Resumen de Sur le Tyrrhénien des côtes d'Israël et du Liban
Although the coasts of Israel and Lebanon are adjacent, correlations between the stratigraphy of the marine Pleistocene are difficult, due to the difference in the structural and morphological nature of the two coasts. Except for the Lebanon-Israel border area at Rosh Hanikra (Ras-e-Nakura), which is in effect a continuation of the Lebanese coastal structure, Strombus bubonius so common in the Lebanon, is apparently or almost not existing in the Pleistocene of Israel. The stratigraphy of the marine Pleistocene of Israel was therefore based mainly on the occurence of Marginopora Sp. of Tyrrhenian age and on Hyalinea baltica of Calabrian age. The assumption that the warm water foraminiferae Marginopora Sp. is attributed to the Tyrrhenian stage of the Pleistocene has been strengthened by the recent finding of Marginopora Sp. directly over Strombus Cf. bubonius layer at Rosh Hanikra. The finding of Marginopora in Lebanon and Cyprus should enable a better stratigraphie correlation of the Pleistocene between these countries.
