Keywords:
Bible. -- O.T. -- Antiquities.
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Geology -- Dead Sea Region (Israel and Jordan).
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Paleoclimatology -- Dead Sea Region (Israel and Jordan).
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Sodom (Extinct city).
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. General Geology Chapter 3. Climate Inferred from Geology and Archaeology Chapter 4. Environmental Data for Specific Sites within the Dead Sea Region Chapter 5. Coordination of Biblical and Scientific Information Chapter 6. Sodom and Gomorrah Event Chapter 7. Synopsis.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (188 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780195358063
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=272876
DDC:
555.694
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Description in Genesis -- 2 General Geology -- Tectonic Pattern along the Dead Sea Graben -- General Stratigraphy and Physiography -- Affinities of the Sodom and Gomorrah Earthquakes -- Hydrogeology -- Water Stratification within the Lisan Lake-Dead Sea System -- 3 Climate Inferred from Geology and Archaeology -- Stratigraphy and Climate since Late Pleistocene -- Sediments of the South Basin -- Mount Sedom Cave Studies -- Radiocarbon Dates -- Stratigraphic Correlation between the South and North Basins -- Facies Distribution across Lisan Lake -- Chronology of Climatic Phases of Late Pleistocene -- Chronology of Climatic Phases of Holocene -- Phase I: Transition from Pleistocene -- Phase II: Climatic Optimum-Mostly Dry -- Phase III: Mostly Wet -- Phase IV: Mostly Dry -- False Indications of High Levels of the Dead Sea -- 4 Environmental Data for Specific Sites within the Dead Sea Region -- Numeira, Bab edh-Dhr'a, and the Uvda Valley -- Mount Sedom Caves -- Kinneret Plain -- Beth She'an Basin -- Jericho -- Bashan (South Syria) Volcanic Field -- Agricultural Soils and Fresh Waters in the Plain of Sodom -- Climatic Fluctuations since 20,000 B.P. with Analogies from Adjacent Regions -- Pleistocene -- Holocene -- 5 Coordination of Biblical and Scientific Information -- General -- The Arena -- Locations of Key Sites within the Dead Sea Basin -- General -- Sodom City and Mount Sedom -- Pillar of Salt-Lot's Wife -- City of Zoar -- Zoar-Key to Moab -- Zered River -- 6 Sodom and Gomorrah Event -- 7 Synopsis -- Climatic Fluctuations, Tectonic Disturbances, and Cultural Breaks since Late Pleistocene -- Correlation of Climates and Cultural Demography during Holocene -- Correlation of Early Biblical History, Physical Data, and Archaeology -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L.
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