Prof. Dov Avigad

 

Our group focuses on the study of continental crust development with an emphasis on tectonics, petrology and geochronology of ancient and young urogens, and Provence studies on land and sea. The research is based on observations and sampling of selected sites in the field (in Israel and abroad) and laboratory research with an emphasis on micro-analysis of rocks and minerals using advanced analytical instrumentation. 

 

Our recent research focuses on the study of the Precambrian basemente in the Eilat area, the sources of the clastic sediments penetrated by deep sea drilling in the Levant basin, the development of the Alpine orogen of the Kyrenia Range in Northern Cyprus, the structure of the Alanya Complex in southern Turkey, and the geology of Europe as reflected in the geochronology of detrital minerals in the large rivers.

 

Research Methods

 

At the Institute of Earth Sciences, we established a laboratory for mineral separation (Yona Geller is a laboratory director) in which various minerals are extracted and separated (usually uranium-bearing and dateable, such as zircon and rutile). For separation we use the Institute's rock laboratory and then, in the mineral separation laboratory, we use a wilfly table, magnetic separator, heavy liquids, optical binoculars and a polarizing microscope. We use the electron microprobe laboratory at the Institute for petrologic research, and the cathodoluminescence laboratory at the Nanoscience Center of the Faculty of Natural Sciences. Analytical research is carried out using state of the art analytical instrumentation that enables high-resolution geochemical and isotopic analysis of individual mineral crystals. We perform the isotopic measurements at the Laser Ablation MC-ICP-MS laboratory at Goethe University Frankfurt (FIERCE - Frankfurt Isotope & Element Research Center at Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Germany).

 

Research Students

Adar Glazer (PhD student)

 

Chen Vardi (Master's student) 

 

Contact Us

 

Researcher: dov.avigad@mail.huji.ac.il

Lab Manager: yona.geller@mail.huji.ac.il,