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Dr. Dorit Sivan
Dr. Dorit Sivan
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Maritime Civilizations
Coastal Geology
Maritime Civilizations and Maritime Studies
+972-4-8240246
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+972-4-8249011
Dr. Dorit Sivan is a senior lecturer at the Department of Maritime Civilizations, at the Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa. Her research interests focus on determining historical and prehistoric sea levels and how these relate to human civilizations. She is currently studying two intimately connected subjects: a. 'Landscape Archaeology' i.e. reconstruction of the coastal environment, mainly in the Holocene, by integrating human settlement records with other data. b. Determination of Holocene sea levels, with emphasis on the last millennium. Dr. Sivan's research, carried out jointly with Israeli and international colleagues and graduate students, is currently funded by the Israel Science foundation and the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology.
Publications

1. Inbar, M., and Sivan, D., 1984. "Paleo-urban Development and Late Quaternary Environmental Change in the Akko Area". Paléorient, V 9/2, pp. 85-91.

2. Sivan, D., Gvirtzman, G., Sass, E. 1999. "Quaternary Stratigraphy and Paleogeography of the Galilee Coastal Plain, Israel". Quaternary Research, 51: 280-294

3. Sivan, D. and Galili, E. 1999. "Holocene Tectonic Activity in the Coastal and Shallow Shelf of the Western Galilee, Israel, a Geological and Archaeological Study" Israel Journal of Earth Sciences, 48: 47-61

4. Sivan, D., Wdowinski, S., Lamback, K., Galili, E., and Raban, A. 2001. "Holocene sea-level changes along the Mediterranean coast of Israel, based on archaeological observations and Numerical model". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 167:101-117 Elsevier

5. Sivan, D., Eliyahu, D., Raban, A. 2004. "Late Pleistocene to Holocene wetlands now covered by sand, along the Carmel coast, Israel, and their relation to Human settlement: an example from the coastal site of Dor" Journal of Coastal Research 20: 97-110

6. Sivan, D., Lambeck, K., Toueg, R., Raban, A., Porat, Y., Shirman, B. 2004 ."Ancient coastal wells of Caesarea Maritima, Israel, an indicator for sea level changes during the last 2000 years". Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL,) 222: 315-330, Elsevier

7. Sivan, D. and Porat, N. 2004. "Late Pleistocene contemporaneous formation of calcareous aeolianite (kurkar) and paleosol (hamra) in the Carmel coast, Israel". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Palaeo3), 211: 95- 106, Elsevier

8. Kadosh, D., Sivan, D., Kutiel, H., Evron-Weinstein, M . 2004. "Late Quaternary environmental changes based on stratigraphy and palynological data obtained from Dor, Carmel Coast ,Israel". Palynology, 28: 143-157
(I am one of the supervisors of the MA Thesis)

9. Cohen - Seffer, R., Greenbaum, N., Sivan, D., Barmeir, E., Croitoru, S., Inbar, M. 2005. "Late Pleistocene - Holocene marsh episodes along the Carmel coast, Israel". Quaternary International. 140-141: 103-120
(I am one of the supervisors of the PhD Thesis)

10. Sivan D., Potasman M.., Almogi-Labin A., Bar-Yosef Mayer D.E., Spanier E., Boaretto E. 2006."The Glycymeris query along the coasts and shallow shelf of Israel, south east Mediterranean" Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Palaeo3), 233: 134-148
(I am one of the supervisors of the MA Thesis)

11. Zviely, D. , Sivan, D. , Ecker, A. , Bakler, N. , Rohrlich, V. , Galili , E. , Boaretto, , E., Klein, M. , Kit. E. , 2006. "The Holocene evolution of the Haifa Bay area, Israel, and its influence on ancient human settlements".The Holocene 16 (6):849-861

12. Hyams-Kaphzan, O., Almogi-Labin, A., Sivan, D., Benjamini, C., 2008. Benthic foraminifera assemblage change along the southeastern Mediterranean inner shelf due to fall-off of Nile-derived siliciclastics. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, Volume 248, Number 3, June pp. 315-344(30), E. Schweizerbart Science Publishers

13 . Porat, N., Sivan, D., Zviely, D. 2008. Late Holocene embayment and sedimentological infill processes in Haifa Bay, SE Mediterranean. Israel Journal of Earth Sciences, 57: 21-31

14. Boaretto, E., Mienis, H.K., Sivan, D. 2010. Reservoir age based on pre-bomb shells from the intertidal zone along the coast of Israel. Proceedings of 11th AMS Conference, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 268, 966-968, Elsevier

15. M. Lichter, D. Zviely, M. Klein and Sivan, D. 2010. Sea-level changes in the Mediterranean: past, present and future - a review, In: Seaweeds and their role in Globally Changing Environments. Israel, Alvaro; Einav, Rachel; Seckbach, Joseph (Eds.). Series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, Vol.15, 600 pp. Part 1, pp 5-18, Springer

16. Anzidei M., Antonioli F., Benini A., Lambeck K., Sivan D., Serpelloni E., Stocchi P. Available online 19 May 2010. Relative sea level change since the last two millennia along the coasts of southwestern Turkey and Israel. Quaternary International Available on line since September 2010

17. Sivan, D., Schattner, U., Morhange, C., Boaretto, E. What can a sessile mollusk tell about the Neotectonics of East Mediterranean? Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL). Available on line since July 2010

18. Sivan, D., Greenbaum, N., Cohen-Seffer, R., Sisma-Ventura, G., Almogi-Labin, A. 2011. The origin and disappearance of the Late Pleistocene – Early Holocene short-lived coastal wetlands along the Carmel coast, Israel. Quaternary Research, 76, 1, 83-92

19. Gehrels, R., Horton, B., Kemp, A., Sivan, D. (in press) "Two Millenia of Sea Level Data: The Key to Predicting Change". Accepted to EOS (Revised article), July 8, 2011

20. Toker, E., Sivan, D., Stern, E., Shirman, B. Tsimplis, M., Spada, G. (In press). Evidence for centennial scale sea level variability during the Medieval Climate Optimum (Crusader Period) in Israel, eastern Mediterranean. Accepted to Earth and Planetary Science Letters on July 17
Courses
Title Year Type Level

“Introduction to Quaternary coastal geology and coastal  geomorphology”

1992-2006

Lecture

For BA and MA students

“The Quaternary Mediterranean coasts of Israel”

1992-2007

Lecture

For BA and MA students

“Coastal processes”

1992-1999

Field workshop

For MA students

“Earth materials used by man – methods used for identifying the minerals constituting the material”

1995-2003

Lecture

For BA and MA students

“Quaternary dating methods”

1995-2010

2012-

Pro-seminar

For MA students

“Quaternary environmental changes along the Israeli coast and their affinity to human settlement”

1999-2010

2012-

Pro-seminar

Pro-seminar

"Global sea- levels and deglaciation"

2005-2010

2012-

2005-2010

2012-

For MA and Ph.D. students

"Introduction to the marine environment"

2007-2009

Lecture

For BA and MA students

"Late Quaternary climates changes"

2012-

Pro-seminar

For MA students

"Marine and coastal Research methods

2009-2012

Field workshop

Field workshop

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