Sediment transport mechanisms revealed by quantitative analyses of seafloor morphology: New evidence from multibeam bathymetry of the Israel exclusive economic …

M Kanari, G Tibor, JK Hall, T Ketter, G Lang… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract This study synthesizes 15 years (2001–2016) of detailed multibeam hydrographic
mapping covering the entire 26,500 km 2 of the Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) …

Salt-related gravity-driven processes in the Levant Basin, Eastern Mediterranean: Insights from physical modeling

T Anagnostoudi, BC Vendeville, V Gaullier… - Journal of Structural …, 2024 - Elsevier
The characterization of salt tectonics and its gravity-driven deformation processes are the
key to a better understanding of the structural evolution of salt-bearing rifted margins. Unlike …

Seismic geomorphology of submarine channel-belt complexes in the Pliocene of the Levant Basin, offshore central Israel

Y Niyazi, OE Eruteya, D Harishidayat, SE Johansen… - Marine Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, analyses of a high-resolution, three-dimensional seismic reflection dataset and
well-log data were combined to characterise a distinct Pliocene interval in the Levant Basin …

Hierarchy of source-to-sink systems—Example from the Nile distribution across the eastern Mediterranean

U Schattner, M Lazar - Sedimentary geology, 2016 - Elsevier
A standard source-to-sink approach examines sediment transport along an imaginary axis
(regarded here as primary) extending between land, the continental margin and a nearby …

Structural implications of strain localization towards a continental transform fault: The example of the shift between the Levant margin and the Dead Sea Fault plate …

G Lang, M Lazar, U Schattner - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
Continental transform faults accommodate lateral motion between two adjacent plates.
Often, evidence for such motion is hard to detect due to onland processes of erosion …

Sedimentary response of the deep eastern Mediterranean basin to the north African desertification, sea level variation and regional tectonics

U Schattner, M Kanari, BN Goodman‐Tchernov… - Basin …, 2022 - earthdoc.org
The buildup of a continental rise and its morphological patterns depend on sediment
transport and deposition via downslope slumps, turbidity currents, along‐slope contourites …

10.1 Introduction 10.1. 1 Geological Setting The Levant basin is a marginal sea located in the mid of a convergence zone between the African and Anatolian-Eurasian …

U Schattner, A Bernhardt - Landscapes and Landforms of Israel, 2024 - books.google.com
The modern seascape (seafloor morphology) of the Levant basin and margin was shaped
through an interaction between tectonic, oceanographic, and sedimenttransport processes …

Seascape and Seaforms of the Levant Basin and Margin, Eastern Mediterranean

U Schattner, A Bernhardt - Landscapes and Landforms of Israel, 2024 - Springer
The modern seascape (seafloor morphology) of the Levant basin and margin was shaped
through an interaction between tectonic, oceanographic, and sediment-transport processes …