Controls on long-term denudation rate of carbonate terrains in the Eastern Mediterranean

A Hashemi, MA Sarıkaya, KM Wilcken… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Quantifying denudation rates under different climatic and tectonic settings is fundamental to
understanding landscape evolution. Carbonate rocks may respond differently to climatic and …

Limited influence of climatic gradients on the denudation of a Mediterranean carbonate landscape

F Thomas, V Godard, O Bellier, L Benedetti, V Ollivier… - Geomorphology, 2018 - Elsevier
The dynamics of carbonate-dominated landscapes is still debated, and first-order questions
pertaining to the respective importance of chemical and mechanical weathering processes …

The uplift history of the Arabian Plateau as inferred from geomorphologic analysis of its northwestern edge

O Bar, E Zilberman, S Feinstein, R Calvo, Z Gvirtzman - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Arabian Plateau (AP) is an Oligocene sub-horizontal regional planation
surface, extending throughout the western half of the Arabian Peninsula. Its present …

Erosion and weathering in carbonate regions reveal climatic and tectonic drivers of carbonate landscape evolution

R Ott, SF Gallen, D Helman - Earth Surface Dynamics, 2023 - esurf.copernicus.org
Carbonate rocks are highly reactive and can have higher ratios of chemical weathering to
total denudation relative to most other rock types. Their chemical reactivity affects the first …

Weathering-limited hillslope evolution in carbonate landscapes

V Godard, V Ollivier, O Bellier, C Miramont… - Earth and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Understanding topographic evolution requires integrating elementary processes acting at
the hillslope scale into the long-wavelength framework of landscape dynamics. Recent …

Morphological controls on the dynamics of carbonate landscapes under a mediterranean climate

F Thomas, V Godard, O Bellier, E Shabanian… - Terra …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The influence of the morphological setting on the denudation of carbonate landscapes and
the respective contributions of mechanical and chemical weathering processes are still …

The potential influence of dust flux and chemical weathering on hillslope morphology: Convex soil-mantled carbonate hillslopes in the Eastern Mediterranean

M Ben-Asher, I Haviv, JJ Roering, O Crouvi - Geomorphology, 2019 - Elsevier
Convex, soil-covered hillslopes are ubiquitous in various tectonic and climatic settings and
their morphologic characteristics can be significantly altered by dust flux and chemical …

Sources, Timing, Environmental and Tectonic Implications of Epigenetic Mineralization Along the Arabian‐African Plate Boundary

U Ryb, Y Erel, A Matthews, Y Avni… - Geochemistry …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The formation of divergent plate boundaries involves the opening of continental basins and
uplift of plate margins accompanied by seawater ingression and the reorganization of …

Slope retreat rates estimated from chronology of tufa deposits sheltered by inland notches on Mt. Carmel, Israel

N Shtober-Zisu, A Vaks, D Korngreen, A Frumkin - Geomorphology, 2020 - Elsevier
Inland notches are elongated half tube indentations that develop on the carbonate rocky
cliffs of mountainous zones. Occasionally tufa accumulates within notches as stalactites …

Landscapes and Landforms of Israel—An Overview

A Frumkin, N Shtober-Zisu - Landscapes and Landforms of Israel, 2024 - Springer
Three geographical factors determine the character of Israel: its location in the
Mediterranean zone, at the crossroads of three continents and two oceans, and on the …