Authors have been carrying out research into travertine for several decades. Comparisons between the travertines in Turkey and in Hungary promote the interpretation of their origin and forms. (DLO).
Palynology of Pleistocene travertines from the Arava Valley, Israel
Pollen samples from the Arava travertines, dated to oxygen isotope stages 5 and 7, show relatively high arboreal pollen levels. These spectra are probably a result of an expansion of the Mediterranean maquis in Transjordan, which indicates periods
The Sayif travertines and lacustrine limestones cropping out in the northern Arava Valley, a region of extreme aridity, have been dated by the 230Th/234U disequilibrium method. Most of the ages fall within two clusters that are coincident with ages
representative of oceanic oxygene-isotope stages 5 and 7. The colder intervening stage 6 was not a period of substantial travertine formation. During the warmer global episodes of isotopic stages 5 and 7 the arid south of Israel apparently was considerably wetter
60 m d'épaisseur. L'âge du cône serait rissien ou würmien. La Surface Moyenne prolonge une terrasse romano-byzantine (Jamoussien I) qui tronque les travertins. Une terrasse d'accumulation inférieure (Jamoussien II) s'emboîte dans la précédente et
Des formes volcano-karstiques sont développées dans les basaltes du Golan, épais de 400 m au maximum et d'âge Quaternaire moyen et supérieur: grottes dans les laves, concrétions, travertins, dépressions diverses et lapiés. Certaines de ces formes