Karst system developed in salt layers of the Lisan Peninsula,Dead Sea,Jordan |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Damien?ClossonEmail author Philip?E?LaMoreaux Najib?Abou Karaki Hassan?al-Fugha |
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Institution: | (1) Signal and Image Centre, Royal Military Academy of Belgium, 14, Rue Leon Frederic, 1030 Brussels, Belgium;(2) Journal Environmental Geology, Springer, Tuscaloosa, USA;(3) Environmental and Applied Geology Department, University of Jordan, 11942 Amman, Jordan |
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Abstract: | The Lisan Peninsula, Jordan, is a massive salt layer accumulated in the inner part of the Dead Sea’s precursory lakes. This
tongue-shaped, emergent land results in a salt diapir uplifted in the Dead Sea strike-slip regional stress field and modified
by the water level fluctuations of the last lake during the Holocene. These two elements, associated with dissolution caused
by rainfall and groundwater circulation, resulted in an authentic karst system. Since the 1960s, the Dead Sea lowering of
80 cm to 1 m per year caused costly damages to the industrial plant set up on the peninsula. The Lisan karst system is described
in this article and the components of the present dynamic setting clarified. |
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Keywords: | Jordan Dead Sea Lisan Dynamic karst Salt karst Hazards |
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