Multilateral Working Group on Water Resources
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Entry from Directory of Selected Israeli Water-related Publications
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| TITLE: | Use of morphotectonic methods for tracing groundwater flow directions in the Northern Arava. Rep.Hydro 1991/16 |
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| AUTHORS: | Salomon Goltz, Eliyahu Rosenthal |
| PUBLISHER: | Hydrological Service of Israel |
| PAGES: | 10 + 5 figures |
| PUBLICATION DATE: | August 1991 |
| LANGUAGE OF PUBLICATION: | Hebrew |
| ABSTRACT: | Flat relief areas composed of young and homogeneous sediments are usually short of structural and tectonic maps. Under such conditions a regional morphotectonic analysis may be helpful for clarifying the hydrogeologic conditions. The analysis consists of two steps: determination of the order of river courses and construction of iso-base maps. The later are used to produce a morphotectonic map. The main product of the present work is a morphotectonic map of the Northern Arava which shows a number of principal structures in the section between the Dead Sea and Wadi Paran. A joint analysis of the morphotectonic findings with prior hydrologic data identifies groundwater flow paths from the plateau of Edom to the Dead Sea. Local salinity sources were found to coincide with crossings of faults which have been identified from the analysis of iso-base maps. |
| ADDRESS FROM WHICH THE PUBLICATION CAN BE OBTAINED: | Library, Hydrological Service, P.O.Box 6381, Jerusalem 91063, Israel |
| AVAILABILITY: | At request |
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