[HTML][HTML] Late Quaternary sea-level changes and early human societies in the central and eastern Mediterranean Basin: An interdisciplinary review

J Benjamin, A Rovere, A Fontana, S Furlani… - Quaternary …, 2017 - Elsevier
This article reviews key data and debates focused on relative sea-level changes since the
Last Interglacial (approximately the last 132,000 years) in the Mediterranean Basin, and …

Can we detect centennial sea-level variations over the last three thousand years in Israeli archaeological records?

S Dean, BP Horton, N Evelpidou, N Cahill… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Archaeological remains are valuable relative sea-level (RSL) indicators in Israel, a
tectonically stable coast with minor isostatic inputs. Previous research has used …

Early urban impact on Mediterranean coastal environments

D Kaniewski, E Van Campo, C Morhange, J Guiot… - Scientific Reports, 2013 - nature.com
A common belief is that, unlike today, ancient urban areas developed in a sustainable way
within the environmental limits of local natural resources and the ecosystem's capacity to …

Reef building Mediterranean vermetid gastropods: disentangling the Dendropoma petraeum species complex

J Templado, A Richter, M Calvo - Mediterranean …, 2016 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
A previous molecular study has revealed that the Mediterranean reef building vermetid
gastropod Dendropoma petraeum conforms a complex of at least four cryptic species with …

Vermetid reefs in the Mediterranean Sea as archives of sea-level and surface temperature changes

R Chemello, S Silenzi - Chemistry and Ecology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Vermetid reefs are among the most important bioconstructions in the Mediterranean Sea,
with a distribution restricted to the warmest part of the basin. Their structure, and vertical and …

Evidence for centennial scale sea level variability during the Medieval Climate Optimum (Crusader Period) in Israel, eastern Mediterranean

E Toker, D Sivan, E Stern, B Shirman, M Tsimplis… - Earth and Planetary …, 2012 - Elsevier
The current study provides evidence supporting a sea-level drop of up to about 50±20cm at
the eastern coasts of the Mediterranean basin during the period AD 900–1300. The estimate …

Lithophyllum rims as biological markers for constraining palaeoseismic events and relative sea-level variations during the last 3.3 ka on Lopud Island, southern …

S Faivre, T Bakran-Petricioli, J Barešić… - Global and planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aims to discern the drivers of relative sea-level change at Lopud Island,
distinguishing local tectonic from regional and global contributions. A detailed survey of sea …

Natural and human controls of the Holocene evolution of the beach, aeolian sand and dunes of Caesarea (Israel)

J Roskin, D Sivan, G Shtienberg, E Roskin, N Porat… - Aeolian Research, 2015 - Elsevier
The study focuses on the Holocene appearance, chronology and drivers of beach sand
deposition and inland aeolian sand transport around the Roman–Byzantine ruins of …

New relative sea-level (RSL) indications from the Eastern Mediterranean: Middle Bronze Age to the Roman period (~ 3800–1800 y BP) archaeological constructions …

A Yasur-Landau, G Shtienberg, G Gambash, G Spada… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
This article presents new archaeological observations and multidisciplinary research from
Dor, Israel to establish a more reliable relative sea level for the Carmel Coast and Southern …

Eastern Mediterranean sea levels through the last interglacial from a coastal-marine sequence in northern Israel

D Sivan, G Sisma-Ventura, N Greenbaum… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
A last interglacial (Marine Isotope Stage, MIS5e) marine-coastal sequence has been
identified along the Galilee coast of Israel, with the type section located at Rosh Hanikra …