WADI "SHAARTA"
(3 KM. SOUTH-WEST  FROM "BE'ERI")
COOR.(NEW) - 1472/5910
PICTURE  15

EROSION IN  A CLIFF OF LOESS.
THE AGE OF THE LOESS COULD BE ESTIMATED BY RADIOACTIVE ANALYSES OF
MICROFOSSILS.  THE UPPER 0.5 METER IS 27,000 Y OLD (YAALON 1983).
THE POOL WAS BROKEN AS THE WATER WAS DIGGING BENEATH  IT.

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