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Two hypotheses explaining the origin of the present coastline of Israel, one postulating a tectonic, the other merely a wave-abrasion mechanism, have long been the subject of controversy. The arguments supporting a tectonic origin of the coastline are its linearity and the fact that it consists of an almost continuous line of low cliffs from Khan Yunis in the south to Mount Carmel in the north. The chief argument for an abrasional origin was the dominant trend of the waves coming from the west, perpendicular to that part of the coastline.
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NEEV, D., BAKLER, N., MOSHKOVITZ, S. et al. Recent Faulting along the Mediterranean Coast of Israel. Nature 245, 254–256 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/245254a0
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