Incidence and mortality due to snakebite in the Americas

JP Chippaux - PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Better knowledge of the epidemiological characteristics of snakebites could
help to take measures to improve their management. The incidence and mortality of …

The Dead Sea sinkhole hazard: Geophysical assessment of salt dissolution and collapse

A Frumkin, M Ezersky, A Al-Zoubi, E Akkawi… - Geomorphology, 2011 - Elsevier
A geophysical approach is presented for analyzing processes of subsurface salt dissolution
and associated sinkhole hazard along the Dead Sea. The implemented methods include …

Sinkholes, subsidence and subrosion on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea as revealed by a close-range photogrammetric survey

D Al-Halbouni, EP Holohan, L Saberi, H Alrshdan… - Geomorphology, 2017 - Elsevier
Ground subsidence and sinkhole collapse are phenomena affecting regions of karst
geology worldwide. The rapid development of such phenomena around the Dead Sea in the …

Investigating karst aquifers: Using pseudo 3-D electrical resistivity tomography to identify major karst features

P Torrese - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
This work presents the electrical resistivity imaging of the Hydrogeological Experimental Site
(HES) karst aquifer of Poitiers (France) from pseudo three-dimensional (3-D) Electrical …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of hydrological and geomorphological processes in evaporite karst at the eastern Dead Sea–a multidisciplinary study

D Al-Halbouni, RA Watson, EP Holohan… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2021 - hess.copernicus.org
Karst groundwater systems are characterized by the presence of multiple porosity types. Of
these, subsurface conduits that facilitate concentrated, heterogeneous flow are challenging …

Application of multi-criteria decision analysis to geoelectric and geologic parameters for spatial prediction of groundwater resources potential and aquifer evaluation

KAN Adiat, MNM Nawawi, K Abdullah - Pure and applied geophysics, 2013 - Springer
Prediction of groundwater resources potential is a spatial decision problem that involves a
set of multiple evaluation parameters. In order to produce a groundwater resources potential …

Salt karst and tectonics: Sinkholes development along tension cracks between parallel strike‐slip faults, Dead Sea, Jordan

D Closson, NA Karaki - Earth surface processes and landforms, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This work deals with the tectonic interpretation of an alignment of more than 300 sinkholes
stretching along the Jordanian coast of the Dead Sea, Ghor Al Haditha area. Its dimensions …

Use of GPR method for prediction of sinkholes formation along the Dead Sea Shores, Israel

A Ronen, M Ezersky, A Beck, B Gatenio, RB Simhayov - Geomorphology, 2019 - Elsevier
It seems the highly saline conditions of the Dead Sea (DS) coast line are not favorable for
the use of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) method for detection of underground caverns …

Overview of the geophysical studies in the Dead Sea coastal area related to evaporite karst and recent sinkhole development

MG Ezersky, A Legchenko… - International Journal …, 2017 - documentation.ird.fr
Since the early 80s, a progressively increasing number of sinkholes appeared along the
Dead Sea coastal line. It has been found that their appearance is strongly correlating with …

Geophysical prediction and following development sinkholes in two Dead Sea areas, Israel and Jordan

MG Ezersky, LV Eppelbaum, A Al-Zoubi… - Environmental Earth …, 2013 - Springer
Geophysical methods—seismic refraction (SRFR), electrical resistivity tomography (ERT),
and microgravity—were applied to the Dead Sea (DS) sinkhole problem in the Ein Gedi area …