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Guillerm, Emmanuel; Gardien, Véronique; Waldmann, Nicolas D; Brall, Niels S; Ariztegui, Daniel; Schwab, Markus J; Neugebauer, Ina; Lach, Adeline; Caupin, Frédéric (2024): Dead Sea lake level for the last 237 ka, 95% CI calculation [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964547, In: Guillerm, E et al. (2024): Dead Sea lake level for the last 237 ka reconstructed with deep core halite fluid inclusions and marginal sediments [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964545

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Keyword(s):
Dead Sea; Eastern Mediterranean; Halite fluid inclusions; Lake level; Late Quaternary; Paleolimnology; Subsidence
Related to:
Bartov, Yuval (2004): Sedimentary fill analysis of a continental basin—The late Pleistocene Dead Sea. PhD Thesis, 120 pp
Bartov, Yuval; Enzel, Yehouda; Porat, Naomi; Stein, Mordechai (2007): Evolution of the Late Pleistocene Holocene Dead Sea Basin from Sequence Statigraphy of Fan Deltas and Lake-Level Reconstruction. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 77(9), 680-692, https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2007.070
Bookman, Revital; Enzel, Yehouda; Agnon, Amotz; Stein, Mordechai (2004): Late Holocene lake levels of the Dead Sea. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 116(5), 555, https://doi.org/10.1130/B25286.1
Kushnir, Yochanan; Stein, Mordechai (2019): Medieval Climate in the Eastern Mediterranean: Instability and Evidence of Solar Forcing. Atmosphere, 10(1), 29, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10010029
Lisker, Sorin; Vaks, Anton; Bar-Matthews, Miryam; Porat, Roi; Frumkin, Amos (2009): Stromatolites in caves of the Dead Sea Fault Escarpment: implications to latest Pleistocene lake levels and tectonic subsidence. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28(1-2), 80-92, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.10.015
Porat, Naomi; Amit, Rivka; Enzel, Yehouda; Zilberman, E; Avni, Y; Ginat, H; Gluck, D (2010): Abandonment ages of alluvial landforms in the hyperarid Negev determined by luminescence dating. Journal of Arid Environments, 74(7), 861-869, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.10.018
Stein, O (2010): Geochemistry, Hydrology and Paleo-Hydrology of Ein Qedem Spring System. GSI/17/2010. Jerusalem: Geological Survey of Israel
Torfstein, Adi; Goldstein, Steven L; Kagan, Elisa; Stein, Mordechai (2013): Integrated multi-site U–Th chronology of the last glacial Lake Lisan. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 104, 210-231, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.11.003
Torfstein, Adi; Goldstein, Steven L; Stein, Mordechai; Enzel, Yehouda (2013): Impacts of abrupt climate changes in the Levant from Last Glacial Dead Sea levels. Quaternary Science Reviews, 69, 1-7, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.02.015
Waldmann, Nicolas D; Stein, Mordechai; Ariztegui, Daniel; Starinsky, A (2009): Stratigraphy, depositional environments and level reconstruction of the last interglacial Lake Samra in the Dead Sea basin. Quaternary Research, 72(1), 1-15, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2009.03.005
Waldmann, Nicolas D; Torfstein, Adi; Stein, Mordechai (2010): Northward intrusions of low- and mid-latitude storms across the Saharo-Arabian belt during past interglacials. Geology, 38(6), 567-570, https://doi.org/10.1130/G30654.1
Funding:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region, grant/award no. 15-008302-01: ARC 3 Environnement of the Région Rhône-Alpes
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. BR2208/13-1/-2: PALEX 'Paleohydrology and Extreme Floods from the Dead Sea ICDP core
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 31.488220 * Median Longitude: 35.402381 * South-bound Latitude: 31.094720 * West-bound Longitude: 35.341670 * North-bound Latitude: 31.741670 * East-bound Longitude: 35.471000
Date/Time Start: 1997-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-01-01T00:00:00
Minimum Elevation: -428.0 m * Maximum Elevation: -188.0 m
Event(s):
Arubotaim * Latitude: 31.108330 * Longitude: 35.391670 * Elevation: -380.0 m
Arugot * Latitude: 31.458330 * Longitude: 35.391670 * Elevation: -380.0 m
David * Latitude: 31.466670 * Longitude: 35.400000 * Elevation: -400.0 m
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1 AGEAgeka BPGuillerm, EmmanuelGeocode
2 Lake levelLake levelm a.s.l.Guillerm, Emmanuel95% Confidence interval, 2.5th percentile
3 Lake levelLake levelm a.s.l.Guillerm, Emmanuel95% Confidence interval, 97.5th percentile
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
422 data points

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