A Little About Me...

1965

B.A. in Geology, from Queens College.

1968

M.S. in Geology, from Florida State University.

1972

Ph.D. from the Dept of Geochemistry and Geophysics at Rice University.

Research Topics:

Recent students-

Ph.D. students

• Yosef Guttman-1999-Defining flow systems and groundwater interactions in the multi-aquifer system of the Carmel Coast region.
• Irina Motnenko-1999- Lithology of modern sediments on the Israeli shelf and the effects of anthropogenic pollution-(Awarded with Honors- Moscow State University)
• Vasily Rogojin-2000- The use of natural isotopes as an aid in studying the geohydrological processes in the multi-aquiferal system of the Haifa Bay region. (. Awarded the Israel Mineral Science & Engineering Association Prize for outstanding research in hydrogeology)
• Dror Avisar- 1997-2002- Salinization processes and interaquiferal connections in the southeastern part of the Coastal Plain aquifer. (Reiger Foundation Prize for Outstanding Research)
• Israel Carmi, 2001-date- Processes that affect the isotopic composition of carbon in the unsaturated zone: implications for improved radiocarbon dating of groundwater

   

• Duncan I. Johannessen-2000- Multi-isotope geochemistry of surface and groundwater in the Avon River drainage: Hydrogeological implications ( Dalhousie University)
• Aleksandar Kacanski- 2000- Late Holocene climatic change in the Balkans: speleothem data from Serbia.

Courses

• Petrology and Geochemistry
• Quaternary Climatic Changes
• Geochronology
• Isotopic Applications in Geophysics

Collaboration With Other Institutes:

1. Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
2. Department of Geology, Istanbul University, Avcilar-Istanbul, Turkey.
3. Department of of Geological Engineering, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey.
4. Quaternary Dating Research Unit, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa.
5. Nahal Soreq Nuclear Research Center, Yavne.
6. Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem.
7. Hydrological Services of Israel, Jerusalem.
8. Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa.
9. Environment and Energy Research, Weizmann Institute of Science. Rehovot.

List of Recent Publications:

• H. Koral, J. Kronfeld, V. Yanko, N. Avsar, J.C. Vogel. Major recent tectonic uplift in Iskenderun Bay, Turkey. Radiocarbon 43: 957-964, 2001.
• M. Weinstein-Evron, J. Vogel, J. Kronfeld. Further attempts at dating the palynological sequence of the Hula Core 07, Upper Jordan Valley, Israel. Radiocarbon 43: 561-570, 2001.
• T. Schlesinger, Y. Shami, R. Dukhan, E. Ne'eman, S. Brenner, V. Butenko, Y. Laicher, U. German, E. Sverlo, E. Naim, J. Kronfeld, E. Stern, D. Ilberg.
  Measurements of the Chernobyl accident fallout in Israel and the assessment of the radiation doses to the population. in: A decade after Chernobyl: Summing up the consequences of the accident. IAEA International Conference.
  IAEA Paper Number: CN-63/351, 10 pp. 1996.
• J. Guttman, J. Kronfeld
  Fish pond leakage and ascending brines in a coastal plain aquifer (Magen Michael region, Israel), 5th Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Rabat, Maroc, p.147-150, 1997
• T. Minster,, S. Ilani, O. Yoffe, J. Kronfeld.
  Manganese as an indicator of the intensity of anoxia during the deposition of the Senonian oil shales in the Negev, Israel. Oil Shale, 14: 11-24, 1997.
• J. Kronfeld , M. Stiller.
  The fate of uranium in the lakes of the rift valley. Israel Journal of Earth Sciences, 46: 13-28, 1997.
• J. Vogel, J. Kronfeld.
  Calibration of radiocarbon dates for the late Pleistocene using U/Th dates on stalagmites.
  Radiocarbon, 39: 27-32, 1997
• V. Rogojin, I. Carmi, J. Kronfeld.
  Radiocarbon and 234U-excess dating of groundwater in the Zevulen Valley, Israel.
  Radiocarbon, 40: 945-951, 1998.
• J. C. Vogel, A.S. Talma, T.H.E. Heaton, J. Kronfeld.
  Evaluating the rate of migration of an uranium deposition front within the Uitenhage aquifer.
  Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 66: 269-276, 1999.
• N.E. Yanaki, D. Ashery, J. Kronfeld.
  Gamma-ray survey over the Helez and Kochav oil fields.
  Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 66:249-254, 1999.
• E. Rosenthal, G. Weinberger, J. Kronfeld.
  Groundwater salinization by water from Neogene and Pliocene seas occurring in the Judea Group aquifer, southern Israel.
  Ground Water, 37: 261-270, 1999.
• M. Weinstein-Evron, A. Tsatskin, N. Porat, J. Kronfeld.
  A 230Th/234U date for the Acheulo-Yarbrudian layer in the Jamal Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel.
  South African Journal of Science (Festschrift, Special volume in honor of Dr. J.C. Vogel), 95: 186-188, 1999.
• V. Yanko, J. Kennett, H. Koral, J. Kronfeld.
  Stable isotopic evidence from Holocene Sea of Marmara sediments for two-way water mass interchange between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.
  South African Journal of Science, (Festschrift, Special volume in honor of Dr. J.C. Vogel), 95: 201-204, 1999.
• A. Flexer, A. Yellin-Dror, J. Kronfeld, E. Rosenthal, Z. Ben-Avraham, P.P. Artsztein, L. Davidson.
  A Neogene salt body as the primary source of the salinity in Lake Kinneret.
  Archiv fur Hydrobiologia, 55: 45-54, 2000
• D. Avisar, J. Kronfeld, J. Kolton, E. Rosenthal, G. Weinberger. The sources of the Yarkon Springs. Radiocarbon 43: 793-800, 2001.
• Kaucanski, I. Carmi, A. Shemesh, J. Kronfeld, R. Yam, A. Flexer. Late Holocene climatic change in the Balkans: speleothem isotopic data from Serbia. Radiocarbon 43: 647-658, 2001.
• V. Rogojin, J. Kronfeld, I. Carmi, A.S. Talma. A better-developed soil profile during Biblical Times in the western Galilee: N-15 evidence in C-14 dated groundwater. Geochronometria 21: 79-84, 2002.