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Abraham Starinsky is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specialization in subfields such as Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their work covers a range of topics including:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Geological and geophysical studies worldwide
  • Groundwater and isotope geochemistry
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Starinsky has published research articles in notable scientific journals. Recent papers include:

  • Sr isotopes in the Tortonian-Messinian Lake Bira and Gesher marshes, Northern Valleys of Israel: Implications for hydroclimate changes in East Mediterranean-Levant margins (2021, Geological Society of America Bulletin)
  • Present and paleo-hydrogeological reconstruction of a complex deep groundwater system in a tectonically active region (Golan Heights, Middle East) (2024, Hydrogeology Journal)

The scientist's frequent co-authors consist of:

  • A.G. Rozenbaum
  • Mordechai Stein
  • E. N. ZIL'BERMAN
  • Dotan Shaked Gelband
  • Amir Sandler

Starinsky's publications appear in venues such as the Geological Society of America Bulletin and the Hydrogeology Journal, reflecting engagement in both geophysical and hydrogeological research communities.

Best Publications

  • Strontium behavior in the aragonite-calcite transformation: An experimental study at 40–98°C

    A Katz;E Sass;A Starinsky;H.D Holland

  • Strontium isotopic, chemical, and sedimentological evidence for the evolution of Lake Lisan and the Dead Sea

    M. Stein;A. Starinsky;A. Katz;S.L. Goldstein

  • Coprecipitation and isotopic fractionation of boron in modern biogenic carbonates

    Avner Vengosh;Avner Vengosh;Yehoshua Kolodny;Abraham Starinsky;Allan R Chivas

  • The origin and evolution of Canadian Shield brines: evaporation or freezing of seawater? New lithium isotope and geochemical evidence from the Slave craton

    D.J. Bottomley;A. Katz;L.H. Chan;A. Starinsky

  • The impact of freshwater and wastewater irrigation on the chemistry of shallow groundwater: a case study from the Israeli Coastal Aquifer

    A. Kass;I. Gavrieli;Y. Yechieli;A. Vengosh

  • Boron isotope geochemistry as a tracer for the evolution of brines and associated hot springs from the Dead Sea, Israel

    Avner Vengosh;Avner Vengosh;Abraham Starinsky;Yehoshua Kolodny;Allan R Chivas

  • Boron isotope variations during fractional evaporation of sea water: New constraints on the marine vs. nonmarine debate

    Avner Vengosh;Abraham Starinsky;Yehoshua Kolodny;Allan R. Chivas

  • Boron isotope geochemistry of Australian salt lakes

    Avner Vengosh;Avner Vengosh;Allan R Chivas;Malcolm T McCulloch;Abraham Starinsky

  • Chemical and boron isotope compositions of non-marine brines from the Qaidam Basin, Qinghai, China

    A. Vengosh;A.R. Chivas;A. Starinsky;Y. Kolodny

  • Interpretation of spring recession curves.

    H. Amit;V. Lyakhovsky;A. Katz;A. Starinsky

  • The role of seawater freezing in the formation of subsurface brines

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  • Boron isotope and geochemical evidence for the origin of Urania and Bannock brines at the eastern Mediterranean: Effect of water-rock interactions

    Avner Vengosh;Gert J De Lange;Abraham Starinsky

  • The formation of natural cryogenic brines

    Abraham Starinsky;Amitai Katz

  • The behavior of lithium and its isotopes in oilfield brines: evidence from the Heletz-Kokhav field, Israel

    Lui-Heung Chan;Abraham Starinsky;Amitai Katz

  • Sources and transport routes of fine detritus material to the Late Quaternary Dead Sea basin

    Amit Haliva-Cohen;Mordechai Stein;Steven L. Goldstein;Amir Sandler

  • Relationship between the acidity and chemical composition of rainwater and climatological conditions along a transition zone between large deserts and Mediterranean climate, Israel

    B Herut;A Starinsky;A Katz;D Rosenfeld

  • The impact of brine-rock interaction during marine evaporite formation on the isotopic Sr record in the oceans: Evidence from Mt. Sedom, Israel

    M. Stein;A. Starinsky;A. Agnon;A. Katz

  • Stratigraphy, depositional environments and level reconstruction of the last interglacial Lake Samra in the Dead Sea basin

    Nicolas Waldmann;M. Stein;Daniel Ariztegui;A. Starinsky

  • Geology of the Hatrurim Formation (Mottled Zone') in the Hatrurim basin

    A. Burg;A. Starinsky;Y. Bartov;Y. Kolodny

  • Ra isotopes and Rn in brines and ground waters of the Jordan-Dead Sea Rift Valley: enrichment, retardation, and mixing

    Tamar Moise;Abraham Starinsky;Amitai Katz;Yehoshua Kolodny

  • Geochemical History of the Dead Sea

    Amitai Katz;Abraham Starinsky

  • Strontium isotope evidence on the history of oilfield brines, Mediterranean Coastal Plain, Israel

    A Starinsky;M Bielski;B Lazar;G Steinitz

  • Strontium in rainwater from Israel: Sources, isotopes and chemistry

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  • Sources of sulfur in rainwater as indicated by isotopic δ34S data and chemical composition, Israel

    B. Herut;B. Spiro;A. Starinsky;A. Katz

  • Thermodynamic constraints on Dead Sea evaporation: can the Dead Sea dry up?

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  • 40Ar39Ar dating of combustion metamorphism (“Mottled Zone”, Israel)

    D. Gur;G. Steinitz;Y. Kolodny;A. Starinsky

  • The solubility of halite as a function of temperature in the highly saline Dead Sea brine system

    Ittai Gavrieli;Avraham Starinsky;Amos Bein

  • Time response of the water table and saltwater transition zone to a base level drop

    Y. Kiro;Y. Yechieli;V. Lyakhovsky;E. Shalev

  • Chemical tracing of salinity sources in Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), Israel

    Yehoshua Kolodny;Amitai Katz;Abraham Starinsky;Tamar Moise

  • Lithium isotope geochemistry and origin of Canadian shield brines.

    D.J. Bottomley;L.H. Chan;A. Katz;A. Starinsky

  • The carbonate system in hypersaline solutions: Alkalinity and CaCO3 solubility of evaporated seawater

    B. Lazar;A. Starinsky;A. Katz;E. Sass

Frequent Co-Authors

Avner Vengosh
Avner Vengosh Duke University
Yehoshua Kolodny
Yehoshua Kolodny Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mordechai Stein
Mordechai Stein Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Giora J. Kidron
Giora J. Kidron Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yoseph Yechieli
Yoseph Yechieli Geological Survey of Israel
Allan R. Chivas
Allan R. Chivas University of Wollongong
Steven L. Goldstein
Steven L. Goldstein Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Vladimir Lyakhovsky
Vladimir Lyakhovsky Geological Survey of Israel
Daniel Ariztegui
Daniel Ariztegui University of Geneva
Ian D. Clark
Ian D. Clark University of Ottawa

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