This paper explores the impact of major glacial/interglacial paleohydrologic variations in the
Middle-Paleolithic Levant on hominin migration and occupation. The climatic reconstruction …

This book, the first in a new series by the National Cave and Karst Research Institute, draws
on international examples and the international experience of author Dr. Alexander …

Hypogenic speleogenesis is the formation of solution-enlarged permeability structures by
waters ascending to a cave-forming zone from below in leaky confined conditions, where …

Abstract The Levant region of Israel, located along the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, is
characterized by Mediterranean climate, but sixty km eastwards towards the Dead Sea Rift …

The irregular structures of paleokarst systems are among the major factors resulting in
carbonate reservoir heterogeneity, which restricts the further exploration of paleokarst …

Karst systems are hierarchically spatially organized three-dimensional (3D) networks of
conduits behaving as drains for groundwater flow. Recently, geostatistical approaches …

We present here the results of a U–Th dating project at Qesem Cave, a Middle Pleistocene,
late Lower Paleolithic site in Israel. It provides 54 new MC-ICP-MS U–Th ages for …

Karst systems, comprising interconnected voids and caves, are ubiquitous in carbonate
formations and play a pivotal role in the global water supply. Accumulating evidence …

RESEARCH FRONTIERS IN SPELEOGENESIS. DOMINANT PROCESSES,
HyDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND RESULTING CAVE PATTERNS NOVA …

The Middle–Late Pliocene climate was 2–3° C warmer than today, but with similar levels of
atmospheric CO2. This period reflects climate conditions expected in the near future, and is …