The Lisan Peninsula is a large spit of land that now separates the North and the South basins of the Dead Sea. [1] Its name is Arabic for "tongue". The peninsula, located entirely within …

In Dead Sea: Physiography and geology. The Al-Lisān region and Mount Sedom (historically Mount Sodom) resulted from movements of Earth’s crust. Mount Sedom’s steep cliffs rise up …

Jan 13, 2025 · The Dead Sea's dramatic history reveals a shocking narrative of desiccation far deeper than previously imagined. This ancient lake, now evaporating, has endured cycles of …

Dec 23, 2024 · Lake Lisan, the grand predecessor of today’s Dead Sea, reveals a saga of climatic upheaval and geological transformation. Once an expansive water body, its dramatic …

About 56 million cubic meters of brine went back into the Dead Sea when the dike collapsed. As the Dead Sea level declines, the land that becomes exposed is unstable. Future land feature …

Dec 10, 2021 · Lisker et al. (2009) reconstructed the Lake Lisan levels using U/Th dating of stromatolites along the western escarpment of the Dead Sea. They thereby illustrated the wide …

Sep 8, 2021 · The Dead Sea, also known as the Salt Sea, is a saline lake in southwestern Asia located between Jordan and Israel. This natural wonder is located at an elevation of 430.5 …

Dec 30, 2024 · So when we find stromatolites high up on the shores of the Dead Sea basin, we know that the water level must have been at least that high (Lisker et al., 2009). The …

The formations were named the Lisan deposits and first described by Lartet in 1869 after visiting the Dead Sea in the Spring of 1864. He noted a correlation of a wet period in the Levant with a …

Mar 31, 2025 · Our collective decades-long experience in studying carbonates from the Dead Sea region shows that the authigenic carbonates (e.g., aragonite laminae of the Lisan Formation) …