• Airborne Thermal Data Identifies Groundwater Discharge at the North-Western Coast of the Dead Sea 

      Mallast, UlfORCIDiD; Schwonke, Friedhelm; Gloaguen, Richard; Geyer, Stefan; Sauter, Martin; Siebert, Christian (Remote Sensing, 2013)
      A qualitative and quantitative monitoring of groundwater discharge was conducted based on an airborne thermal campaign undertaken along the north-western coast of the Dead Sea in January 2011 to contribute to the relatively ...
    • Microbial and Chemical Characterization of Underwater Fresh Water Springs in the Dead Sea 

      Ionescu, Danny; Siebert, Christian; Polerecky, Lubos; Munwes, Yaniv Y.; Lott, Christian; Häusler, Stefan; Bižić-Ionescu, Mina; Quast, Christian; Peplies, Jörg; Glöckner, Frank Oliver; Ramette, AlbanORCIDiD; Rödiger, Tino; Dittmar, ThorstenORCIDiD; Oren, Aharon; Geyer, Stefan; Stärk, Hans-Joachim; Sauter, Martin; Licha, Tobias; Laronne, Jonathan B.ORCIDiD; de Beer, Dirk (PLoS ONE, 2012-06-05)
      Due to its extreme salinity and high Mg concentration the Dead Sea is characterized by a very low density of cells most of which are Archaea. We discovered several underwater fresh to brackish water springs in the Dead ...