Dead Sea Observations

Wind Channeling by the Dead-Sea Wadis

Wind channeling by small wadis of few kilometers width at the Dead-Sea area is demonstrated with highresolution modeling. Previous works have not shown such channeling in very small rivers due to computation difficulties on the mesoand the lack of suitable observations for verification. The wind channeling is demonstrated in three wadis, and was verified by meteorological model simulations on t...

Immunochemical characterization of ferredoxin from Halobacterium of the Dead Sea.

An immunological approach, based on both antigen binding tests and radioimmunoassay, has been used for the comparative study of ferredoxin from Halobacterium of the Dead Sea and ferredoxins from a variety of sources. The halophilic ferredoxin was not cross-reactive with the plant, and the mammalian ferredoxins tested. On the other hand, it exhibited up to 80% of antigenic crossreactivity with a...

[Dead Sea bath salts for osteoarthritis of the knee].

26 patients with osteoarthritis of the knees were randomly divided into 2 groups of 13 each with patients of similar ages, sex distribution and duration and severity of disease. All were treated with daily baths at 34-35 degrees C for 20 min. containing Dead Sea bath salts (Group I) or sodium chloride (Group II). The study was double-blind and of 2 weeks duration. Patients were evaluated by a r...

Paleoseismic History of the Dead Sea Fault Zone

Quaternary rise of the Sedom diapir, Dead Sea basin

Mount Sedom is the surface expression of a salt diapir that has emerged since the Pleistocene in the southwestern part of the Dead Sea basin. Milestones in the uplift history of the Sedom salt diapir since its inception were deduced from angular and erosional unconformities, thickness variations, caprock formation, chemistry and isotope composition of lacustrine aragonite, cave morphology, prec...