Journal ArticleDOI
Sediment transport model of the southeastern Mediterranean coast
Victor Goldsmith,Abraham Golik +1 more
TLDR
In this paper, a model of longshore sediment transport in the Mediterranean is presented, which is based on the relationship between the gradual change of the shoreline orientation in the southeastern Mediterranean from east-west to north-south, the longest fetch direction of the Mediterranean (east-west), and the dominant source of sediments being the Nile Delta to the west.About:
This article is published in Marine Geology.The article was published on 1980-08-01. It has received 118 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Longshore drift & Fetch.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Nile delta: extreme case of sediment entrapment on a delta plain and consequent coastal land loss
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed that more influential in controlling coastal land loss is the near-complete entrapment of modern and reworked Nile sediment on the Nile delta plain.
Journal ArticleDOI
Glass production in late antiquity and the early Islamic period: a geochemical perspective
TL;DR: For example, the authors found that primary glass from workshops in the Levantine region is close to that of modern seawater, and confirms the use of beach sand, which contained shell.
Journal ArticleDOI
The modern Nile sediment system: Processes and products
TL;DR: In this article, the authors trace compositional changes of Nile sediments for 7400 km, from their sources in equatorial rift highlands of Burundi and Rwanda to their sink in the Mediterranean Sea.
Journal ArticleDOI
Longshore sand transport estimates along the Mediterranean coast of Israel in the Holocene
TL;DR: In this article, the authors utilized an extensive new database gathered from sediment drill cores, marine geophysical maps and field observations to measure the volume of sand deposited in Haifa Bay and the adjacent Zevulun Plain during the Holocene.
Journal ArticleDOI
Trace metal distribution in sediments and benthic fauna of Haifa Bay, Israel
TL;DR: Haifa Bay, although adjacent to major chemical and other industries, showed no significant contamination of Cu, Cd, Pb and Zn in the sediments or benthic biota except for one station opposite the polluted Kishon river estuary.
References
More filters
Book
Beach Processes and Sedimentation
TL;DR: The Geomorphology of Eroding and Accreting Coasts and the Protection of Our Coasts: An Introduction to the Study of Beaches as discussed by the authors is a good starting point for this paper.
Journal ArticleDOI
Longshore sand transport on beaches
Paul D. Komar,Douglas L. Inman +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the time history of the center of gravity of sand tracer to predict the longshore transport rate of sand and found that the coherence of the models appeared to be based on the generation of longshore currents by the long-shore radiation stress.
Journal ArticleDOI
Progressive diagenesis in Quaternary to late Tertiary carbonate sediments; sequence and time scale
TL;DR: In this paper, two different sequences of progressive diagenesis and lithification in carbonate sediments were studied: one a sequence deposited under subaerial conditions (eolianites) and the other a sequence (beach rocks).
Journal ArticleDOI
The distribution of heavy minerals and their hydraulic equivalents in sediments of the Mediterranean continental shelf of Israel
TL;DR: The heavy mineral assemblage in sediments of the Mediterranean continental shelf of Israel is rather homogeneous and is dominated by hornblende-augite-mica as discussed by the authors.