The Department of Marine Geosciences has set its research goals at opening new horizons in topics of worldwide importance. This target aims to exploit the innovative multi-disciplinary environment provided by the Charney School of Marine Sciences and our location on the Mediterranean coast in cooperation with leading institutions worldwide.

Marine Geology and Geophysics

• A multi-disciplinary pilot study of the Kurkar ridges off Northern Israel

• The Mediterranean basin and margins

• The Dead Sea fault system: research studies

• Microtopography of the Gulf of Eilat (Aqaba): hydrothermal-connected biological activity

• Quaternary transform kinematics: the Gulf of Aqaba

Basin Analysis and Exploration

• A mid-Pleistocene deformation transition in the Hula basin, northern Israel

• Formation of sequential basins along a strike slip fault: the Dead Sea

Marine and Lacustrine Sedimentology

• The ICDP-DSDDP drilling project in the Dead Sea

• High resolution geological record of historical earthquakes in the Dead Sea Basin
  

Alternative Energy Resources

• Gas hydrates