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Yoseph Yechieli is affiliated with the Geological Survey of Israel. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions to Environmental Science. Their work spans various subfields including Geochemistry and Petrology, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Archeology, and Oceanography.

The scientist's research encompasses several core topics such as:

  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Karst Systems and Hydrogeology
  • Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods

Yoseph Yechieli has published extensively, with frequent appearances in journals such as the Journal of Hydrology, The Science of The Total Environment, Hydrogeology Journal, Water Research, and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

Some recent papers include:

  • The effects of long-term saline groundwater pumping for desalination on the fresh-saline water interface: Field observations and numerical modeling (2020), The Science of The Total Environment
  • Redox condition of saline groundwater from coastal aquifers influences reverse osmosis desalination process (2020), Water Research
  • Identifying recharge processes into a vast "fossil" aquifer based on dynamic groundwater 81Kr age evolution (2020), Journal of Hydrology
  • Displacement of springs and changes in groundwater flow regime due to the extreme drop in adjacent lake levels: The Dead Sea rift (2020), Journal of Hydrology
  • Controls on the 36Cl/Cl input ratio of paleo-groundwater in arid environments: New evidence from 81Kr/Kr data (2020), The Science of The Total Environment

The scientist regularly collaborates with other researchers, frequently co-authoring papers with Avihu Burg, Roland Purtschert, Roi Ram, Reika Yokochi, and Zheng-Tian Lu. Their collaborations reflect a strong network within their research community.

Best Publications

  • Hydrogeologic processes in saline systems: playas, sabkhas, and saline lakes

    Yoseph Yechieli;Warren W Wood

  • 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

  • Late Quaternary Geological History of the Dead Sea Area, Israel

    Y. Yechieli;M. Magaritz;Y. Levy;U. Weber

  • Contamination of groundwater under cultivated fields in an arid environment, central Arava Valley, Israel

    O Oren;Y Yechieli;J.K Böhlke;A Dody

  • Abrupt aridities and salt deposition in the post-glacial Dead Sea and their North Atlantic connection

    Mordechai Stein;Adi Torfstein;Ittai Gavrieli;Yoseph Yechieli

  • Sinkhole “swarms” along the Dead Sea coast: Reflection of disturbance of lake and adjacent groundwater systems

    Yoseph Yechieli;Meir Abelson;Amos Bein;Onn Crouvi

  • Combined time‐series resistivity and geochemical tracer techniques to examine submarine groundwater discharge at Dor Beach, Israel

    P. W. Swarzenski;W. C. Burnett;W. J. Greenwood;B. Herut

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

    Orit Sivan;Yoseph Yechieli;Barak Herut;Boaz Lazar

  • Reevaluation of the Lake-Sediment Chronology in the Dead Sea Basin, Israel, Based on New 230Th/U dates

    Aaron Kaufman;Yoseph Yechieli;Michael Gardosh

  • Direct measurements of floodwater infiltration into shallow alluvial aquifers

    Ofer Dahan;Yuval Shani;Yehouda Enzel;Yoseph Yechieli

  • Will the Dead Sea die

    Yoseph Yechieli;Ittai Gavrieli;Brian Berkowitz;Daniel Ronen

  • Collapse-sinkholes and radar interferometry reveal neotectonics concealed within the Dead Sea basin

    Meir Abelson;Gidon Baer;Vladimir Shtivelman;Daniel Wachs

  • Fresh-Saline Ground Water Interface in the Western Dead Sea Area

    Yoseph Yechieli

  • What is the role of fresh groundwater and recirculated seawater in conveying nutrients to the coastal ocean

    Yishai Weinstein;Yoseph Yechieli;Yehuda Shalem;William C. Burnett

  • Response of the Mediterranean and Dead Sea coastal aquifers to sea level variations

    Y. Yechieli;E. Shalev;S. Wollman;Y. Kiro

  • Measurement and analysis of dissolution patterns in rock fractures

    Peter Erik Dijk;Brian Berkowitz;Yoseph Yechieli

  • Evolution of the Dead Sea sinkholes

    Meir Abelson;Yoseph Yechieli;Onn Crouvi;Gidon Baer

  • In situ monitoring of water percolation and solute transport using a vadose zone monitoring system.

    Ofer Dahan;Ruti Talby;Yoseph Yechieli;Eilon Adar

  • Salt dissolution and sinkhole formation along the Dead Sea shore

    Eyal Shalev;Vladimir Lyakhovsky;Yoseph Yechieli

  • Biased Monitoring of Fresh Water‐Salt Water Mixing Zone in Coastal Aquifers

    Eyal Shalev;Ariel Lazar;Stuart Wollman;Shushanna Kington

  • Factors controlling the configuration of the fresh–saline water interface in the Dead Sea coastal aquifers: synthesis of TDEM surveys and numerical groundwater modeling

    Y. Yechieli;U. Kafri;M. Goldman;C. I. Voss

  • Aquifer Characteristics Derived From the Interaction Between Water Levels of a Terminal Lake (Dead Sea) and an Adjacent Aquifer

    Y. Yechieli;D. Ronen;B. Berkowitz;W. S. Dershowitz

  • Tide-induced fluctuations of salinity and groundwater level in unconfined aquifers – Field measurements and numerical model

    Elad Levanon;Yoseph Yechieli;Haim Gvirtzman;Eyal Shalev

Frequent Co-Authors

Ittai Gavrieli
Ittai Gavrieli Geological Survey of Israel
Boaz Lazar
Boaz Lazar Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mordechai Stein
Mordechai Stein Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Barak Herut
Barak Herut Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
Roland Purtschert
Roland Purtschert University of Bern
Noam Weisbrod
Noam Weisbrod Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Elisabetta Boaretto
Elisabetta Boaretto Weizmann Institute of Science
Abraham Starinsky
Abraham Starinsky Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Vladimir Lyakhovsky
Vladimir Lyakhovsky Geological Survey of Israel
Gidon Baer
Gidon Baer Geological Survey of Israel

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