Zvi Garfunkel
Zvi Garfunkel (* 1938 in Kaunas ) is an Israeli geologist.
Garfunkel survived the Holocaust and came to Israel with his parents in 1948. He studied geology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem from 1958 and received his doctorate in 1970. As a post-doctoral student he was in the USA and then again at the Hebrew University in the Institute of Geosciences. In 1986 he was given a full professorship there and was head of the institute for four years. Since 1988 he has been R. Kravis Professor of Geology.
In 2006 he received the EMET Prize in particular for his contributions to research into the geology and tectonics of Israel, and there in particular the rift valley at the Dead Sea and other rift valleys. In addition, he dealt with the geology and plate tectonic history of the eastern Mediterranean basin and generally with plate tectonic processes and their connection with convection in the Earth's mantle. He was involved in the Sinai research project.
He was president of the Israeli Geological Society and received its Peretz Grader and Raphael Freund Awards.
Fonts (selection)
- Editor with Zvi Ben-Avraham, Elisa Kagan: Dead Sea Transform Fault System: Reviews, Springer 2014
- Editor: Mantle Flow and Plate Theory, Van Reinhold 1985
- The Negev, in: Sedimentology in Israel, Cyprus and Turkey: guidebook; Tenth International Congress on Sedimentology, Jerusalem, July 9-14, 1978, Geological Survey of Israel 1978
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Garfunkel, Zvi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kaunas |