Mordechai Stein

Biographic Data

ID4455511
NAMEMordechai Stein
GIVEN NAMESMordechai
FAMILY NAMEStein
SIGNATURESTEIN M
AFFILIATIONSGeological Survey of Israel
ORCID0000-0002-3126-416X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS28
TOTAL CITATIONS70
AUTHOR COUNT28
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2000
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX5

  • Late Holocene hydroclimatic history of the Galilee Mountains from sedimentary records of the Sea of Galilee, Israel

    Open AccessAbigail Williams, Emi Ito et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2022

    Detrital sediments of the Sea of Galilee are predominantly pedogenic products of settled dust and local bedrocks transported from Upper Galilee and the Golan Heights. Using the mineralogy, chemistry, and Nd and Sr isotope ratios of the core LK12-22 collected offshore of the Ginosar valley and of contemporaneous soils from the Nahal Tzalmon and Nahal Amud catchments, we reconstructed Late Holocene regional hydroclimate. The core samples span ɛ Nd …

  • Radiocarbon Reservoir Ages in the Holocene Dead Sea

    Open AccessNurit Weber, Boaz Lazar et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2020References: 35

    The sources and fate of radiocarbon ( 14 C) in the Dead Sea hypersaline solution are evaluated with 14 C measurements in organic debris and primary aragonite collected from exposures of the Holocene Ze’elim Formation. The reservoir age (RA) is defined as the difference between the radiocarbon age of the aragonite at time of its precipitation (representing lakeʼs dissolved inorganic carbon [DIC]) and the age of contemporaneous organic debris (repr…

  • North Atlantic controlled depositional cycles in MIS 5e layered sediments from the deep Dead Sea basin

    Open AccessDaniel Palchan, Ina Neugebauer et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2017

    The drilled Inter-Continental Drilling Project core at the deeps of the Dead Sea reveals thick sequences of halite deposits from the last interglacial period, reflecting prevailing arid conditions in the lake’s watershed. Here, we examine sequences of intercalating evaporates (halite or gypsum) and fine-detritus laminae and apply petrographic, micro-X-ray fluorescence, and statistical tools to establish in high-temporal resolution the hydroclimat…

  • Radiocarbon Chronology of the DSDDP Core at the Deepest Floor of the Dead Sea

    Open AccessHiroyuki Kitagawa, Mordechai Stein et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2017References: 43

    This study establishes the chronological framework of the sedimentary sequence deposited Dead Sea, ICDP 5017-1, Radiocarbon chronology during the past 50 ka at the deepest part of the Dead Sea (the ICDP 5017-1 site), which was recovered by the Dead Sea Deep Drilling Project (DSDDP) under the auspices of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP). The age-depth model is constructed using 38 14 C dates of terrestrial plant rem…

  • Vegetation and Climate Changes during the Bronze and Iron Ages (∼3600–600 BCE) in the Southern Levant Based on Palynological Records

    Open AccessDafna Langgut, Israel Finkelstein et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2015Cited by: 14References: 60

    This article presents the role of climate fluctuations in shaping southern Levantine human history from 3600 to 600 BCE (the Bronze and Iron Ages) as evidenced in palynological studies. This time interval is critical in the history of the region; it includes two phases of rise and decline of urban life, organization of the first territorial kingdoms, and domination of the area by great Ancient Near Eastern empires. The study is based on a compari…

  • Dead Sea Levels during the Bronze and Iron Ages

    Open AccessElisa Joy Kagan, Dafna Langgut et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2015Cited by: 4References: 62

    The history of lake-level changes at the Dead Sea during the Holocene was determined mainly by radiocarbon dating of terrestrial organic debris. This article reviews the various studies that have been devoted over the past 2 decades to defining the Dead Sea levels during the Bronze and Iron Ages (≃5.5 to 2.5 ka cal BP) and adds new data and interpretation. In particular, we focus on research efforts devoted to refining the chronology of the sedim…

  • Radiocarbon Reservoir Ages as Freshwater-Brine Monitors in Lake Lisan, Dead Sea System

    Open AccessMordechai Stein, Boaz Lazar et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2013Cited by: 2References: 20

    A continuous and high-resolution record of the radiocarbon reservoir age (RA) has been recovered from the primary aragonites that were deposited from the last glacial Lake Lisan. The RA is calculated as the difference between the measured 14 C “apparent” age in the aragonite and the atmospheric age at any particular time. The RA shows temporal decreases during the time interval of ≃28 to ≃18 ka cal BP. This behavior is attributed to a continuous …

  • Systematic Mn fluctuations in laminated rock varnish developed on coeval early Holocene flint artifacts along a climatic transect, Negev desert, Israel

    Open AccessYonaton Goldsmith, Yehouda Enzel et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2012

    This study presents an assessment of the potential application of Mn content in rock varnish laminae as a paleoclimate indicator. To investigate the environmental controls on varnish formation, we determined Mn composition in rock varnish formed on flint artifacts produced during the earliest Holocene from eight coeval prehistoric sites in the Negev desert, Israel. These sites lie along a north–south annual rainfall transect ranging between 120 a…

  • Holocene climate variability in the Levant from the Dead Sea pollen record

    Open AccessThomas Litt, Christian Ohlwein et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Science Reviews2012

  • Catastrophic aridities in the late Quaternary Levant and their impact on human culture

    Open AccessMordechai SteinARTICLEQuaternary International2012

  • Paleoearthquakes as Anchor Points in Bayesian Radiocarbon Deposition Models: A Case Study from the Dead Sea

    Open AccessElisa J Kagan, Mordechai Stein et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2010References: 16

    The Bayesian statistical method of the OxCal v 4.1 program is used to construct an age-depth model for a set of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon ages of organic debris collected from a late Holocene Dead Sea stratigraphic section (the Ein Feshkha Nature Reserve). The model is tested for a case where no prior earthquake information is applied and for a case where there is incorporation of known ages of 4 prominent historical earthqu…

  • Stratigraphy, depositional environments and level reconstruction of the last interglacial Lake Samra in the Dead Sea basin

    Open AccessNicolas Waldmann, Mordechai Stein et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2009

    In this paper we describe the stratigraphy and sediments deposited in Lake Samra that occupied the Dead Sea basin between ∼ 135 and 75 ka. This information is combined with U/Th dating of primary aragonites in order to estimate a relative lake-level curve that serves as a regional paleohydrological monitor. The lake stood at an elevation of ∼ 340 m below mean sea level (MSL) during most of the last interglacial. This level is relatively higher th…

  • Study of Roman Anchor From the Dead Sea Shore

    Open AccessGideon Hadas, Ilya Segal et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2009References: 13

    A wooden Roman anchor was discovered at the retreating shore of the Dead Sea, north of Ein Gedi. The anchor's wood material was coated by a thick veneer of aragonite and gypsum crusts. The wood was dated by radiocarbon to the early Roman time in the Levant. Lead isotope analyses carried out on the Pb–Fe–Cu anchor material (remains of the anchor's metal parts) yielded ratios that indicate origin of the metal in Italian ores (maybe Tuscan). For the…

  • Stable isotope records of Late Quaternary climate and hydrology from Mediterranean lakes: The Isomed synthesis

    Open AccessNeil Roberts, Matthew D Jones et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Science Reviews2008

  • Radiocarbon dating of primary aragonite by sequential extraction of CO 2

    Open AccessRevital Bookman, Boaz Lazar et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2007Cited by: 5

    This paper describes the potential of correcting the 14 C age shift resulting from the contamination of primary aragonites by detrital carbonates using online sequential extraction of CO 2 . The experiments were carried out on laminated lacustrine aragonites collected from Holocene Dead Sea sediment sections. X-ray diffraction analysis revealed the presence of detrital calcite interpreted to originate from the watershed and transported to the lak…

  • Holocene vegetation and climate history of the northern Golan heights (Near East)

    Open AccessFrank Neumann, Christian Schölzel et al.ARTICLEVegetation History and…2007Cited by: 1

  • Controls on the Radiocarbon Reservoir Ages in the Modern Dead Sea Drainage System and in the Last Glacial Lake Lisan

    Open AccessReuven Belmaker, Mordechai Stein et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2007Cited by: 5References: 16

    Carbon isotopic and chemical compositions of freshwaters feeding the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee (i.e. perennial streams and floods along their stream profiles) were used to constrain the factors that dictate the reservoir ages (RA) of these lakes and the last glacial Lake Lisan. Runoff waters are characterized by high Ca 2+ , Mg 2+ , alkalinity, and radiocarbon contents (67–108 pMC), suggesting a major role for 14 C atmospheric exchange reac…

  • The Feasibility of Using Melanopsis Shells as Radiocarbon Chronometers, Lake Kinneret, Israel

    Open AccessLilach Lev, Elisabetta Boaretto et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2007Cited by: 1References: 23

    We investigated the feasibility of using Melanopsis shells as radiocarbon chronometers of paleolakes and springs in the Jordan Valley, Israel. For this purpose, we analyzed the 14 C content of aragonite of living Melanopsis shells from different freshwater bodies of the northern Jordan Valley and Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) and compared them to the contemporaneous water values. The Melanopsis shells are in 14 C equilibrium with their habitat w…

  • Holocene Climate Variability and Cultural Evolution in the Near East from the Dead Sea Sedimentary Record

    Open AccessClaudia Migowski, Mordechai Stein et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2006

    A comprehensive record of lake level changes in the Dead Sea has been reconstructed using multiple, well dated sediment cores recovered from the Dead Sea shore. Interpreting the lake level changes as monitors of precipitation in the Dead Sea drainage area and the regional eastern Mediterranean palaeoclimate, we document the presence of two major wet phases (∼ 10–8.6 and ∼ 5.6–3.5 cal kyr BP) and multiple abrupt arid events during the Holocene. Th…

  • Holocene vegetation and climate history of the northern Golan heights (Near East)

    Open AccessFrank Neumann, Christian Schölzel et al.ARTICLEVegetation History and…2006Cited by: 21References: 15

  • The late Quaternary limnological history of Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), Israel

    Open AccessNissim Hazan, Mordechai Stein et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2005

    The freshwater Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) and the hypersaline Dead Sea are remnant lakes, evolved from ancient water bodies that filled the tectonic depressions along the Dead Sea Transform (DST) during the Neogene–Quartenary periods. We reconstructed the limnological history (level and composition) of Lake Kinneret during the past ∼40,000 years and compared it with the history of the contemporaneous Lake Lisan from the aspect of the regional…

  • Late Holocene lake levels of the Dead Sea

    Revital Bookman, Yehouda Enzel et al.ARTICLEGeological Society of America…2004

    Research Article| May 01, 2004 Late Holocene lake levels of the Dead Sea R. Bookman (Ken-Tor); R. Bookman (Ken-Tor) 1Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel and Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel Street, Jerusalem 95501, Israel Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Y. Enzel; Y. Enzel 2Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904,…

  • Temporal Changes in Radiocarbon Reservoir Age in the Dead Sea-Lake Lisan System

    Open AccessMordechai Stein, Claudia Migowski et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2004Cited by: 10References: 14

    The Holocene Dead Sea and the late Pleistocene Lake Lisan were characterized by varying radiocarbon reservoir ages ranging between 6 and 2 ka in the Dead Sea and between 2 ka and zero in Lake Lisan. These changes reflect the hydrological conditions in the drainage system as well as residence time of 14 C in the mixed surface layer of the lake and its lower brine. Long-term isolation of the lower brine led to 14 C decay and an increase in the rese…

  • Late Holocene climates of the Near East deduced from Dead Sea level variations and modern regional winter rainfall

    Open AccessYehouda Enzel, Revital Bookman et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2003

    The Dead Sea is a terminal lake of one of the largest hydrological systems in the Levant and may thus be viewed as a large rain gauge for the region. Variations of its level are indicative of the climate variations in the region. Here, we present the decadal- to centennial-resolution Holocene lake-level curve of the Dead Sea. Then we determine the regional hydroclimatology that affected level variations. To achieve this goal we compare modern nat…

  • Lake Levels and Sequence Stratigraphy of Lake Lisan, the Late Pleistocene Precursor of the Dead Sea

    Open AccessY Bartov, Mordechai Stein et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2002

    Lake Lisan, the late Pleistocene precursor of the Dead Sea, existed from ∼70,000 to 15,000 yr B.P. It evolved through frequent water-level fluctuations, which reflected the regional hydrological and climatic conditions. We determined the water level of the lake for the time interval ∼55,000–15,000 cal yr B.P. by mapping offshore, nearshore, and fan-delta sediments; by application of sequence stratigraphy methods; and by dating with radiocarbon an…