Differential denudation across the Judea Range, Israel, suggests the persistence of a rain-shadow since mid Miocene

U. Ryb; A. Matmon; Y. Erel; I. Haviv; L. C. Benedetti

Differential denudation across the Judea Range, Israel, suggests the persistence of a rain-shadow since mid Miocene

U. Ryb, A. Matmon, Y. Erel, I. Haviv, L. C. Benedetti

Department of Earth and Environmental sciences

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The Judea Range which is composed of a thick sequence of Cretaceous marine carbonate rises up to ~1000 m between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea basins. The western flank of the range faces predominant winds which deliver humidity from the Mediterranean and thus maintains a sub-humid Mediterranean climate (Mean Annual Precipitation (MAP) of 500-700 mm). Over the eastern, leeward side, rain-shadow orographic effect imposes a climatic gradient from Mediterranean near the water divide to hyper-arid near the Dead Sea rift escarpment (MAP

Original language	English
Journal	Geophysical Research Abstracts
Volume	41
State	Published - 1 Dec 2013

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1039 GEOCHEMISTRY Alteration and weathering processes
1625 GLOBAL CHANGE Geomorphology and weathering

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