The sedimentology of the Dead Sea

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Amit, Ora, andBentor, Y. K., 1971, pH-dilution curves of saline waters: Chemical Geol., v. 7, p. 307–313

Begin, Z. B., Ehrlich, A., andNathan, Y., 1974, Lake Lisan, the Pleistocene precursor of the Dead Sea: Geol Survey of Israel Bull., v. 63, 30 pp.

Bentor, Y. K., 1961, Some geochemical aspects of the Dead Sea and the question of its age: Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, v. 25, p. 238–260.

Bentor, Y. K., 1969, On the evolution of subsurface brines in Israel: Chem. Geol., v. 4, p. 83–110.

Beyth, M., 1977a, Recent evolution of Dead Sea brines: Geol. Survey Israel internal report MB/3/77, 11p.

Beyth, M., 1977b, Present stage of Dead Sea brines: Geol. Survey Israel internal report MG/11/77, 5 p.

Biscaye, P. E., 1965, Mineralogy and sedimentation of Recent deep-sea clay in the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas and oceans: Bull. Geol. Soc. America, v. 76, p. 803–832.

Druckman, Y., 1981, Sub-recent manganese-bearing stromatolites along shorelines of the Dead Sea: in Monty, C., ed., Phanerozoic stromatolites: Springer-Verlag, New York, p. 197–208.

Druckman, Y. andBeyth, M., 1977, “Salt reefs” a product of brine mixing, Lisan Straits, Dead Sea (a preliminary study): Geol. Survey of Israel report, MG/7/77, 15p.

Friedman, G.M., 1964, Early diagenesis and lithification in carbonate sediments: Jour. Sedimentary Petrology, v. 34, p. 777–813.

Friedman, G.M., 1965, On the origin of aragonite in the Dead Sea: Israel Jour. Earth-Sciences, v. 14, p. 79–85.

Friedman, G.M., 1980, Review of depositional environments in evaporite deposits and the role of evaporites in hydrocarbon accumulation: Bull., Centres de Recherches Exploration-Production Elf-Aquitaine, v. 4, p. 589–608.

Garber, R. A., 1980, The Sedimentology of the Dead Sea: unpubl. Ph.D. Thesis: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy N.Y., 169p.

Garber, R. A., Nishri, A., andNissenbaum, A., 1981, Recent deposition of manganese along the Dead Sea shore: Sed. Geol., v. 30, p. 267–274.

Gross M. G., 1964, Variations in the O18/O16 and C13/C12 ratios in diagenetically altered limestones in the Bermuda Islands: Jour. Geology, v. 72, p. 170–194.

Hudson, J. D., 1977, Stable isotopes and limestone lithification: Jour. Geol. Soc. London, v. 133, p. 637–660.

Jackson, M. L., 1969, Soil Chemical Analysis-Advanced Course 2nd edition, 8th printing, 1973, Published by the author, Dept. of Soil Science, U. of Wisc., Madison, 895 p.

Manspeizer, W., 1985, The Dead Sea Rift: impact of climate and tectonism on Pleistocene and Holocene sedimentation:in Biddle, K. T. an N. Christie-Blick (eds.), Strike-slip deformation, basin formation, and sedimentation: Soc. Econ. Paleontologists Mineralogists Spec. Publ. No. 37, p. 143–158.

Mazor, E., Rosenthal, E., andEkstein, J., 1969, Geochemical tracing of mineral water sources in the southwestern Dead Sea Basin, Israel: Jour. Hydrol., v. 7, p. 246–275.

Millot, G., 1970, Geology of clays—weathering, sedimentology, geochemistry (trans. from French by W. R. Ferrand and Helene Paquet): New York and Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 429 p.

Neev, D. andEmery, K.O., 1967, The Dead Sea, depositional processes and environments of evaporites: Geol. Survey Israel Bull., v. 41, 147 p.

Neev, D., andHall, J.K., 1976, The Dead Sea Geophysical Survey, 19 July-1 August 1974: Geol. Survey Israel Internal Report MGD 6/76, 21 p.

Neev, D. andHall, J. K., 1979, Geophysical investigations in the Dead Sea: Sediment. Geol., v. 25, p. 209–238.

Schmalz, R. F., 1969, Deep-water evaporite deposition: A genetic model: Am Assoc. Petroleum Geol. Bull., v. 53, p. 798–823.

Shalem, N., 1949, Whitening of the waters of the Dead Sea: Nature, v. 164, p. 72.

Shepard, F. P., 1954, Nomenclature based on sand-silt-clay ratios: Jour. Sedimentary Pet., v. 24, p. 151–158.

Starinsky, A., 1974, Relationship between Ca-chloride brines and sedimentary rocks in Israel: Unpubl. Ph.D. Thesis, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 176p. (in Hebrew).

Steinhorn, I., 1985, The disappearance of the long term meromictis stratification of the Dead Sea: Limnol. and Oceanogr., v. 30, p. 451–472.

Steinhorn, I., Assaf, G., Gat, J. R., Nishri, A., Nissenbaum, A., Stiller, M., Beyth, M., Neev, D., Garber, R., Friedman, G.M., andWeiss, W., 1979, The Dead Sea: deepening of the mixolimnion signifies the overture to overturn of the water column: Science, v. 26, p. 55–56.

Stiller, M. andChung, Y. C., 1984, Radium in the Dead Sea: A possible tracer for the duration of meromixis: Limnol. Oceanogr., v. 29, p. 574–586.

Weiler, Y., Sass, E., andZak, I., 1974, Halite oolites and ripples in the Dead Sea, Israel: Sedimentology, v. 21, p. 623–632.

Whitehouse, U. G., Jeffery, L. M., andDebbrecht, J.D., 1960, Differential settling tendencies of clay minerals in saline waters: Proc. Conf. Clays Clay Min., 7th, Washington, D. C., 1958, 5: p. 1–79.

Yaffa, Shmuel, 1972, The Dead Sea climate: Meteorological Service of Israel, Publication No. 12, 8 p. (in Hebrew).