Israel Zak

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Israel Zak is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Israel Zak has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Atmospheric Science, 10 papers in Oceanography and 8 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Israel Zak's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers), Marine and environmental studies (9 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (8 papers). Israel Zak is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers), Marine and environmental studies (9 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (8 papers). Israel Zak collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and United Kingdom. Israel Zak's co-authors include William T. Holser, I. R. Kaplan, Hitoshi Sakai, Raphael Freund, George E. Claypool, Zvi Garfunkel, M. Goldberg, Tuvia Weissbrod, Amos Frumkin and Mordeckai Magaritz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Earth-Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Israel Zak

20 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The age curves of sulfur and oxygen isotopes in marine sulfate and their mutual interpretation

1980 1.6k citations George E. Claypool, William T. Holser et al. Chemical Geology profile →
A discussion on the structure and evolution of the Red Sea and the nature of the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Ethiopia rift junction - The shear along the Dead Sea rift

1970 499 citations Raphael Freund, Zvi Garfunkel et al. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Israel Zak Israel	13	1.8k	1.1k	829	761	545	21	3.2k
Rodger E. Denison United States	20	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	901 1.1×	1.3k 1.7×	239 0.4×	32	2.5k
J.R. Lawrence United States	27	962 0.5×	1.4k 1.3×	1.2k 1.5×	446 0.6×	242 0.4×	49	3.1k
M. J. Bickle United Kingdom	38	2.9k 1.6×	831 0.8×	900 1.1×	593 0.8×	803 1.5×	78	4.1k
Fernando Barriga Portugal	27	1.5k 0.9×	868 0.8×	494 0.6×	518 0.7×	569 1.0×	70	3.0k
Norbert Clauer France	35	2.4k 1.4×	831 0.8×	1.1k 1.4×	648 0.9×	597 1.1×	148	3.8k
H. Chapman United Kingdom	35	2.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	379 0.5×	706 1.3×	65	3.8k
Tadeusz Marek Peryt Poland	32	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	541 0.7×	1.6k 2.1×	217 0.4×	177	3.2k
F. J. Pettijohn United States	16	1.6k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	942 1.1×	712 0.9×	726 1.3×	29	3.6k
Frank T. Manheim United States	28	619 0.3×	686 0.6×	1.4k 1.7×	571 0.8×	272 0.5×	93	2.9k
Hervé Chamley France	23	980 0.5×	1.5k 1.4×	458 0.6×	602 0.8×	152 0.3×	96	2.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Frumkin, Amos, Shachak Peʼeri, & Israel Zak. (2021). Development of banded terrain in an active salt diapir: potential analog to Mars. Geomorphology. 389. 107824–107824. 8 indexed citations

Garcı́a-Veigas, Javier, Laura Rosell, Israel Zak, et al.. (2009). Evidence of potash salt formation in the Pliocene Sedom Lagoon (Dead Sea Rift, Israel). Chemical Geology. 265(3-4). 499–511. 33 indexed citations

Zak, Israel. (2008). Evolution of the Dead Sea Brines. 11 indexed citations

Raab, M., Gerald M. Friedman, Baruch Spiro, A. Starinsky, & Israel Zak. (2000). The geological history of pliocene-pleistocene evaporites in Mount Sedom (Israel) and how strontium and sulfur isotopes relate to their origin. Carbonates and Evaporites. 15(2). 93–114. 4 indexed citations

Stein, Mordechai, A. Starinsky, Amotz Agnon, et al.. (2000). The impact of brine-rock interaction during marine evaporite formation on the isotopic Sr record in the oceans: evidence from Mt. Sedom, Israel. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 64(12). 2039–2053. 72 indexed citations

Raab, M., Gerald M. Friedman, Baruch Spiro, A. Starinsky, & Israel Zak. (1997). The geological history of Messinian (upper miocene) evaporites in the Central Jordan Valley (Israel) and how strontium and sulfur isotopes relate to their origin. Carbonates and Evaporites. 12(2). 296–324. 18 indexed citations

Frumkin, Amos, Mordeckai Magaritz, Israel Carmi, & Israel Zak. (1991). The Holocene climatic record of the salt caves of Mount Sedom Israel. The Holocene. 1(3). 191–200. 118 indexed citations

Rozenson, I., Baruch Spiro, & Israel Zak. (1982). Transformation of Iron-Bearing Kaolinite to Iron-Free Kaolinite, Goethite, and Hematite. Clays and Clay Minerals. 30(3). 207–214. 12 indexed citations

Garfunkel, Zvi, Israel Zak, & Raphael Freund. (1981). Active faulting in the dead sea rift. Tectonophysics. 80(1-4). 1–26. 401 indexed citations

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Zak, Israel & Raphael Freund. (1981). Asymmetry and basin migration in the dead sea rift. Tectonophysics. 80(1-4). 27–38. 104 indexed citations

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Rozenson, I., Israel Zak, & Baruch Spiro. (1980). The distribution and behavior of iron in sequences of dolomites, clays and oxides. Chemical Geology. 31. 83–96. 5 indexed citations

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Claypool, George E., William T. Holser, I. R. Kaplan, Hitoshi Sakai, & Israel Zak. (1980). The age curves of sulfur and oxygen isotopes in marine sulfate and their mutual interpretation. Chemical Geology. 28. 199–260. 1611 indexed citations breakdown →

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Holser, William T., I. R. Kaplan, Hitoshi Sakai, & Israel Zak. (1979). Isotope geochemistry of oxygen in the sedimentary sulfate cycle. Chemical Geology. 25(1-2). 1–17. 72 indexed citations

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Zak, Israel. (1976). Gilbert Gaucher and Sylvie Burdin, Geologie, geomorphologie et hydrologie des terrains salés, Press Universitaires de France (1974), p. 240 F.F.40.00.. Earth-Science Reviews. 12(1). 69–70.

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Zak, Israel & J.R. Gat. (1975). Saline waters and residual brines in the Shiraz-Sarvistan basin, Iran. Chemical Geology. 16(3). 179–188. 13 indexed citations

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Weiler, Yehezkiel, Eytan Sass, & Israel Zak. (1974). Halite oolites and ripples in the Dead Sea, Israel. Sedimentology. 21(4). 623–632. 21 indexed citations

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Heller‐Kallai, L., Y. Nathan, & Israel Zak. (1973). Clay mineralogy of Triassic sediments in southern Israel and Sinai. Sedimentology. 20(4). 513–521. 4 indexed citations

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Freund, Raphael, et al.. (1970). A discussion on the structure and evolution of the Red Sea and the nature of the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Ethiopia rift junction - The shear along the Dead Sea rift. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 267(1181). 107–130. 499 indexed citations breakdown →

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Horowitz, Aharon & Israel Zak. (1968). Preliminary palynological analysis of an evaporitic sequence from Mount Sedom (Israel). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 7(1). 25–29. 4 indexed citations

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Freund, Raphael, et al.. (1968). Age and Rate of the Sinistral Movement along the Dead Sea Rift. Nature. 220(5164). 253–255. 204 indexed citations

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