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Overview

Boaz Lazar is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel and has published extensively in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work encompasses a diverse range of subfields including Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The primary research topics covered by Boaz Lazar include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Karst Systems and Hydrogeology
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide

Boaz Lazar has contributed to multiple recent scientific papers in diverse publication venues. Notable papers include:

  • Deep Submarine Groundwater Discharge-Evidence From Achziv Submarine Canyon at the Exposure of the Judea Group Confined Aquifer, Eastern Mediterranean (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Particle Triggered Reactions as an Important Mechanism of Alkalinity and Inorganic Carbon Removal in River Plumes (2021), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • Using radium isotopes to constrain the age of saline groundwater, implications to seawater intrusion in aquifers (2021), published in Journal of Hydrology
  • Droughts, flooding events, and shifts in water sources and seasonality characterize last interglacial Levant climate (2020), published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Cooling of hydrothermal fluids rich in carbon dioxide can create large karst cave systems in carbonate rocks (2023), published in Communications Earth & Environment

Frequent co-authors of Boaz Lazar include:

  • Mordechai Stein (9 collaborations)
  • Einat Aharonov (5 collaborations)
  • Nurit Weber (5 collaborations)
  • Ittai Gavrieli (5 collaborations)
  • Roi Roded (4 collaborations)

The scientist has published regularly in key venues related to their research fields. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (4 publications)
  • Quaternary Science Reviews (3 publications)
  • Geophysical Research Letters (2 publications)
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts (2 publications)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • The evaporation path of seawater and the coprecipitation of Br- and K+ with halite.

    M. A. McCaffrey;B. Lazar;H. D. Holland

  • High-Resolution Holocene Environmental Changes in the Thar Desert, Northwestern India

    Y. Enzel;Lisa L. Ely;S. Mishra;R. Ramesh

  • Coral reefs may start dissolving when atmospheric CO2 doubles

    Jacob Silverman;Jacob Silverman;Boaz Lazar;Long Cao;Ken Caldeira

  • Vertical mixing and coral death in the Red Sea following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo

    A. Genin;B. Lazar;S. Brenner

  • Evolution of the atmosphere and oceans

    H. D. Holland;B. Lazar;M. McCaffrey

  • Effect of aragonite saturation, temperature, and nutrients on the community calcification rate of a coral reef

    Jacob Silverman;Jacob Silverman;Boaz Lazar;Jonathan Erez

  • Diagenesis in live corals from the Gulf of Aqaba. I. The effect on paleo-oceanography tracers

    Rivka Enmar;Mordechai Stein;Miryam Bar-Matthews;Eytan Sass

  • Strontium stable isotopes fractionate in the soil environments

    Ludwik Halicz;Irina Segal;Noa Fruchter;Mordechai Stein

  • The composition of Permian seawater

    Juske Horita;Thomas J. Friedman;Boaz Lazar;Heinrich D. Holland

  • Geochemical evolution and timescale of seawater intrusion into the coastal aquifer of Israel

    Orit Sivan;Yoseph Yechieli;Barak Herut;Boaz Lazar

  • Taking the Metabolic Pulse of the World's Coral Reefs

    Tyler Cyronak;Andreas J. Andersson;Chris Langdon;Rebecca Albright

  • Chemical versus mechanical bioerosion of coral reefs by boring sponges - lessons from Pione cf. vastifica

    A. Zundelevich;B. Lazar;M. Ilan

  • Dynamics of the carbon dioxide system in the Dead Sea

    Eugeni Barkan;Boaz Luz;Boaz Lazar

  • The analysis of fluid inclusions in halite

    Boaz Lazar;Heinrich D. Holland

  • Carbon turnover rates in the One Tree Island reef: A 40-year perspective

    J. Silverman;D. I. Kline;L. Johnson;T. Rivlin

  • Community metabolism of a coral reef exposed to naturally varying dissolved inorganic nutrient loads

    Jacob Silverman;Jacob Silverman;Boaz Lazar;Jonathan Erez

  • Fish activity: a major mechanism for sediment resuspension and organic matter remineralization in coastal marine sediments

    Gitai Yahel;Ruthy Yahel;Timor Katz;Boaz Lazar

  • Diagenetic effects on the distribution of uranium in live and Holocene corals from the Gulf of Aqaba

    Boaz Lazar;Rivka Enmar;Michelle Schossberger;Miriam Bar-Matthews

  • Echinoid Bioerosion as a Major Structuring Force of Red Sea Coral Reefs

    O. Mokady;B. Lazar;Y. Loya

  • Phytoplankton drives nitrite dynamics in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

    Mutaz Al-Qutob;Clivia Häse;Max M. Tilzer;Boaz Lazar

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

    A Starinsky;M Bielski;B Lazar;G Steinitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Mordechai Stein
Mordechai Stein Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ittai Gavrieli
Ittai Gavrieli Geological Survey of Israel
Jonathan Erez
Jonathan Erez Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yoseph Yechieli
Yoseph Yechieli Geological Survey of Israel
Amotz Agnon
Amotz Agnon Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Steven L. Goldstein
Steven L. Goldstein Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Barak Herut
Barak Herut Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
Ken Caldeira
Ken Caldeira Carnegie Institution for Science
David I. Kline
David I. Kline University of California, San Diego
Sam Ben-Yaakov
Sam Ben-Yaakov Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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