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Aragonite from
Dead Sea, Jordan


Locality type:Sea
Classification
Species:Aragonite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dead Sea, Jordan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:718427
Long-form Identifier:1:3:718427:7
GUID (UUID V4):6879e0bc-3447-4f7b-9a6c-96898ea1d89b
Nearest other occurrences of Aragonite
16.1km (10.0 miles) ⓘNabi Musa, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
53.2km (33.1 miles) ⓘDaba, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
59.0km (36.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed marble quarries, Tulul al Hammam, Siwaga, Lisdan-Siwaga Fault, Hashem region, Daba-Siwaqa complex, Transjordan Plateau, Amman Governorate, Jordan
62.0km (38.5 miles) ⓘArad Stone Quarry, Arad, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
67.1km (41.7 miles) ⓘHalamish wadi (áș”uq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
71.5km (44.4 miles) ⓘMount Sodom, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evidence for the evolution of Lake Lisan and the Dead Sea M . STEIN, I A. STARINSKY, I A. KATZ,J S. L. GOLDSTEIN...monitor the water sources and the evolution of the Dead Sea and its late Pleistocene precursor, Lake Lisan...analyzed include bulk aragonite, water-leached soluble salts, and residual aragonite and gypsum from the...Valley (near the SW shore of the Dead Sea). The residual aragonite and the associated soluble salts display...respectively. In individual soluble salt-residual aragonite pairs, the soluble salt displays a higher 87Sr/86Sr
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COMPARATIVEISCrrOPESTUDY OF TWO SHORT SEDIMENT CORES FROM THE DEAD SEA M. STILLER’, N.E. YANAKIZ~* and J. KRONFELD3...Kronfeld, J., 1985. Comparative isotope from the Dead Sea. Chem. Geol. (Isot. Geosci. Sect.), 58: 107-119...sediment cores Two short sediment cores from the Dead Sea have been analyzed for the following isotopes:...and 40K . In the northerly core, taken from the Jordan River discharge area, the 6°C and &la0 of the carbonates...of the northerly core and endogenic aragonite from the Dead Sea, which is relatively more enriched in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dynamics of the carbon dioxide system in the Dead Sea EUGENI BARKAN, BOAZ LUZ, and BOAZ LAZAR* The Institute...revised form August 24, 2000) Abstract—–Because the Dead Sea is a Ca-chloride hypersaline lake and is virtually...biologic carbon fluxes. The Dead Sea is known to form massive aragonite deposits in the form of varves...Pleistocene). The commonly accepted season for the main aragonite precipitation was summer, and the trigger for...events). To determine the main carbon fluxes in the Dead Sea, we followed changes in the carbonate system of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geochemical evolution of the Pleistocene Lake Lisan-Dead Sea system AMITAI KATZ, YEHOSHUAKOL~DNY Department...precursor of the Dead Sea, has been studied by geological, chemical and isotopic methods. Aragonite laminae from... The distribution coefficient of Naf between aragonite and aqueous solutions, &, is experimentally shown...Na/Ca in aragonite serves as a paleosalinity indicator. Sr/Ca ratios and al80 values in aragonite provide...present Dead Sea (15 vs 31%). Lake Lisan evolved from a small, yet deep, hypersaline Dead Sea-like, water
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of sulfur in the hypersaline Lake Lisan (paleo-Dead Sea) Adi Torfsteina,b,*, Ittai Gavrielia,1, Mordechai...Lake Lisan, the late Pleistocene precursor of the Dead Sea (70–14 ka BP), and applied as a paleo-limnological...characterized by precipitation of authigenic aragonite and holomictic episodes characterized by enhanced...and disseminated gypsum, residing within the aragonite, exhibit d 34S values in the range of  26x to...in the Dead Sea basin Several water bodies occupied the tectonic depressions along the Dead Sea rift during
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Netherlands [21 Barium and radium in the Dead Sea L.H. Chan ~ and Y. Chung 2 t Department of Geologt'...Jolla, ('A 92093 (U.S.A.) We have measured Ba in Dead Sea samples collected before and after the 1979 overturn...sources include inputs from the Jordan River, springs around the Dead ,Sea, and submerged springs or seepages... etc. The sinks include coprecipitation with aragonite, gypsum, precipitation of barite, coprecipitation...measurements of Ba and 226Rain gypsum, aragonite and halite from the Dead Sea, as well as in some of the inflowing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
0016-7037/05 $30.00 â«č .00 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2004.11.022 Sea-rain-lake relation in the Last Glacial East Mediterranean...November 29, 2004) Abstract—We investigated the Sea-Rain-Lake relation during the Last Glacial–Holocene...␊13C records of authigenic aragonite deposited in Lake Lisan, the Dead Sea, Mediterranean foraminifera...the hypersaline-saline lakes were not as “dead” as the Dead Sea is and that algal activity had an important...high atmospheric humidity, whereas the Holocene Dead Sea shows the opposite behavior. This paleoclimatic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
14CCONCENTRATIONS IN THE SEDIMENTS OF LAKE KINNERET AND THE DEAD SEA (ISRAEL) AND THE FACTORS WHICH CONTROL THEM MARIANA...concentrations in the sediments of Lake Kinneret and the Dead Sea (Israel) and the factors which control them. Chem...fractions of the sediments of Lake Kinneret and the Dead Sea and in all,ogenic particles entering these lakes...significantly larger than in the sediments of the Dead Sea. This is due to the relatively larger 14C activities...Kinneret is more abundant than in that of the Dead Sea. Through its interaction with soil particles which
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Stable Isotopes of Travertine from Jordan Valley and Dead Sea Areas Khalil M. Ibrahim 1, *, Issa M...Hashemite University, P.O. Box 150459, Zarqa 13115, Jordan; makhlouf11@yahoo.com (I.M.M.); ibrahim_kh@yahoo...Hashemite University, P.O. Box 150459, Zarqa 13115, Jordan; elnaqa@hu.edu.jo Correspondence: ibrahim@hu.edu...geochemistry; stable isotopes; carbon dating; Dead Sea; Jordan Valley 1. Introduction Travertine refers...are exposed in the eastern margins of the Dead Sea and Jordan Valley. tufa Travertine andfocused tufa rocks
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Th dating of Lake Lisan sediments (last glacial Dead Sea) Alexandra Schramm, Mordechai Stein 1 , Steven...of aragonites from Lake Lisan, the last Glacial Dead Sea, between V20^52 cal-ka-BP. The Lisan data are...uranium disequilibrium; C-14; geochronology; Dead Sea; Jordan Valley 1. Introduction Radiocarbon is the...study uses aragonite sediments deposited in Lake Lisan, which covered a large portion of the Jordan-Arava...Jordan-Arava Valley of Israel and Jordan (Fig. 1) during the last glacial period, to calibrate 14 C ages against
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
U-Th dating of Lake Lisan (late Pleistocene Dead Sea) aragonite and implications for glacial East Mediterranean...Lake Lisan, the last glacial precursor of the Dead Sea. The strategy employed combines multiple measurements...are evaluated using trace elements. Nearly pure aragonite samples, indicated by very low abundances of insoluble...balance, reflected by deposition of laminated aragonite-detritus. Dry intervals during MIS 2 and 4 are...large continental ice sheets and lakes, changes in sea level, and shifts in climatic zones. Many of these
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Science Letters www.elsevier.com/locate/epsl Dead Sea drawdown and monsoonal impacts in the Levant during...Lynch-Stieglitz Keywords: last interglacial paleoclimate Dead Sea sapropel Levant African monsoon a b s t r a c...c t Sediment cores recovered by the Dead Sea Deep Drilling Project (DSDDP) from the deepest basin of...of the hypersaline, terminal Dead Sea (lake ïŹ‚oor at ∌725 m below mean sea level) reveal the detailed climate...humidity source triggered extreme aridity in the Dead Sea watershed and resulting in the biggest known lake
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
freshening of the Dead Sea brine revealed by porewater Cl− and ÎŽ 18 O in ICDP Dead Sea deep-drill B. Lazar...online xxxx Editor: J. Lynch-Stieglitz Keywords: Dead Sea late Quarternary paleolimnology pore brine proïŹles...r a c t The geological evolution of the unique Dead Sea Ca-chloride brine has been the focus of many research...exposures of the marginal terraces of the modern Dead Sea, mostly documenting the history of the surface...drilled during 2011 by ICDP in the deep basin of the Dead Sea at water depth of 300 m. The vertical proïŹles
Report (issue)
~7~ \ :.J DAVID 0. MCKAY New Frontiers in Dead Sea Paleoenvironmental Research edited by Yehouda...Cataloging-in-Publication Data New frontiers in Dead Sea paleoenvironrnental research / edited by Yehouda...Paleohydrology-Research-Dead Sea (Israel and Jordan). 2. Hydrogeology--Research--Dead Sea (Israel and Jordan). 3. Paleootology...Paleootology, Stratigraphic--Research. 4. Dead Sea (Israel and Jordan)Antiquities--Research. I. Enzel, Yehouda...48095694--dc22 2006042529 Cover: An ancient map of the Dead Sea from Thomas Fuller's 1650 book titled A Pisgah-Sight
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hypersaline brine diagenesis and evolution in the Dead Sea-Lake Lisan system (Israel) AMITAI KATZ and NANCYKOLODNY’...Abstract-Water soluble salts were extracted from 57 aragonite and detrital laminae, sampled from the Pleistocene...elevations in the &an column, indicate that the Dead Sea Rift sediment/brine system has remained practically...is accompanied by a 1S-4 fold Sr enrichment in aragonite solubles relative to salts extracted from detrital...these observations is dolomiti~tion of St-rich aragonite by interstitial brine. Diagenesis was triggered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Recurrence pattern of Holocene earthquakes along the Dead Sea transform revealed by varve-counting and radiocarbon...high-resolution Holocene seismic history of the Dead Sea Transform (DST) is established from laminated...sedimentary cores recovered at the shores of the Dead Sea. Radiocarbon dating and annual laminae counting...correlated earthquakes are situated very close to the Dead Sea (within 150 km) or up to 400 km north of it along...reserved. Keywords: paleoseismology; earthquakes; Dead Sea Transform; Holocene sediments; varves; seismite;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
paleo-limnological–hydrological conditions in Lake Lisan and the Dead Sea A. Torfstein a,b,*, I. Gavrieli b, A. Katz a,...glacial Lake Lisan (70–14 ka BP) and the Holocene Dead Sea. Lake Lisan deposited large amounts of primary...high-low stands of the lakes that occupied the Dead Sea basin during the late Pleistocene. During high-stand...promoting massive gypsum precipitation. The Holocene Dead Sea precipitated relatively small amounts of primary...1989; Kendall, 1992; and references therein). The Dead Sea, which is a unique modern analogue to deep-water
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Continuous CO2 escape from the hypersaline Dead Sea caused by aragonite precipitation Rotem Golan, Boaz Lazar...Continuous CO2 escape from the hypersaline Dead Sea caused by aragonite precipitation, Geochimica et Cosmochimica...Continuous CO2 escape from the hypersaline Dead Sea caused by 2 aragonite precipitation 3 Rotem Golana,b,...the 12 Dead Sea basin since the late Pleistocene, CaCO3 precipitated, mostly as aragonite. 13 The...The aragonite sediments precipitated mainly during periods of high lake level stands 14 as a result of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Earthquake-induced barium anomalies in the Lisan Formation, Dead Sea Rift valley, Israel Amitai Katz a,⁎, Amotz Agnon...July 2009 Editor: L. Stixrude Keywords: barium Dead Sea seismite earthquake Lisan recurrence rate a b...Pleistocene lacustrine Lisan Formation in the Dead Sea Basin (DSB) are described and discussed here for...brecciated layers within the Lisan Formation in the Dead Sea basin (DSB). The purpose of our study is two-fold:...and surroundings. DST = Dead Sea Transform. Lower left: The Dead Sea–Jordan–Arava Valley. The Lisan Fm
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chronology of the mid-Pleistocene Lake Amora (Dead Sea basin) Adi Torfstein a,b,*,1, Alexandra Haase-Schramm...chronology and limnological history of Lake Amora (Dead Sea basin, Israel), whose deposits (the Amora Formation)...Formation consists of sequences of laminated primary aragonite and silty-detritus, Ca-sulfate minerals, halite...foraminifers (based on the long-term similarity between the sea and lake oxygen isotope archives). The combined U-series-d18...Taking the last glacial Lake Lisan and the Holocene Dead Sea lacustrine systems as analogs of the depositional–limnological
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/loi/tigr20 An early first-century earthquake in the Dead Sea a b Jefferson B. Williams , Markus J. Schwab...(2012): An early first-century earthquake in the Dead Sea, International Geology Review, 54:10, 1219-1228...1219–1228 An early first-century earthquake in the Dead Sea Jefferson B. Williamsa *, Markus J. Schwabb and...core from Ein Gedi on the western shore of the Dead Sea between deformed sediments due to a widespread...Gospel of Matthew is a type of allegory. Keywords: Dead Sea; Holocene; varves; Earthquake; Crucifixion; New
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
48-kyr-long slip rate history for the Jordan Valley segment of the Dead Sea Fault Matthieu Ferry a,⁎, Mustapha...Environmental and Applied Geology, University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan c Department of Earth and Environmental...Hachemite University, P.O. Box 150459, Zarqa 13115, Jordan Al-Balqa Applied University, Royal Jordanian Geographic...Al-Jubaiha 11941, Jordan e Natural Resources Authority, P.O. Box 7, Amman 11118, Jordan b d Received 23...active deformation along the Jordan Valley segment of the left-lateral Dead Sea Fault and provide new insights
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chronology for Lake Lisan, which occupied the Dead Sea basin and Jordan Valley during the last glacial period...(70–14 kka, Marine Isotope Stages 4, 3, 2). The Dead Sea basin lacustrine deposits are unique among closed...hypersaline water body that precipitated primary aragonite which is amenable to radiometric dating by U-series...org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.11.003 as ice cores and deep-sea cores. Common terrestrial archives that are used...sediments deposited in the last glacial cycle of the Dead Sea termed Lake Lisan, has been shown to be a sensitive
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Palestinian Authority) and its equivalent in Jordan were considered to have formed between 16 and 3...recarbonation. We now dated carbonate (calcite, aragonite, vaterite) containing veins in both spurrite marbles...high-pH waters in the Hatrurim outcrop of north Jordan suggests vein formation in an alkaline environment...the Palestinian Authority and its equivalent in Jordan (Fig. 1a) has for several decades been recognized...map of the Mottled Zone outcrops in Israel and Jordan (after Burg et al., 1999). (b) Map of the Hatrurim
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hydrochemical processes in the lower Jordan valley and in the Dead Sea area P. Möller a,⁎, E. Rosenthal b...both surface and groundwater of the lower Jordan River–Dead Sea drainage basin have been investigated in...Lake Tiberias and in the Jordan Highlands. The high Gd anomaly in the Dead Sea water is of geologic origin...origin whereas that in the Jordan River and in Nahal (stream) Qidron is largely anthropogenic. The anthropogenic...input to the Dead Sea is insignificant compared to the actual amount in the water of the Dead Sea. Hot saline
 
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