The Holocene Ze'elim Formation (IMAGE)

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The Holocene Ze'elim Formation

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Tens of meters in thickness at Nahal Arava, in the center of the southern Dead Sea basin )31.263003N, 35.395929E(, it comprises mainly lacustrine clastics reaching. The white aprons are redeposited salt minerals leached from Dead Sea salt layers. Note persons on top, for scale. The Ze'elim Formation represents the thick deposits at base level sediment traps.

 

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Credit: Amos Frumkin

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