Researchers pinpoint substantial historical sea level changes in the Southern Levant (IMAGE)

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Researchers pinpoint substantial historical sea level changes in the Southern Levant

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Selected examples of the new archaeological constructions used in the current study for establishing RSL; (a) Dor 8 - the base of a terrestrial massive fortification wall; (b) Dor 10 - base of a terrestrial massive fortification wall; (c) Dor 7 - base of a terrestrial wall (d) Dor 18 - floor level of passage in Assyrian sea gate; (e) an illustration showing the relationship between the coastal archaeological construction and its use for establishing the relative mean sea level.

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Yasur-Landau et al, 2021, PLOS ONE (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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