10Be exposure ages of ancient desert pavements reveal Quaternary evolution of the Dead Sea drainage basin and rift margin tilting

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dc.contributor.authorGuralnik, Ben_AU
dc.contributor.authorMatmon, Aen_AU
dc.contributor.authorAvni, Yen_AU
dc.contributor.authorFink, Den_AU
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-16T01:26:11Zen_AU
dc.date.available2021-12-16T01:26:11Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2010-02-15en_AU
dc.date.statistics2021-11-08en_AU
dc.description.abstractEarly to late Pleistocene 10Be exposure ages of abandoned surfaces in the Negev desert reveal the regional drainage evolution history and its relationship with the subsidence of the western margin of the Dead Sea Rift. The dated desert paved surfaces have developed over originally westward-flowing rivers, which were abandoned by early Pleistocene and whose relicts are now progressively tilted towards the rift axis. The slow and non-destructive subsidence coupled with extreme hyperaridity enabled the preservation of these ancient surfaces along some of the main water divides in the Negev, nearly irrespective of their distance from the rift axis. Constraints on the tilting history are obtained from analyzing the spatial pattern of the exposure ages, suggesting subsidence rates as low as 120–300 m Ma–1 in the southern Arava Valley since the late Pliocene. It is shown that the transition from the Pliocene to current drainage pattern occurred over a short period during the early Pleistocene, and that the governing fluvial response that followed the delineation of current basins is represented by a continuous spectrum of ages of inset terraces.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationGuralnik, B., Matmon, A., Avni, Y., & Fink, D. (2010). 10Be exposure ages of ancient desert pavements reveal Quaternary evolution of the Dead Sea drainage basin and rift margin tilting. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 290(1–2), 132-141. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.012en_AU
dc.identifier.issn0012-821Xen_AU
dc.identifier.issue1-2en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleEarth and Planetary Science Lettersen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination132-141en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.012en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/12475en_AU
dc.identifier.volume290en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherElsevieren_AU
dc.subjectIsotopesen_AU
dc.subjectDesertsen_AU
dc.subjectGround subsidenceen_AU
dc.subjectBeryllium 10en_AU
dc.subjectDead Seaen_AU
dc.subjectDrainageen_AU
dc.subjectPleistocene epochen_AU
dc.title10Be exposure ages of ancient desert pavements reveal Quaternary evolution of the Dead Sea drainage basin and rift margin tiltingen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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