Dead Sea Outcrop Library

from various sites in the vicinity of the Dead Sea

compiled by Jefferson Williams

Location (link is to .kmz file)	Dating	Seismic Events	Samples	Section info
En Feshka Outcrop and Core (DSF)	Radiocarbon	Seismites	Samples	Core Inventory
En Gedi Core (DS-En)	Radiocarbon	Seismites		Core Inventory
En Gedi Trench	Radiocarbon	Seismites	Samples
Nahal Ze 'elim - ZA-1	Radiocarbon	Seismites	Nahal Ze 'elim Samples
Nahal Ze 'elim - ZA-2	Radiocarbon	Seismites
Nahal Ze 'elim - ZA-3	Radiocarbon	Seismites
Nahal Ze 'elim - ZA-4	Radiocarbon	Seismites	Nahal Ze 'elim Samples
Nahal Ze 'elim - ZA-5	No samples taken	Seismites	Nahal Ze 'elim Samples
Nahal Ze 'elim - Core	Radiocarbon	Seismites		Core Inventory
Nahal Ze 'elim Plain	Radiocarbon	na
Cores R2, R5, and R6 from South Dead Sea	Radiocarbon	Core Photos and Seismic Events		Core Photos and Seismic Events
Dead Sea Radiocarbon from Goldsmith et al. (2023)	Radiocarbon
Nahal Darga	Radiocarbon	Seismites
Nahal Hever				Core Inventory
Cape Qedem	Radiocarbon	Seismites
ICDP Core 5017-1	Radiocarbon	Seismites		Core Inventory
ICDP Core 5017-2	Radiocarbon	Seismites		Core Inventory
ICDP Core 5017-3	Radiocarbon	Seismites		Core Inventory
Dir Hagla Trench	Radiocarbon	Paleoseismic Events
Core DS7-1SC	Radiocarbon	na
Ghor Haditha	unstudied	unstudied
Taybeh Trench	Radiocarbon	Seismites
Qatar Trench	Radiocarbon	Seismites
Gulf of Aqaba	Dating	Turbidites
Bet Zayda	Radiocarbon	Seismites
Tell Saidiyeh and Ghor Kabed	Radiocarbon	Seismites
Qiryat-Shemona Rockfalls	OSL Dating	Inferred Seismic Events
al-Harif Syria	Radiocarbon	Seismic Events
Tekieh Trenches Syria	Radiocarbon	Seismic Events
Elat Cores 2016	Radiocarbon and Forams	Seismic Events
East Elat Trenches	Radiocarbon	Seismic Events
Tabarja Benches	Radiocarbon	Seismic Events
Caesarea (and Jisr al-Zikra) Tsunamites	Dating	Seismic Events		Core Inventory
Tel Rehov Trench	Dating	Seismic Events
Taba Sabhka Trench	Radiocarbon	Seismic Events
Kazzab Trench	Radiocarbon	Seismic Events
Jarmaq Trench	Radiocarbon	Seismic Events
Faqaa Trench	Radiocarbon	Seismic Events
Deir el-Achayer Excavation	Radiocarbon	Seismic Events
Shehoret, Roded, and Avrona Alluvial Fan Trenches	Dating	Seismic Events
Hacipasa Trenches	Dating	Seismic Events
Taninim Creek Dam	Dating	Seismic Events
Nahef East Fault Scarp	Dating	Seismic Events		UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Tamar Creek	Dating	Seismic Events		UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Timna Rockfalls	Dating	Seismic Events		UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Ha' Onn Escarpment (En Gev Landslide)	Dating	Seismic Events		UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Reference Material

Material	Source
Earthquake Archeological Effects	Rodríguez-Pascua et al (2013: 221-224) - big pdf
Simple MMI Intensity Scale
More Subjective MMI Intensity Scale
Intensity vs. PGA	Abdelmonem (2014)