Reply to comment on: Ben Dor, Yoav et al. : Varves of the Dead Sea sedimentary record. - In: Quaternary science reviews : the international multidisciplinary research and review journal. - 215 (2019), S. 173 - 184. - (ISSN: 0277-3791). - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.04.011
- In the comment on "Varves of the Dead Sea sedimentary record." Quaternary Science Reviews 215 (Ben Dor et al., 2019): 173-184. by R. Bookman, two recently published papers are suggested to prove that the interpretation of the laminated sedimentary sequence of the Dead Sea, deposited mostly during MIS2 and Holocene pluvials, as annual deposits (i.e., varves) is wrong. In the following response, we delineate several lines of evidence which coalesce to demonstrate that based on the vast majority of evidence, including some of the evidence provided in the comment itself, the interpretation of these sediments as varves is the more likely scientific conclusion. We further discuss the evidence brought up in the comment and its irrelevance and lack of robustness for addressing the question under discussion.
| Author details: | Yoav Ben DorORCiD, Ina NeugebauerORCiDGND, Yehouda EnzelGND, Markus J. SchwabGND, Rik TjallingiiGND, Yigal Erel, Achim BrauerORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106063 |
| ISSN: | 0277-3791 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Quaternary science reviews : the international multidisciplinary research and review journal |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Place of publishing: | Amsterdam [u.a.] |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2020/03/01 |
| Publication year: | 2020 |
| Release date: | 2024/05/03 |
| Volume: | 231 |
| Article number: | 106063 |
| Number of pages: | 5 |
| Funding institution: | DFG grantGerman Research Foundation (DFG) [BR2208/13-1, BR2208/13-2]; Israel Science Foundation (ISF grant) [1436/14]; Advanced School of; Environmental Studies; Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Rieger; Foundation-Jewish National Fund program for environmental studies; European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under; the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant [706244]; German Academic Exchange; Service (DAAD) Postdoc-Program |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Geowissenschaften |
| DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 55 Geowissenschaften, Geologie / 550 Geowissenschaften |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
