Session 1: Dead Sea and the Rift – chair: Judith Lekach​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Stages in the development of the western rift margins based on OSL dating of infilled sediment. Roskin, Y, Bowman, D., Porat, N. and Katra, I.
Geomorphological changes in Judean Desert and Negev channels indicating the tectonics process of sinking of the Dead Sea Rift – Nahal Hemar as an example. Avni, Y.
The Quedem alluvial fan – rapid incision as a result of baselevel fall. Bowman, D., Storz-Peretz Y., Laronne, J.B. and Svoray, T.
Dealing with the acceleration of incision at the outlet of the Quedem fan and nearby wadis draining into the Dead Sea. Kessler, A., Benari, R., Kessler, N.
The ffect of baselevel fall on the stability of Route 90. Kirzner, L.,

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Session 2: Remote sensing and LiDAR – chair Yoav Avni​​​​​​​​​​
Dynamics and sta bilization of the dune fields in central Asia (Karakum and Kizilkum); research based on remote sensing. Maman, S., Tsoar, H., and Blumberg, D.
Dating alluvial fans in arid areas based on remote sensing measurement of surface roughness. Hez. G., Mushkin, A., Blumberg, D., and Treblesi, A.
Relative yield of gully head incision, gully channel incision and overland hillslope erosion in the Bikhra Watershed, Northern Negev. Yaron, A., Laronne, J.B. and Alexandrov, Y.
Characterising land cover in an arid environment using remote sensing and thermal spectroscopy: introduction of a new method to identify and characterize biological soil crusts. Rosenstein, O., and Karnieli, A.

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Session 3: Environmental quality – chair Lea Wittenberg​​​​​​​​​​
Vegetation groups colonizing areas affected by building waste in Haifa. Kopel, D., Malkinson, D., and Wittenberg, L.
Understanding geomorphological processes as an important instrument in environmental-landscape reclamation. Meninger, D. and Zamler, D.
The effect of ash from a volcano in the south of Patagonia, Argentina. Inbar, M.
The geomorphology of open spaces. Egozi., R.

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Session 4: Posters​​​​​​​​​​
Transgressive coastal erosion resulting from increase in modern and short elevation in water level of the Dead Sea. Groysman, M., Enzel, Y., Mushkin, A. and Lenski, N.
The Carmel fire – immediate changes in soil properties and lessons after repeat fires. Tessler, N.
Reconstruction of paleo geo-hydrological aspects of Quarternary sweet water bodies in the Southern Negev and Southern Jordan. Lorig, Y., Ginat, H. and Laronne, J.B.
A model of the development of longitudinal profiles of gravel-bed alluvial rivers under the effect of ephemeral flow events. Salomon, R., Morin, E., Enzel, Y. and Haviv, I.
Monitoring bedload using acoustic methods in an ephemeral gravel bed river. Paz, D. Laronne, J.B., Reid, I., Rickenmann, D., Nonaka, M. and Mizuyama, T.
Thermal history, uplift and erosion of the Negev (rift edge) in the last 100 million years: thermochronology of low temperatures based on deep wells and magmatic intrusions. Tsur, G., Haviv, I. and Feinstein, S.
Factors determining the rate of enlargement of Dead Sea sinkholes. Rivlin A., Ginat, H., Shlomi, Y. and Shem-Tov, R.
Fast anthropogenic adjustment to changes in environmental conditions between the Pleistocene and Holocene in the the edge of the Nahal Secher dune field area of the north western Negev. Roskin, Y., Barzilai, O., Goring-Moris, N, Katra, I., Porat, N., Aga, N. and Boarto, N.
Sediment transport in flood flows from the Judean Desert to the Dead Sea. Shatkai, A., Cohen, H. and Laronne, J.B.

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Session 5: Water quantity and quality – chair Jonathan Laronne​​​​​​​​​​
Inorganic adsorbed substances in flood waters and river banks of Nahal Secher, draining the Ramat Hovav Industrial Park, Northern Negev. Balaban N., Laronne, JB and Feinstein, S.
Evaluation of groundwater enrichment by floods in arid areas: Nahal Paran. Ronen-Eliraz, G., Dodi, A., Ginat, H, Blumberg, Dahan, O.
Water quality and discharge of the Lower Jordan River. Hillel, N., Laronne, J.B., Marai, A., Hayat, S., Geyer, S., Siebert, C. and Licha, T.

 
Israel Geomorphological Research Group 2013 Conference
Geomorphology Conference program
Wednesday, April 24 field trip to the Ze'elim fan from apex to the Dead Sea.

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Fan apex:​​​​​​​​​​
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Characterization of rainfall over the Judean Desert. Morin, E.
Monitoring floods using modern techniques and telemetry. Munwes, Y., Laronne, J.B., Hillel, N. and Shatkai, A.
 

North-Eastern Sinkhole fan area:​​​​​​​​​​
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Channels, incised channels, sinkholes and their interrelationships as factors affecting the incision of the Ze'elim fan. Bar, G., Feilin, S. and Avni, Y.
 

South-Eastern incised fan area:​​​​​​​​​​​

Character of bank failures in micro-canyons. Laronne, J.B., Bowman, D. and Shapira, I.
 

The P-88 pump area in the southeastern fan:​​​​​​​​​​​

Overlook towards the salt delta developing into the south of the northern Dead Sea Basin. Lensky, N.