Tag Archives: Dead Sea

Wooster Geologists in the Dead Sea

Mark Wilson July 12, 2013 10:20 am

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–The Wooster Geologists in Israel spent their last full day in the country visiting the Dead Sea Rift Valley and an archaeological site. It feels very good to have packed our hiking boots away for the season. Above, … Continue reading →

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Rapid erosion and subsidence on the shoreline of the Dead Sea

Mark Wilson March 17, 2012 11:54 pm

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–In the image above, Yoav Avni is standing at the edge of an erosional gully that is less than a year old. In fact, it may have formed in less than three months. This little canyon is cutting … Continue reading →

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Dead Sea sediments and some impressive seismites

Mark Wilson March 17, 2012 11:40 pm

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–Since the water level in the Dead Sea is dropping an astounding one meter per year, the drainage base level is dropping along with it. This means that gullies and canyons feeding into the Dead Sea are eroding … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologists in an extraordinary world of salt

Mark Wilson March 17, 2012 4:09 pm

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–Today we saw the Dead Sea in an amazing way. Yoav is working on a project involving the siting of a new pumping station along the western shore of the Dead Sea. We had a preview of a … Continue reading →

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A salt cave in Mount Sodom, Israel

Mark Wilson March 17, 2012 3:02 pm

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–Yes, that Sodom. This morning Melissa, Yoav, Noa and I visited a cave formed in Mount Sodom in the Dead Sea Rift Valley. Mount Sodom is a remarkable mountain of halite (sodium chloride — table salt) with very … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologists return to the Dead Sea

Mark Wilson May 30, 2011 3:09 pm

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–Today Will and I went to Jerusalem for meetings at the Geological Survey of Israel headquarters. Much more on that later. On the way Yoav drove us along the west coast of the Dead Sea. Will got a … Continue reading →

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Holiday travel in southern Israel

Mark Wilson June 12, 2010 12:29 pm

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL — Today we took the usual weekly shabbat break from fieldwork and spent the day as tourists.

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