution and development of thousands of sinkholes along the Dead Sea coast by Abelson, Meir, Yechieli, Yoseph, Baer, Gidon, Lapid, Gil, Behar, Nicole, Calvo, Ran, Rosensaft, Marcelo

“…One of the most hazardous results of the human‐induced Dead Sea (DS) shrinkage is the formation of more than 6000 sinkholes over the last 25 years. The DS…”
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Indications for control of the Iceland plume on the Eocene–Oligocene “greenhouse–icehouse” climate transition by Abelson, Meir, Agnon, Amotz, Almogi-Labin, Ahuva

“…The Eocene/Oligocene boundary, at about 33.5 Myr ago, marks the transition from ‘greenhouse-’ to ‘icehouse-world’, accompanied by a sudden cooling of ocean…”
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Direct evidence for dynamic magma supply fossilized in the lower oceanic crust of the Troodos ophiolite by Granot, Roi, Abelson, Meir, Ron, Hagai, Lusk, Matthew W., Agnon, Amotz

“…Temporal and spatial variabilities of mantle upwelling and melt supply in mid‐ocean ridges (MORs) have long been documented. Such variabilities span a range of…”
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Self‐accelerated development of salt karst during flash floods along the Dead Sea Coast, Israel by Avni, Yoav, Lensky, Nadav, Dente, Elad, Shviro, Maayan, Arav, Reuma, Gavrieli, Ittai, Yechieli, Yoseph, Abelson, Meir, Lutzky, Hallel, Filin, Sagi, Haviv, Itai, Baer, Gidon

“…We document and analyze the rapid development of a real‐time karst system within the subsurface salt layers of the Ze'elim Fan, Dead Sea, Israel by a…”
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Direct evidence for dynamic magma supply fossilized in the lower oceanic crust of the Troodos ophiolite: DYNAMIC MAGMA SUPPLY by Granot, Roi, Abelson, Meir, Ron, Hagai, Lusk, Matthew W., Agnon, Amotz

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Natural versus human control on subsurface salt dissolution and development of thousands of sinkholes along the Dead Sea coast: Evolution of the Dead Sea Sinkholes by Abelson, Meir, Yechieli, Yoseph, Baer, Gidon, Lapid, Gil, Behar, Nicole, Calvo, Ran, Rosensaft, Marcelo

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Fault-related oceanic serpentinization in the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus: Implications for a fossil oceanic core complex by Nuriel, Perach, Katzir, Yaron, Abelson, Meir, Valley, John W., Matthews, Alan, Spicuzza, Michael J., Ayalon, Avner

“…Ultramafic rocks are exposed at the core of a domal structure near a fossil ridge–transform intersection (RTI) in the Troodos ophiolite. A sequence of heavily…”
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The oceanic crust in 3D: Paleomagnetic reconstruction in the Troodos ophiolite gabbro by Granot, Roi, Abelson, Meir, Ron, Hagai, Agnon, Amotz

“…The Troodos complex, Cyprus, provides an opportunity to study the structural configuration along a fossil intersection of a spreading axis and a transform…”
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Evidence from gabbro of the Troodos ophiolite for lateral magma transport along a slow-spreading mid-ocean ridge by Abelson, Meir, Baer, Gidon, Agnon, Amotz

“…The lateral flow of magma and ductile deformation of the lower crust along oceanic spreading axes has been thought to play a significant role in suppressing…”
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Mechanics of oblique spreading and ridge segmentation by Abelson, Meir, Agnon, Amotz

“…Mid-ocean ridges display a variety of plan view geometries (planforms) that correlate with the tectonic setting. A mechanical analysis is proposed to…”
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Hotspot activity and plume pulses recorded by geometry of spreading axes by Abelson, Meir, Agnon, Amotz

“…Anomalous plan view geometry (planform) of spreading axes is shown to be a faithful indicator of hotspot influence, possibly capable of detecting pulses of…”
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Collapse-sinkholes and radar interferometry reveal neotectonics concealed within the Dead Sea basin by ABELSON, Meir, BAER, Gidon, SHTIVELMAN, Vladimir, WACHS, Daniel, RAZ, Eli, CROUVI, Onn, KURZON, Ittai, YECHIELI, Yoseph

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