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Sunday, 4 February 2018
Varves and earthquakes
Earthquake Disturbed Varves
Seismites from Lake Lisan (Pleistocene Dead Sea). A tiny slope towards the left drove these 'tectonics' during two earthquakes. Counting the varves between them, you can estimate about 900 years between the two events.
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