Organization profile
Organization profile
The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at BGU consists of senior faculty members engaged in cutting edge basic and applied research in the earth sciences, in environmental geology, engineering geology, paleobiology and petroleum geosciences. The department provides quality degrees with emphasis on Dynamic Geology (plate tectonics, neotectonics, structural geology, geomorphology, geophysics, sedimentology, stratigraphy and microfacies), Environmental Geology (geochemistry, ground water hydrology, oceanography), Engineering Geology (rock mechanics, soil mechanics, geotechnical earthquake engineering), Palaeontology (paleobiology, paleoceanography, paleoclimates, paleoecology). Undergraduate students may major in one of these tracks for in-depth training in the discipline of their choice.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Sigal Abramovich
- Department of Earth and Environmental sciences - Full Professor
- The Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change - Member
Person: Academic
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Chaim Benjamini
- Department of Earth and Environmental sciences - Retired Associate Professor
Person: Retired
Research output
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A catalogue of extensional and contractional structures generated along gravity-driven detachments
Alsop, G. I., Marco, S., Weinberger, R. & Levi, T., 1 Jan 2026, In: Journal of Structural Geology. 202, 105561.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Method for Separation of Elemental Sulfur from Organic Polysulfides in Their Mixtures
Zweig, I. & Kamyshny, A., 1 May 2026, In: Separations. 13, 5, 147.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Analyzing Earthquake’s Onset-Magnitude Correlation Using Modeled Source Time Functions of Recorded Earthquakes and Machine Learning
Rodda, G. K. & Tal, Y., 1 May 2026, In: Seismological Research Letters. 97, 3, p. 1881-1892 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
Student theses
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Fluid Inclusion Perspective on Metal Ore Genesis: Examples from the Negev
Elhadad, A. (Author), Katzir, Y. (Supervisor), 2026Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Late Cretaceous to Paleogene Stratigraphy and Paleoceanography in the Levant area, Israel: a Calcareous Nannofossil Perspective
Marconato, S. (Author), Abramovich, S. (Supervisor) & Ashckenazi-Polivoda, S. (Supervisor), 2026Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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The Subsurface Structure of Active Fault Zones Inferred by Particle-Motion Polarization Methods on P- and S-Waves
Ben-Dor, G. (Author), Tsesarsky, M. (Supervisor), 2026Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Press/Media
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Data from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Provide New Insights into Alkanes (The evolution of methane production rates from young to mature thermokarst lakes)
24/12/25
1 item of Media coverage
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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Reports Findings in Environmental Microbiome (Survival strategies of aerobic methanotrophs under hypoxia in methanogenic lake sediments)
Sivan, O. & Gafni, A.
15/07/24
1 item of Media coverage
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Equipment
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The Rock Deformation & Texture Lab
Boneh, Y. (PI)
Department of Earth and Environmental sciencesEquipment/facility: lab
Datasets
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Taiwan multi-parametric environmental seismic network
Turowski, J. M. (Creator), Chen, W.-S. (Creator), Queißer, T. (Creator), Chang, J.-M. (Creator), Chao, W.-A. (Creator), Nativ, R. (Creator), Dietze, M. (Creator), Hovius, N. (Creator), Chen, Y.-G. (Creator), Chang, W.-Y. (Creator), Geosciences, G. G. R. C. F. (Contributor), Geosciences, G. G. R. C. F. (Contributor), Centre, G. D. (Contributor), Jens Turowski, J.T.-P. D. (Contributor), Helmholtzzentrum Potsdam, G. G. R. C. F. G. (Contributor), Resources, D. O. N. (Contributor), Department Of Civil Engineering, N. Y. M. C. T. U. (Contributor), Earth, D. O. (Contributor), 5University Of Potsdam, P. (Contributor), Department Of Geography, N. T. U. (Contributor), Department Of Geosciences, N. T. U. (Contributor) & Research Center For Environmental Changes, A. S. (Contributor), GFZ Data Services, 2022
DOI: 10.14470/gd993669, https://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/doi/network/TQ
Dataset
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Griggs_exp_hornblende_and_EBSD_data
Meher, B. (Creator), ZENODO, 25 Apr 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15279272, https://zenodo.org/records/15279272
Dataset
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Data for local eq tomography using PyVoroTomo
Ben Dor, G. (Creator), ZENODO, 18 Nov 2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14182191, https://zenodo.org/records/14182191
Dataset
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Thermal and structural modeling of the Levant Basin, eastern Mediterranean
Granot, R. (PI) & Ebbing, J. J. (CoPI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research