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The geology of Israel includes igneous and metamorphic crystalline basement rocks from the Precambrian overlain by a lengthy sequence of sedimentary rocks extending up to the Pleistocene and overlain with alluvium, sand dunes and playa deposits.[1]

  1. ^ Sneh, A.; Bartov, Y.; Rosensaft, M. (1998). Geological Map of Israel (Map). State of Israel: Ministry of National Infrastructures-Geological Survey of Israel.

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