Late Quaternary climate changes from the Dead Sea sedimentary record and the relation to human cultural evolution

Séminaire de Tectonique et de Géomagnétisme

Flyer: DeadSeaFlyer.pdf


The Levant is located between two major climate belts and its late
Dead Sea Quaternary climate history reflect global shifts of the
major ocean- atmospheric systems.


Monitoring these shifts is important for understanding the mechanism
of past climatic changes and for inferring future climate patterns
that are so critical in our evaluation of the global warming effects.


The Levant was the cradle of human prehistory and a major region of
migration and settling of our ancient ancestors. Their cultural
development was intimately associated with climate-environmental
changes in the region.