Prof. Boris Khesin
Phones: 972-8-6477511, 052-891-0482. Fax: 972-8-6472997. E-mail: khesin@bgu.ac.il
Born: 1932, Baku, Azerbaijan
Research interests: Integrated geophysics, mineral prospecting, studies of long-term seismic
activity, hidden target revealing by geophysical methods (hydrogeological, engineeringgeological, environmental, archaeological and military studies), information-statistical
techniques, potential fields, mountainous and temperate/tropical-latitude regions.
General information: Khesin Boris graduated M.Sc. with honors (Mining EngineerGeophysicist Diploma of Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute, 1954), Ph.D. (Baku,
1965), D.Sc. (Moscow, 1982), and Full Professor. From 1991 he works as professor at the
Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences (Ben-Gurion University of the
Negev). Prof. Khesin is expert of INTAS program. He performed integrated geophysical
prospecting of oil and gas, fresh and thermal waters, ore and non-metallic deposits,
geophysical studies of environmental, archeological and other targets in Caucasus, Siberia,
Kazakhstan and Israel. Prof. Khesin developed geophysical survey methodology for
mountainous regions and (with participation of his Ph.D. students) interpretation system for
complicated environments: uneven topography, inclined magnetization (usual for wide zone
of temperate and tropical latitudes), and heterogeneous media. This system includes original
information-statistical techniques for hidden (deep and shallow) targets revealing and longterm seismicity zoning. Prof. Khesin has 252 scientific works, including 10 books. 1 Book, 32
articles and 45 abstracts for Israeli and International Conferences were published during the
last sixteen years. Part of them was devoted to energy and water provision and seismic
security of Israel. Leading professional journals of the USSR and USA published benevolent
reviews to Khesin’s main books. He is Active Member of international Society of Exploration
Geophysicists and Presidium Member of Israeli Association of Scientists-Newcomers.
Publications:
BOOKS (1-9 in Russian):
1. Aleskerova Z., Rostovtcev N., Kritsuk Yu., Khesin B. et al. 1958. Geological structure and
oil-and-gas potential of the West-Siberia Lowland. Gosgeoltekhizdat, Moscow.
2. Khesin B. and Shachnazaryan A. 1965. Geohydrological investigations of Azerbaijan with
the use of electric prospecting. VIEMS, Moscow.
3. Khesin B. 1969. Mining geophysics in mountainous regions. Nedra, Moscow.
4. Alexeyev V. and Khesin B. 1971. Peculiarities of the interpretation of magnetic anomalies
in the orogens of southern part of the USSR. VIEMS, Moscow.
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5. Khesin B. 1976. Prognosis and localization of hidden mineralization in mountainous
regions on the basis of geophysical data. Nedra, Moscow.
6. Ismail-Zade T., Gadjiev T., Khesin B. et al. 1983. Petromagnetic characteristics of
Azerbaijan. Elm, Baku.
7. Khesin B., Alexeyev V., and Metaxa Kh. 1983. Interpretation of magnetic anomalies in the
conditions of oblique magnetization and rugged topography. Nedra, Moscow.
8. Gadjiev T., Karkoshkin A., Khesin B. et al. 1984. Petrodensity characteristics of geological
structures in Azerbaijan. Azerneshr, Baku.
9. Alexeyev V., Gadjiev T., Karkoshkin A. and Khesin B. 1989. Gravity and magnetic
anomalies of Azerbaijan and their geological interpretation. Map printing factory, Leningrad.
10. Khesin B., Alexeyev V. and Eppelbaum L. 1996. Interpretation of Geophysical Fields in
Complicated Environments. Bookseries: "Modern Approaches in Geophysics", vol. 14.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London.
THE LATEST SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES
75. Eppelbaum L., Itkis S. and Khesin B. 2000. Optimization of magnetic investigations at
archaeological sites of Israel. - Special issue of Prospezioni Archeologiche “Filtering,
Modeling and Interpretation of Geophysical Fields at Archaeological Objects”, p. 65-92.
76. Khesin B. 2000. Potential of geophysical methods for ore and non-metallic deposits
prospecting in Israel. - The Israel Mineral Science and Engineering Association, The
Fifteenth Conference, Haifa, p. E-53 – E-58.
77. Eppelbaum, L. V., Khesin, B. E. and Itkis, S. E. 2001. Prompt magnetic investigations of
archaeological remains in areas of infrastructure development: Israeli experience. Journal of
Archaeological Prospection, vol. 8, p. 163-185.
78. Khesin B. 2001. Seismotectonic map of Israel as a scientific base for building and
infrastructure development. Scientific issues of “Scientists of the South” Association, issue 2,
p. 5-19.
79. Khesin B., Feinstein S. and Eyal Y. 2001. Identification of hidden geological features in
Sinai using statistical reduction of gravity anomalies. Journal of Africa Geoscience Review,
vol. 8, Nos. 3 & 4, p. 365-378.
80. Khesin B. 2001. Induced polarization method as a tool for the study of seawater invasion
into coastal aquifer. - Scientific Israel – Technological Advantages, vol. 3, No. 1-2
“Environmental Engineering and Composite Materials”, p. 12-19.
81. Khesin B. E. and Itkis S. E. 2002. Revision of aeromagnetic data: ground magnetic
investigations of altered sedimentary rocks (Hatrurim basin, Israel). – Proceedings of the
Estonian Academy of Sciences, GEOLOGY, vol. 51, No. 1 (Special issue on geophysics), p.
16-32.
82. Eppelbaum L. and Khesin B. 2002. Some common aspects of magnetic, induced
polarization and self-potential anomalies interpretation: Implication for ore targets
localization. – Proceedings of the 4th Intern. Symp. on Eastern Mediterr. Geology. Isparta,
Turkey, p. 279-293.
83. Khesin B. 2002. Deep structure map as a scientific basis for prognosis of mineral
resources in Israel. - Scientific Israel – Technological Advantages, vol. 4, Nos. 1-2, p. 103116.
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84. Khesin B. 2002. Potential of geophysical methods for the solution of geoecological
problems in the Beer-Sheva – Ramat Hovav area. Scientific issues of “Scientists of the South”
Association, issue 3, p. 1-17.
85. Itkis S., Khesin B., Eppelbaum L. and Khalaily H. 2003. Archaeological site Eynan (Hula
Valley, northern Israel): Magnetic prospecting reveals new features. - Israel Journal of Earth
Sciences, vol. 52, Nos. 3-4, p. 209-219.
86. Khesin B. 2004. Gas-hydrate deposits in east Mediterranean: New challenge for
geological-geophysical prospecting. - Scientific Israel – Technological Advantages, vol. 6,
Nos. 1-2, p. 63-66.
87. Eppelbaum L. V., Itkis S. E., and Khesin B. E. 2004. Initial visualization of magnetic
survey results at the Prehistoric archaeological sites in Israel. – Proceedings of the 5th Intern.
Symp. on Eastern Mediterranean Geology. Thessaloniki, Greece, vol. 2, p. 747-750.
88. Eppelbaum L. V. and Khesin B. E. 2004. Advanced 3D modelling of gravity field
unmasks reserves of a pyrite-polymetallic deposit: A case study from the Greater Caucasus. –
First Break, EAGE, vol. 22, November 2004, p. 53-56.
89. Khesin B. 2005. Use of geophysical methods for the solution of environmental problems
in Israel. – HAIT Journal of Science and Engineering, vol. 2, issues 1-2, p. 95-124
90. Khesin B., Feinstein S., Vapnik Ye., Itkis S. and Leonhardt R. 2005. Magnetic study of
metamorphosed sedimentary rocks of the Hatrurim formation, Israel. – Geophysical Journal
International, vol. 162, p. 49-63.
91. Khesin B. and Feinstein S. 2005. Phanerozoic rock magnetization in southern and central
Israel. - Israel Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 54, No. 2, p. 97-111.
92. Khesin B. 2005. Mineral resources of Israel and possibilities of their geophysical
prospecting. - Scientific issues of “Scientists of the South” Association, issue 4, p. 3-18.
93. Eppelbaum L. V., Khesin B. E., and Itkis S. E. 2006. Specifics of geophysical
investigations at the archaeological sites in Israel. – Russian archaeology, No. 1, p. 59-70 (in
Russian).
94. Khesin B., Feinstein S., and Itkis S. 2007. Possible sources of magnetic anomalies over
thermally metamorphosed carbonate rocks of the Mottled Zone in Israel. – In: Ed. G.
Stracher, GSA Engineering Geology Coal Fires Book (in press).
THE LATEST PAPERS PRESENTED AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
56. Khesin B., Itkis S. 2000. Magnetic prospecting of altered sedimentary rocks of the
Hatrurim Basin (Israel). - 25th General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, SE28,
Nice, France.
57. Khesin B., Metaxas Ch. 2000. Revealing of main faults within collision zone of
Arabian/Russian plates by geophysical features. - 25th General Assembly of the European
Geophysical Society, SE1, Nice, France.
58. Khesin B., Metaxas Ch. 2000. Levantine and South-Caspian Basins as products of
shearing geodynamics: Similarity and difference in their structural and geophysical
characteristics. - The First Stephan Mueller Conference of the European Geophysical Society,
Dead Sea, Israel, p. 84.
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59. Khesin B. 2000. Information-statistical methods for geophysical field interpretation. - 31st
International Geological Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil , SESSION 16-2.
60. Khesin B. and Itkis S. 2000. The revision of aeromagnetic data: Ground magnetic
investigations of altered sedimentary rocks (Hatrurim basin, Israel). - In: Geophysics in the
Baltic region: Problems and prospects for the new millennium. International Conference.
Abstracts, Tallinn, Estonia, p. 28-29.
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61. Khesin B. 2000. Seismic-tectonic regioning as a base for the planning of seismic-stable
building. – Seismic-stable building – Seminar of scientists-repatriates, Technion, Haifa, p. 7
(In Hebrew). p. 51 (In Russian).
62. Khesin B. 2000. Potential of geophysical methods for ore and non-metallic deposits
prospecting in Israel. - The 15th Meeting of Mineral Engineering. The Israel Mineral Science
and Engineering Association. Haifa.
63. Eppelbaum L. and Khesin B. 2001. Some common aspects of magnetic, induced
polarization and self-potential anomalies interpretation: Implication for ore targets
localization. –Trans. of the 4th Intern. Symp. on Eastern Mediterr. Geology. Isparta, Turkey.
64. Eppelbaum L. and Khesin B. 2001. Disturbing factors in geophysical investigations at
archaelogical sites and ways of their elimination. – In: Archaelogical Prospection (Eds.
Doneus M., Eder-Hinterleitner A., Neubauer W.). Fourth International Conference on
Archaeological Prospection. Vienna, p. 99-101.
65. Itkis S. E., Khesin B. E. and Feinstein S. 2002. Detailed Magnetic Prospecting at
Archaeological Sites of Israel – Complications and Physical-Archaeological Models. –
Extended Abstracts, 64th EAGE Conference & Exhibition. Florence, vol. 2, P278, p. 1-4.
66. Itkis S. E., Khesin B. E. and Feinstein S. 2003. Detailed ground magnetic prospecting of
archaeological sites in Israel. - Abstracts, Israel Geological Society, Annual Meeting, Ein
Boqeq, p. 58.
67. Itkis S. E., Khesin B. E. and Goren Y. 2003. Magnetic prospecting at the Calcolitic site
Kissufim Road: Evaluation of its boundaries and new objects using modeling of main
archaeological features. – Abstracts, ARCHEOMETRIE 2003, Bordeaux, p. 145.
68. Eppelbaum L. V., Khesin B. E., Itkis S. E. and Ben-Avraham, Z. 2004. Advanced analysis
of self-potential dat in ore deposits and archaeological sites. Trans. of the 10th Europian
Meeting of Environmental and Engiinering Geophysics. Utrecht, The Netherlands.
69. Eppelbaum L. V., Itkis S. E., and Khesin B. E. 2005. Detailed magnetic survey unmasks
Prehistoric archaeological sites in Israel. – Proceedings of the EAGE 67th Conference &
Exhibition. Madrid, Spain, p. 1-4.
70. Eppelbaum L. V., Itkis S. E., and Khesin B. E. 2005. Detailed magnetic survey unmasks
Prehistoric archaeological sites in Israel. – Proceedings of the EAGE 67th Conference &
Exhibition. Madrid, Spain, p. 1-4.
71. Eppelbaum, L.V., Khesin, B.E. and Itkis, S.E., 2006. Modern geophysical methodologies
as reliable tool for reducing risk of archaeological heritage destruction. Trans. of the Intern.
Conf. on Mathematical Geophysics, Sea of Galilee, Israel, p. 35.