Sediments of Lake Lisan (IMAGE)

GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung

Sediments of Lake Lisan

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Sediments formed in the Lisan lake during lake level highstand between ca 24.000 and 14.000 years ago. Today, these lacustrine deposits are found more than 200 metres above the water level of the Dead Sea. View from Masada across the Dead Sea.

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