PUBLICATIONS

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Publications: Publications

2025

Meiburg E and Lensky N.G.

Fluid mechanics of the Dead Sea

Annual Reviews of Fluid Mechanics, 57. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-fluid-031424-101119

2024

Abir S, McGowan A, Shaked Y, Gildor H, Morin E, Lensky N.G.

Air-sea heat exchange in the desert semi-enclosed Gulf of Eilat (Aqaba)

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-6177-2024

Tau G, Enzel Y, McGowan H, Lyakhovsky V, Lensky N.G.

Lake-water-temperature regulation under diurnal and seasonal scales of environmental forcing, Agamon Hula, Israel

Water Resources Research (under review)

Ben Moshe, L, Lensky N.G.

Geomorphic response of alluvial streams to flood events during base level lowering: Insights from drone-based photogrammetric surveys in Dead Sea tributaries

Remote Sensing, 16, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16081346

Abir S, McGowan A, Shaked Y, Gildor H, Morin E, Lensky N.G.

Air-sea interactions in stable atmospheric conditions: Lessons from the desert semi-enclosed Gulf of Eilat (Aqaba)

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1724

Mor Z, Noy G, Eyal H, Sirota I, Ezraty R, Morin E, Lensky N.G.

Hourly to weekly variations in halite precipitation from the hypersaline Dead Sea: The role of evaporation, water cooling, and freshwater plume stability

Sedimentology, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.13220.

Arnuk WD, Guillerm E, Lowenstein TK, Krüger Y, Olson KJ, Lensky NG, Brauer A.

Nucleation-assisted microthermometry: A novel application to fluid inclusions in halite

Chemical Geology, 667, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122318

2023

Goldsmith, Y., Cohen, O., Stein, M., Torfstein, A., Kiro, Y., Kushnir, Y., Bartov, Y., Ben-Moshe, L., Frumkin, A. Lensky, N.G., Keinan, J., Gonen, L., Enzel, Y.

Holocene humid periods of the Levant – evidence from Dead Sea lake-levels

Quaternary Science Reviews https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108312

Moran, M.G., Holbrook, J., Lensky, N.G., Ben Moshe, L., Mor, Z., Eyal, H., Enzel, Y.

Century-scale sequences and density-flow deltas if the Late Holocene and Modern Dead Sea coast, Israel

Sedimentology, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.13101

Eyal H., Armon M, Enzel Y., Lensky N.G.

Synoptic- to meso-scale circulation connects fluvial and coastal gravel conveyors and directional deposition of coastal landforms in the Dead Sea basin

Earth Surface Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2022-59

Ben Asher, M., Mushkin, A., Lensky, N.G., Amit, R., Eppes, M.C., Ming, D.W., Shelef, E., Sletten, R.S.

Salt deliquescence along boulder cracks in the Antarctic Dry Valleys: An overlooked source of moisture for rock weathering processes

Geomorphology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108800

Sirota, I., Moshe, A., Ben Dor, Y., Morin, E., Lensky, N.G., Enzel, Y.

A mechanistic approach for interpreting hydroclimate from halite-bearing sediments

Sedimentology, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.13114

Censi, P., Sirota, I., Zuddas, P., Lensky, N.G., Crouvi, O., Cangemi, M., Piazzese, D.

Rare Earths Release from Dissolving Atmospheric Dust and their Accumulation into Crystallizing Halite: The Dead Sea example

Science of the Total Environment https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162682

Ezraty, R., Rubinstein, S., Lensky, N., Meiburg, E.

Interacting density fronts in saturated brines cooled from above

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

2022

Abir, S. McGowan, H, Shaked, Y., Lensky, N.G.

Identifying an evaporative thermal refugium for the preservation of coral reefs in a warming World-The Gulf of Eilat (Aqaba)

JGR - Atmospheres https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD036845

Tau, G., Enzel, Y., McGowan, H., Lensky, N.G.

Exchanges of heat, water vapor and CO2 between a restored shallow lake and its overlying atmosphere, Lake Hula, Israel

Journal of Hydrology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128515

McGowan, H., Lensky N.G., Abir, S., Shaked, Y., Wurgaft, E.

Direct measurement of CO2 air-sea exchange over a desert fringing coral reef, Gulf of Eilat (Aqaba), Israel.

JGR – Oceans https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC018548

McGowan, H., Lensky N.G., Abir, S. Saunders, M.

Coral reef coupling to the atmospheric boundary layer through exchanges of heat, moisture and momentum: Case studies from tropical and desert fringing coral reefs

Frontiers in Marine Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.900679

Enzel, Y., Mushkin, A., Groisman, A., Calvo, R., Eyal, H., Lensky N.G.

The modern wave-induced staircase morphology of the coastal cliffs along the western Dead Sea.

Geomorphology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108237

2021

Dente, E, Lensky NG, Morin E, Enzel Y

From Straight to Deeply Incised Meandering Channels: Slope Impact on Sinuosity of Confined Streams.

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5085.

Ezraty, R, Mor Z, Bodzin R, Assouline S, Tanny J, Fratini G, Griessbaum F, Lensky NG

Lorentzian Filter Correction of Turbulence Measurements on Oscillating Floating Platforms: Impact on Wind Spectra and Eddy Covariance Fluxes.

Water Resources Ressearch https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR027583.

Sirota I, Enzel Y, Mor Z, Eyal H, Ben Moshe L, Lowenstein TK, and Lensky NG,

Sedimentology and stratigraphy of a modern halite sequence formed under Dead Sea level fall

Sedimentology: https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12814

Lowenstein TK, Weldeghebriel MF, Sirota I, Eyal H, Mor Z, Lensky NG

Criteria for the recognition of clastic halite: The morern Dead Sea shoreline.

Sedimentology, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12907,

Mor Z, Shalev E, Lutzky H, Lensky NG

Density-depth profiler resolved by an array of pressure transducers and hydrostatic relations

Water https://doi.org/10.3390/w13131842

Eyal H, Enzel Y, Meiburg E, Vowinckel B, Lensky NG

How does coastal gravel get sorted under stormy longshore transport?

Geophysical Research Letters https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095082

2020

Sirota I, Ouillon R, Mor Z, Meiburg E, Enzel Y, Arnon A, and Lensky NG.

Hydroclimatic controls on salt fluxes and halite deposition in the Dead Sea and the shaping of ‘Salt Giants’

Geophysical Research Letters: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090836

Sirota I, Enzel Y, Mor Z, Eyal H, Ben Moshe L, Lowenstein TK, and Lensky NG,

Sedimentology and stratigraphy of a modern halite sequence formed under Dead Sea level fall

Sedimentology: https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12814

Levintal E, Dragila MI, Lensky NG, and Weisbrod N.

Borehole diameter controls thermal‐induced convection and evaporation from a shallow water table

Geophysical Research Letters: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL08941.

Weldeghebriel MF, Lowenstein TK, García-Veigas J, Collins D, Sendula E, Bodnar RJ, Graney JR, Cendón DI, Lensk, N, Mor Z, and Sirota I.

Combined LA-ICP-MS and cryo-SEM-EDS: An improved technique for quantitative analysis of major, minor, and trace elements in fluid inclusions in halite

Chemical Geology: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119762

Censi P, Sirota I, Zuddas P, Lensky N, Merli M, Saiano F, Piazzese D, Sposito F and Venturelli M.

Trace element fractionation through halite crystallisation: Geochemical mechanisms and environmental implications

Science of The Total Environment: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137926

Kirkham C, Bertoni C, Cartwright J, Lensky NG, Sirota I, Rodriguez K and Hodgson N.

The demise of a 'salt giant' driven by uplift and thermal dissolution

Earth and Planetary Science Letters: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115933

2019

Ouillon R, Lensky NG, Lyakhovsky V, Arnon A, Meiburg E

Halite precipitation from double-diﬀusive salt ﬁngers in the Dead Sea: Numerical simulations

Water Resources Research: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR024818

Eyal H, Dente E, Haviv I, Enzel Y, Dunne T, Lensky NG.

Fluvial incision and coarse gravel redistribution across the modern Dead Sea shelf as a result of base-level fall

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms: https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4640

Arnon A, Brenner S, Selker JS, Gertman I, Lensky NG.

Seasonal dynamics of internal waves governed by stratification stability and

wind : Analysis of High resolution observations from the Dead Sea.

Limnology and Oceanography: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11156

2018

Levintal E, Dragila MI, Lensky NG, Weisbrod N.

Mechanisms controlling air stratification within a large diameter borehole and atmospheric exchange

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JF004729

Levintal E, Lensky NG, Mushkin A, Weisbrod N.

Pipes to Earth’s subsurface: The role of atmospheric conditions in controlling air transport through boreholes and shafts

Earth System Dynamics: https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-1141-2018

Dente E, Lensky NG, Morin E, Dunne T, Enzel Y

Sinuosity evolution along incising channel: New insights from the Jordan River response to the Dead Sea level fall

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms: https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4530

Sirota I, Enzel Y, Lensky NG.

Halite focusing and amplifying salt accretion: from the Dead Sea to deep hypersaline basins

Geology: https://doi.org/10.1130/G45339.1

Mor Z, Assouline S, Tanny J, Lensky IM, Lensky NG.

Effect of Water Surface Salinity on Evaporation: The Case of a Diluted Buoyant Plume Over the Dead Sea

Water Resources Research: https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR021995

Porat N, López GI, Lensky N, Elinson R, Avni Y, Elgart-Sharon Y, Faershtein G, Gadot Y.

Using portable OSL reader to obtain a time scale for soil accumulation and erosion in archaeological terraces, the Judean Highlands, Israel

Quaternary Geochronology: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2018.04.001

Hamdani I, Assouline S, Tanny J, Lensky IM, Gertman I, Mor Z, Lensky NG.

Seasonal and diurnal evaporation from a deep hypersaline lake: The Dead Sea as a case study

Journal of Hydrology: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.04.057

Lensky NG, Lensky IM, Peretz A, Gertman I, Tanny J, Assouline S.

Diurnal Course of Evaporation from the Dead Sea in Summer: A Distinct Double Peak Induced by Solar Radiation and Night Sea Breeze

Water Resources Research: https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR021536

Armon M, Dente E, Smith JA, Enzel Y, Morin E.

Synoptic-scale control over modern rainfall and flood patterns in the Levant drylands with implications for past climates

Journal of Hydrometeorology: https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-18-0013.1

Quade J, Dente E, Armon M, Dor Y Ben, Morin E, Adam O, Enzel Y.

Megalakes in the Sahara? A Review

Quaternary Research: https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2018.46

2017

Sirota I, Enzel Y, Lensky NG.

Temperature seasonality control on modern halite layers in the Dead Sea: In situ observations

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America: https://doi.org/10.1130/B31661.1

Golan R, Lazar B, Wurgaft E, Lensky N, Ganor J, Gavrieli I.

Continuous CO2 escape from the hypersaline Dead Sea caused by aragonite precipitation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.02.031

Dente E, Lensky NG, Morin E, Grodek T, Sheffer NA, Enzel Y.

Geomorphic Response of a Low-Gradient Channel to Modern, Progressive Base-Level Lowering: Nahal HaArava, the Dead Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface: https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JF004081

2016

Arnon A, Selker JS, Lensky NG

Thermohaline stratification and double diffusion diapycnal fluxes in the hypersaline Dead Sea

Limnology and Oceanography: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10285

Sirota I, Arnon A, Lensky NG.

Seasonal variations of halite saturation in the Dead Sea

Water Resources Research: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/2016WR018974

Weisbrod N, Yechieli Y, Shandalov S, Lensky N.

On the viscosity of natural hyper-saline solutions and its importance: The Dead Sea brines

Journal of Hydrology: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.11.036

Avni Y, Lensky NG, Dente E et al.

Self-accelerated development of salt karst during flash floods along the Dead Sea Coast, Israel

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface: https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JF003738

BEFORE 2015

Arnon A, Selker J, Lensky N. 2014.

Correcting artifacts in transition to a wound optic fiber: Example from high-resolution temperature profiling in the Dead Sea

Water Resources Research: https://doi.org/10.1002/2013WR014910

Arnon A, Lensky NG, Selker JS. 2014.

High-resolution temperature sensing in the Dead Sea using fiber optics

Water Resources Research: https://doi.org/10.1002/2013WR014935

Nehorai R, Lensky N, Brenner S, Lensky I. 2013.

The dynamics of the skin temperature of the dead sea

Advances in Meteorology: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/296714

Nehorai R, Lensky IM, Hochman L, Gertman I, Brenner S, Muskin A, Lensky NG. 2013.

Satellite observations of turbidity in the Dead Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans: https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrc.20204

Nehorai R, Lensky IM, Lensky NG, Shiff S. 2009.

Remote sensing of the Dead Sea surface temperature

Journal of Geophysical Research: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1029/2008JC005196

Lensky NG, Dvorkin Y, Lyakhovsky V, Gertman I, Gavrieli I. 2005.

Water, salt, and energy balances of the Dead Sea

Water Resources Research: https://doi.org/10.1029/2005WR004084

2019

Ouillon R, Lensky NG, Lyakhovsky V, Arnon A, Meiburg E

Halite precipitation from double-diﬀusive salt ﬁngers in the Dead Sea: Numerical simulations

Water Resources Research: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR024818

Eyal H, Dente E, Haviv I, Enzel Y, Dunne T, Lensky NG.

Fluvial incision and coarse gravel redistribution across the modern Dead Sea shelf as a result of base-level fall

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms: https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4640

Arnon A, Brenner S, Selker JS, Gertman I, Lensky NG.

Seasonal dynamics of internal waves governed by stratification stability and

wind : Analysis of High resolution observations from the Dead Sea.

Limnology and Oceanography: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11156

2018

Levintal E, Dragila MI, Lensky NG, Weisbrod N.

Mechanisms controlling air stratification within a large diameter borehole and atmospheric exchange

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JF004729

Levintal E, Lensky NG, Mushkin A, Weisbrod N.

Pipes to Earth’s subsurface: The role of atmospheric conditions in controlling air transport through boreholes and shafts

Earth System Dynamics: https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-1141-2018

Dente E, Lensky NG, Morin E, Dunne T, Enzel Y

Sinuosity evolution along incising channel: New insights from the Jordan River response to the Dead Sea level fall

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms: https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4530

Sirota I, Enzel Y, Lensky NG.

Halite focusing and amplifying salt accretion: from the Dead Sea to deep hypersaline basins

Geology: https://doi.org/10.1130/G45339.1

Mor Z, Assouline S, Tanny J, Lensky IM, Lensky NG.

Effect of Water Surface Salinity on Evaporation: The Case of a Diluted Buoyant Plume Over the Dead Sea

Water Resources Research: https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR021995

Porat N, López GI, Lensky N, Elinson R, Avni Y, Elgart-Sharon Y, Faershtein G, Gadot Y.

Using portable OSL reader to obtain a time scale for soil accumulation and erosion in archaeological terraces, the Judean Highlands, Israel

Quaternary Geochronology: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2018.04.001

Hamdani I, Assouline S, Tanny J, Lensky IM, Gertman I, Mor Z, Lensky NG.

Seasonal and diurnal evaporation from a deep hypersaline lake: The Dead Sea as a case study

Journal of Hydrology: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.04.057

Lensky NG, Lensky IM, Peretz A, Gertman I, Tanny J, Assouline S.

Diurnal Course of Evaporation from the Dead Sea in Summer: A Distinct Double Peak Induced by Solar Radiation and Night Sea Breeze

Water Resources Research: https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR021536

2017

Sirota I, Enzel Y, Lensky NG.

Temperature seasonality control on modern halite layers in the Dead Sea: In situ observations

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America: https://doi.org/10.1130/B31661.1

Golan R, Lazar B, Wurgaft E, Lensky N, Ganor J, Gavrieli I.

Continuous CO2 escape from the hypersaline Dead Sea caused by aragonite precipitation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.02.031

Dente E, Lensky NG, Morin E, Grodek T, Sheffer NA, Enzel Y.

Geomorphic Response of a Low-Gradient Channel to Modern, Progressive Base-Level Lowering: Nahal HaArava, the Dead Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface: https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JF004081

2016

Arnon A, Selker JS, Lensky NG

Thermohaline stratification and double diffusion diapycnal fluxes in the hypersaline Dead Sea

Limnology and Oceanography: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10285

Sirota I, Arnon A, Lensky NG.

Seasonal variations of halite saturation in the Dead Sea

Water Resources Research: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/2016WR018974

Weisbrod N, Yechieli Y, Shandalov S, Lensky N.

On the viscosity of natural hyper-saline solutions and its importance: The Dead Sea brines

Journal of Hydrology: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.11.036

Avni Y, Lensky NG, Dente E et al.

Self-accelerated development of salt karst during flash floods along the Dead Sea Coast, Israel

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface: https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JF003738

BEFORE 2015

Arnon A, Selker J, Lensky N. 2014.

Correcting artifacts in transition to a wound optic fiber: Example from high-resolution temperature profiling in the Dead Sea

Water Resources Research: https://doi.org/10.1002/2013WR014910

Arnon A, Lensky NG, Selker JS. 2014.

High-resolution temperature sensing in the Dead Sea using fiber optics

Water Resources Research: https://doi.org/10.1002/2013WR014935

Nehorai R, Lensky N, Brenner S, Lensky I. 2013.

The dynamics of the skin temperature of the dead sea

Advances in Meteorology: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/296714

Nehorai R, Lensky IM, Hochman L, Gertman I, Brenner S, Muskin A, Lensky NG. 2013.

Satellite observations of turbidity in the Dead Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans: https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrc.20204

Nehorai R, Lensky IM, Lensky NG, Shiff S. 2009.

Remote sensing of the Dead Sea surface temperature

Journal of Geophysical Research: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1029/2008JC005196

Lensky NG, Dvorkin Y, Lyakhovsky V, Gertman I, Gavrieli I. 2005.

Water, salt, and energy balances of the Dead Sea

Water Resources Research: https://doi.org/10.1029/2005WR004084

Sirota I, Ouillon R, Mor Z, Meiburg E, Enzel Y, Arnon A, and Lensky NG.

Hydroclimatic controls on salt fluxes and halite deposition in the Dead Sea and the shaping of ‘Salt Giants’

Geophysical Research Letters: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090836

Levintal E, Dragila MI, Lensky NG, and Weisbrod N.

Borehole diameter controls thermal‐induced convection and evaporation from a shallow water table

Geophysical Research Letters: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL08941.

Weldeghebriel MF, Lowenstein TK, García-Veigas J, Collins D, Sendula E, Bodnar RJ, Graney JR, Cendón DI, Lensk, N, Mor Z, and Sirota I.

Combined LA-ICP-MS and cryo-SEM-EDS: An improved technique for quantitative analysis of major, minor, and trace elements in fluid inclusions in halite

Chemical Geology: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119762

Censi P, Sirota I, Zuddas P, Lensky N, Merli M, Saiano F, Piazzese D, Sposito F and Venturelli M.

Trace element fractionation through halite crystallisation: Geochemical mechanisms and environmental implications

Science of The Total Environment: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137926

Kirkham C, Bertoni C, Cartwright J, Lensky NG, Sirota I, Rodriguez K and Hodgson N.

The demise of a 'salt giant' driven by uplift and thermal dissolution

Earth and Planetary Science Letters: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115933