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Dr. Dov Zviely
16.2.2010
Curriculum vita and list of publications
Personal Details
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Name: Dov Zviely
Address: The Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies,
University of Haifa, Mount Carmel Haifa, 31905, Israel.
Email: zviely@netvision.net.il
Higher Education
1983
1985:
19901993:
19962000:
20002001:
20012006:
ORT Byalik College.
Practical Engineering degree in Electronics.
Department of Geography, University of Haifa.
BA in Physical Geography.
Department of Geography, University of Haifa.
MA in Coastal Geomorphology.
Supplementary studies in the Department of Geophysics and Planetary
Sciences, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University.
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Haifa.
PhD in Coastal Sedimentology, Paleogeography and Morphodynamics.
Research interests
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Coastal geomorphology and Sedimentology.
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Continental shelf Morphodynamics.
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Quaternary coastal Palaeo-geography and Geo-archaeology.
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Charts, Maps, Hydrography and Maritime History of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
List of Publication
M.A. Dissertation
The impact of the Herzliya marina on the width of it’s neighboring beaches. In Hebrew,
detailed English abstract, 101 pp. Submitted to the Department of Geography, Faculty of
Social Sciences and Mathematics, University of Haifa. Approved on May 2000. Supervised
by: Dr. Micha Klein, Department of Geography, University of Haifa.
Ph.D. Dissertation
Sedimentological processes in Haifa Bay in context of the Nile Littoral Cell. In Hebrew,
detailed English abstract, 211 pp. Submitted to the University of Haifa. Approved on Feb
2006. Supervised by: Prof. Eliezer Kit, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of
Engineering, Tel Aviv University and Dr. Micha Klein, Department of Geography and
Environment Studies, University of Haifa.
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Refereed Articles in Scientific Journals
1. Klein, M., Zviely, D., 2001. The environmental impact of marina development on
adjacent beaches: a case study of the Herzliya marina Israel. Applied Geography, 21, 145156.
2. Zviely, D., Klein, M., 2003. The environmental Impact of the Gaza Coastal Construction.
Journal of Coastal Research 19 (4), 1122-1127.
3. Klein, M., Lichter, M., Zviely, D., 2004. Recent sea-level changes along Israeli and
Mediterranean coast. In: Maos, J.O., Inbar, M., and Shmueli, D., (eds.), Contemporary
Israeli Geography, Special Issue of Horizons in Geography 60-61, 247-254.
4. Zviely, D., Klein, M., 2004. Coastal cliff retreat rates at Bait-Yannay, Israel, in the 20th
century. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 29 (2), 175-184.
5. Zviely, D., Ronen, A., 2004. Garrod's spring in Tabun Cave, Mt. Carmel (Israel): 70
years later. In: Maos, J.O., Inbar, M., and Shmueli, D., (eds.), Contemporary Israeli
Geography, Special Issue of Horizons in Geography 60-61, 167-176.
6. Galili, E., Zviely, D., Weinstein-Evron, M., 2005. Holocene sea-level changes and
landscape evolution in the northern Carmel coast (Israel). Méditerranée: Revue
geographique des pays Mediterraneens 104 (1/2), 79-86.
7. Salamon, A., Zviely, D., Na’aman, I., 2006. Zones of required investigation for
liquefaction hazard in the western Zevulun Plain, Israel. Israel Journal of Earth Science
55 (3), 141-157.
8. Zviely, D., Sivan, D., Ecker, A., Bakler, N., Rohrlich, V., Galili‚ E., Boaretto, E., Klein,
M., Kit, E., 2006. The Holocene evolution of Haifa Bay area, Israel, and its influence on
the ancient human settlements. The Holocene 16 (6), 849-861.
9. Zviely, D., Kit, E., Klein, M., 2007. Longshore sand transport estimates along the
Mediterranean coast of Israel in the Holocene. Marine Geology 237, 61-73.
10. Klein, M., Zviely, D., Kit, E., Shteinman, B., 2007. Experimental study of sediment
transport along the central Mediterranean coast of Israel by means of fluorescent sand
tracers. Journal of Coastal Research 23 (6), 1462-1470.
11. Galili, E., Zviely, D., Ronen, A, Mienis, H.K., 2007. Beach deposits of MIS 5e high sea
stand as indicators for tectonic stability of the Carmel coastal plain, Israel. Quaternary
Science Reviews 26, 2544-2557.
12. Ronen, A., Zviely, D., Galili, E., 2007. Did the Last Interglacial sea penetrate Mount
Carmel caves? Comments on "The setting of the Mt. Carmel caves reassessed” by C.
Vita-Finzi and C. Stringer. Quaternary Science Reviews 26, 2684-2685.
13. Galili, E., Kolska Horwitz, L., Hershkovitz, I., Eshed, V., Salamon, A., Zviely, D.,
Weinstein-Evron, M., Greenfield, H., 2008. Comment on "Holocene tsunamis from
Mount Etna and the fate of Israeli Neolithic communities" by Pareschi, M.T., E. Boschi
and M. Favalli. Geophysical Research Letters 35, L08311, doi:10.1029/2008GL033445,
3 pp.
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14. 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 (1),
21-31.
15. Galili, E., Rosen, B., Zviely, D., 2009. Sounding weights recovered off the Mediterranean
coast of Israel. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 38 (2), 343-368.
16. Lichter, M., Zviely, D., Klein, M., 2009. Morphological changes in the last 200 years in
the mouth of the Naaman River, northern coastal plain, Israel. Israel Journal of Earth
Sciences 58 (1), 63-80.
17. Zviely, D., Galili, E., Ronen, A., Salamon, A., Ben-Avraham, Z., 9002. Reevaluating the
tectonic uplift of western Mount Carmel, Israel, since the Middle Pleistocene. Quaternary
Research 71 (2), 239-245.
18. Zviely, D., Kit, E., Rosen, B., Galili, E., Klein, M., 2009. Shoreline migrations and
beach-nearshore sand balance over the last 200 years in Haifa Bay (SE Mediterranean).
Geo-Marine Letters 29 (2), 93-110.
19. Lichter, M., Zviely, D., Klein, M., Sivan, D., in press. Sea-level changes in the
Mediterranean: Past, present and future - A review. In: Alvaro, I., Einav, R., Seckbach, J.,
(eds), Seaweeds and their role in globally changing environments. Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
20. Galili, E., Rosen, B., Zviely, D., Zilberstein, N., Finkielsztejn, G., in press. The Evolution
of the Akko harbour and its trade links. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology.
Peer-Reviewed Articles in Hebrew
1. Zviely, D., Klein, M., 2002. The environmental impact of the Gaza coastal construction political and morphological aspects. Horizons in Geography 54, 68-77 (In Hebrew,
English abstract).
2. Zviely, D., Klein, M., 2002. Coastal cliff retreat rates at Bait-Yannay, Israel, during the
years 1918-2000. Horizons in Geography 55, 97-109 (In Hebrew, English abstract).
3. Zviely, D., Galili, E., Rosen, B., 2003. The port of Acre and its approaches in modern
nautical charts. Horizons in Geography 56, 62-77 (In Hebrew, English abstract).
4. Galili, E., Zviely, D., Rosen, B., 2004. Akko Port and surroundings in coins and historical
depictions. Horizons in Geography 62, 113-130 (In Hebrew, English abstract).
5. Zviely, D., Ronen, A., 2004. Digital photogrametric mapping as tool for erosional
processes in Tabun Cave, Mount Carmel. In: Bar-Gal, Y., Kliot, N., Peled, A., (eds.),
Erets Israel Studies - Aviel Ron Book. Department of Geography and Environment
Studies, University of Haifa, Israel, 11-17 (In Hebrew).
6. Zviely, D., Rosen, B., Galili, E., 2009. The hydrographic surveys of Haifa bay by the
British Admiralty 1832-1931. Horizons in Geography 73-74, 142-166 (In Hebrew,
English abstract).
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Other Scientific Articles
1. Zviely, D., Klein, M., Peled, A., 1998. The coastal changes due to the construction of the
Marina in Herzliya, by means of aerial photographs mapping. In: Peled, A., (ed.), LIS/GIS
’98, Department of Geography, University of Haifa, 46-55 (In Hebrew).
2. Zviely, D., Kit, E., Klein, M., 2003. The changes in the Haifa Bay coastline during the
years 1962-1998. In: Peled, A., (ed.), Cartography and GIS, Department of Geography
and Survey of Israel, University of Haifa, 10 pp., on CD (In Hebrew).
3. Zviely, D., Kit, E., Klein, M., 2004. Changes in the Haifa Bay coastline position in the
years 1862-1998. In: Sharni, D., Etmoded 22, 32-36 (In Hebrew).
4. Zviely, D., Rosen, B., 2004. The carriers and the air combat from the sea, in the ww1 in
Israel. Ma'arachot, 395, 48-57 (In Hebrew).
5. Zviely, D., Kit, E., Klein, M., 2006. The impact of the Haifa Port construction on the
coastline morphological changes along the Haifa Bay coasts. Water and Environment 68,
16-30 (In Hebrew).
6. Galili, E., Rosen, B., Stern, E.J., Finkielsztejn, G., Kool, R., Bahat-Zilberstein, N.,
Sharvit, Y., Kahanov, Y., Friedman, Z., Zviely, D., 2007. New insights on Maritime
Akko revealed by underwater and coastal archaeological research. Israeli Society for
Aquatic Sciences, Forth annual meeting, 30.5.2007, Haifa University, pp. 64-74.
7. Lichter, M., Klein, M., Zviely, D., 2007. Dynamic morphology of the Na'aman river
mouth, Israel. 2nd International Symposium flood forecasting and management with GIS
and Remote Sensing (FM2S'07). Three Gorges, China, 10-13/9/07, 8 pp., on CD.
8. Ronen, A., Kolska-Horowitz, L., Mienis, H.K, Galili, E., Zviely, D., Mienis, H.K., 2007.
Mousterian sites in the Carmel coast. Qadmoniot 134, 75-81 (In Hebrew).
9. Galili, E., Zviely, D., Salamon, A., Rosen, B., 2009. Port and Mooring installations in
Caesarea and the destruction of Herodian harbour – Update assessment based on
underwater surveys and excavations. Michmanei-Caesarea, summaries and studies on
Caesarea and its area, in the memorial of Amnon Kidron, 51-76 (In Hebrew).
10. Zviely, D., 2009. The future of sea level: The impact of present sea-level rise on Haifa
Bay area morphological changes, Water and Environment 74, 93-110 (In Hebrew).
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Abstracts in International Conferences
1. Zviely, D., Klein, M., Rosen, D.S., 2000. The impact of the Herzliya marina, Israel, on
the width of its neighboring beaches. 27th International conference on Coastal
Engineering (ICCE), book of abstracts, Vol. 2, poster No. 62, Sydney, Australia.
2. Klein, M., Zviely, D., Kit, E., Shteinman, B., 2004. Experimental study of sediment
transport along the central Mediterranean coast of Israel by means of fluorescent sand
tracers. Eos transaction, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting, Supplement
band 85 (47), Ocean Sciences, OS 21B-1215, F1010, San Francisco.
3. Sivan, D., Zviely, D., 2005. Late Pleistocene – Holocene geological history of Haifa Bay,
Israel, and its influence on human settlement. Dunkerque 2005. A joint INQUA - IGCP
495 Meeting on Late Quaternary coastal change sea level, sedimentary forcing and
anthropogenic impacts.
4. Porat, N., Sivan, D., Zviely D., 2006. Mid-Holocene eastern Mediterranean sea-level
stabilization, Haifa Bay, Israel. The annual UK luminescence and ESR dating research
meeting, Book of abstracts, 45, Liverpool.
5. Sivan, D., Porat, N., Zviely D., 2007. Luminescence ages shed light on Late Holocene sea
level stabilization and coastline migration in Haifa Bay, Israel. XVII INQUA Congress
2007, Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Australia; Quaternary International.
6. Galili, E., Zviely, D., Bresler, G., Brachya, V., Rosen, B., 2009. Ancient coastal
settlements of Israel endangered cultural resource. MED & BLACK SEA ICM 08.
Akyaka, Turkey.
Abstracts in Scientific Conferences in Israel
1. Zviely, D., Klein, M., 1998. The influence of the marina in Herzlia on the neighboring
beach - Predictions and Observations. In: Galil, B., Mart, Y., (eds.), 10th Conference on
the Mediterranean continental shelf of Israel. Israel Oceanographic & Limnological
Research, Haifa, 26-29 and 64-66 (In Hebrew and English).
2. Zviely, D., Klein, M., 1998. The impact of the Herzliya Marina on the neighboring beach.
Israeli Geographical Association, Annual conference, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 99
(In Hebrew).
3. Zviely, D., Klein, M., 1999. The impact of the coastal constructions in southern Lebanon
on the neighboring beach. Israeli Geographical Association, Annual conference, Haifa
University, 80-81 (In Hebrew).
4. Zviely, D., Klein, M., Grinker, B., 1999. The impact of the construction of the marina in
Herzliya on the neighboring beaches morphology. In: Galil, B., Mart, Y., (eds.), 11th
Conference on the Mediterranean continental shelf of Israel. Israel Oceanographic &
Limnological Research, Israel. University of Haifa, 22-24 (In Hebrew).
5. Klein, M., Zviely, D., Porat, B., 2001. The environmental impact of the Gaza coastal
construction on the coastal morphology of neighboring beaches. In: Galil, B., Mart, Y.,
(eds.), 13th Conference on the Mediterranean continental shelf of Israel. Israel
Oceanographic & Limnological Research, University of Haifa, 37-40 and 65-66 (In
Hebrew and English).
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6. Zviely, D., Klein, M., 2001. Coastal cliff retreat rate at Bait-Yannay, during the years
1918-2000. Israeli Geographical Association,, Annual conference, Tel Aviv University,
101 ( in Hebrew).
7. Zviely, D., Klein, M., Rosen, D.S., Sharvit, Y., 2001. The environmental impact of the
Gaza coastal construction on the coastal morphology of neighboring beaches. In: Galil,
B., Mart, Y., (eds.), 13th Conference on the Mediterranean continental shelf of Israel.
Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, University of Haifa, 29-32 and 74-75 (In
Hebrew and English).
8. Galili, E., Sharvit, J., Bahat-Zilberstein, N., Zviely, D., Kahanov, Y., Rosen, B., 2002.
Acre port – new finds revealed from underwater archaeological surveys. In: Galil, B.,
Mart, Y., (eds.), 14th Conference on the Mediterranean continental shelf of Israel. Israel
Oceanographic & Limnological Research, University of Haifa, 12-13 and 41-42 (In
Hebrew and English).
9. Klein, M., Zviely, D., 2002. Coastal cliff retreat rates at Bait-Yannay, Israel. Israel
Geological Society, Annual Meeting. Ma'agan, 40 and 67 (In Hebrew and English).
10. Klein, M., Zviely, D., Kit, E., Shteinman, B., Arel, E., Zinder, A., 2002. Study of
sediment transport, using fluorescent tracers, in the area of Herzliya Marina. In: Galil, B.,
Mart, Y., (eds.), 14th Conference on the Mediterranean continental shelf of Israel. Israel
Oceanographic & Limnological Research, Israel. University of Haifa, 24-27 and 51 (In
Hebrew and English).
11. Zviely, D., Klein, M., 2002. Sand sources along the Israeli coast, in particular the
contribution of the coastal cliff retreat. In: Glazer, A., Cohen, A., (eds.), The M. Dadon
Memorial Day seminar on energy facilities and marine environment. Israel Electrical
Company, Haifa, (In Hebrew).
12. Zviely, D., Klein, M., Kit, E., 2002. Haifa Bay Nilotic sand balance since the Middle
Holocene. Israeli Geographical Association, Annual conference, Ben-Gurion University
of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 123 (In Hebrew).
13. Galili, E., Weinstein-Evron, M., Zviely, D., Ronen, A., 2003. Holocene paleolandscapes
in the northern Carmel coast, Israel. Israel Geological Society, Annual Meeting. Ein
Boqeq, 37 (In Hebrew and English).
14. Klein, M., Lichter, M., Zviely, D., 2004. Recent sea level changes in the Israeli coast and
northern Mediterranean Sea. In: Kutiel, H., The Mediterranean, problems and challenges
in the begging of the 21th century, Haifa University, 7-8 (In Hebrew).
15. Zviely, D., Kit, E., Klein, M., 2004. Nilotic quartz sand deposited in Haifa Bay during the
Holocene and its importance for better understanding of sediment transport along the
Mediterranean coast of Israel. The Israeli Association of Aquatic for Sciences, 1th annual
conference, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 29-30 (English and Hebrew).
16. Galili, E., Zviely, D., Ronen, A., Mienis, H.K., 2006. Beach deposits of the Last
Interglacial highstand as indicators for tectonic stability of the Carmel coast, in the last
125,000 years. The Israeli Association of Aquatic for Sciences, 3th annual conference,
University of Haifa, Ramat Gan, 9 2-26 (In Hebrew).
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17. Klein, M., Zviely, D., Kit, E., Shteinman, B., 2006. Sediment transport in the Herzliya
coasts: Experimental study by means of fluorescent sand tracers. Israeli Geographical
Association, Annual conference, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 103-104 (Hebrew).
18. Lichter, M., Zviely, D., Klein, M., 2006. Morphological changes in the Na'aman River
outlet. Israeli Geographical Association, Annual conference, Tel-Aviv University, 83 (In
Hebrew).
19. Zviely, D., Goren, H., Rosen, B., 2006. Accuracy evaluation of the first measured maps
of Haifa Bay in the 19th century. Israeli Geographical Association, Annual conference,
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 97 (In Hebrew).
20. Galili, E., Zviely, D., Ronen, A., Mienis, H.K., 2007. Beach deposits of MIS 5e high sea
stand and the tectonic stability of the Carmel coast, Northern Israel. Israel Geological
Society, Annual Meeting., 8 and 40 (Hebrew and English abstracts).
21. Salomon, A., Na’aman, I., Zviely, D., Bitton, R., 2007. Zones of required investigation
for liquefaction hazard in the Western Zevulun Plain, Israel. Neve Zohar, 26 and 106
(Hebrew and English abstracts).
22. Zviely, D., Galili, E., Ronen, A., Ben-Avraham, Z., 2007. The possible uplift of western
Mount Carmel since the Middle Pleistocene. Israel Geological Society, Annual Meeting,
Neve Zohar, 32 and 144 (Hebrew and English abstracts).
23. Galili, E., Salomon, A., Zviely, D., 2008. Decline of Carmel coast sites: Neolithic village
Atlit-Yam and Caesarea harbor - gradual or catastrophic. Israel Geological Society,
Annual Meeting, Nazareth, 8 and 26 (Hebrew and English abstracts).
24. Zviely, D., Salomon, A., Galili, E., Bakler, N., 2008. The possible subsidence of Haifa
Bay since the Late Pleistocene - New evidences. Israel Geological Society, Annual
Meeting, Nazareth, 26 and 124 (Hebrew and English abstracts).
25. Galili, E., Sevketoglu, M., Salamon, A., Zviely, D., Mienis, H.K., Rosen, B, Moshkovitz,
S., 2009. Quaternary beach deposits, coastal morphology, tectonics and sea-level changes,
on the coast of Northern Cyprus, and their possible implications on Neolithic
colonization. Israel Geological Society, Annual Meeting, Kfar Blum, 33 and 51 (Hebrew
and English abstracts).
26. Salamon, A., Zviely, D., Rosensaft, M., Lehmann, T., Heimann, A., Avramov, R., 2009.
The zones requiring investigation for liquefaction hazard in the coastal plain of Israel.
Israel Geological Society, Annual Meeting, Kfar Blum, 50 and 115 (Hebrew and English
abstracts).