Publications

The following list does not include hundreds of technical reports of GeoSense Ltd, commissioned by a series of universities, institutions, state departments and ministries, municipal authorities, public and private companies.


Basson, U., Enzel, Y., Amit, R., and Ben-Avraham, Z., 1994. Detecting and mapping recent faults with ground penetrating radar in the alluvial fans of the Arava Valley, Israel. Fifth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, June 12-16, 1994, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Vol. 2, p. 777-788. 

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Basson, U., 2000. Imaging of active fault zone in the Dead Sea Rift: Evrona Fault Zone as a case study. Thesis submitted for the degree of Ph.D., Tel-Aviv University, Raymond and Beverly Sackler, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, 195 p.


Basson, U., Ben-Avraham, Z., Garfunkel, Z, and Lyakhovsky, V., 2002. Development of recent faulting in the southern Dead Sea Rift according to GPR imaging. Tectonophysics, European Geophysical Society (EGS) Stephan Mueller Special Publication Series, Vol. 2, 1–23, 2002.

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Goldshleger, N., Basson, U., Fastig, S. & Azaria, I.,2018. Using Combined Close-Range Active and Passive- Remote Sensing Methods to Detect Sinkholes. Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS, 7: 222.

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Goldshleger, N., Shamir, O., Basson, U., & Zaadi. E, 2019. Frequency Domain
Electromagnetic Method (FDEM) as a Tool to Study Contamination at the
Sub-Soil Layer. Geosciences 2019, 9, 382;

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Goldshleger, N., Shamir, O., Basson, U., & Zaadi. E, 2019. Frequency Domain
Electromagnetic Method (FDEM) as a Tool to Study Contamination at the
Sub-Soil Layer. Geosciences 2019, 9, 382;

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Seismic potential of the Dead Sea Fault in the northern Gulf of Aqaba-Elat: New evidence from liquefaction, seismic reflection, and paleoseismic data, 2020. Kanar, M., Niemi, M., T., Ben-Avraham, Z., Frieslander, U., Tibor, G.,  Goodman-Tchernov, B., N., Wechsler, N., Abueladas, A., Al-Zoubi, A., Basson, U., and Marco S. Tectonophysics, Volume 793, 20 October 2020, 228596.

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Lazar, M., Engoltz, K., Basson, U., and Yasur-Landau, A., 2018. Water saturated sand and a shallow bay: Combining coastal geophysics and underwater archaeology in the south bay of Tel Dor. Quaternary International, Vol. 473, Part A, 15 April 2018, Pages 112-119. Quaternary International.

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Marco, S., Agnon, A., Ellenblum, R., Eidelman, A., Basson, U., and Boas, A, 1997. 817-Year-old walls offset sinistrally 2.1 m by the Dead Sea transform, Israel. Journal of Geodynamics, Volume 24, Issues 1–4, September–December 1997, Pages 11-20.

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Development of recent faulting in the southern Dead Sea Rift according to GPR imaging

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Using radar for imaging and mapping of concrete structures (Hebrew) מכון התקנים - אורי בסון- גיאוסנס - שימוש ברדאר לשיקוף מבני בטון

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Book Chapters and invited reviews

Ben-Dor, E., Goldshleger, N., Eshel, M., Mirlas, V. and Basson, U., 2008. Combined active and passive remote sensing methods for assessing soil salinity. In: Remote sensing of soil salinization. Impact and land management. (G. Metternicht and A. Zinck, eds.), pp. 235-255. CRC Press, USA.


Ben-Dor, E., Metternicht, G., Goldshleger, N., Eshel, M., Mirlas, V. and Basson, U. 2008. Review of remote sensing based methods to assess soil salinity. In: Remote sensing of soil salinization. Impact and land management. (G. Metternich and A. Zinck, eds.), pp. 39-60. CRC Press, USA.



Goldshleger, N. and Basson, U., 2015. Identification of sewage leaking by remote sensing methods. In: Remote Sensing of Environment, ISBN 978-953-51-4628-5.


Goldshleger, N., and Basson, U., 2016. Utilization of Ground-Penetrating Radar and Frequency Domain Electromagnetic for Investigation of Sewage leaks. Environmental Applications of Remote Sensing, Chapter 9, pp. 261-280.



Avner, U.; Ginat, H.; Shalev, S.; Shilstine, S.; Langford, B.; Frumkin, A.; Shem-Tov, R.; Filin, S.; Arav, R.; Basson, U.; Shamir, O.; Scott-Cummings, L, 2018. Ancient copper mines at Nahal Amram, Southern Arabah. In Mining for Ancient Copper. Essays in Memory of Beno Rothenberg; Ben-Yosef, E., Ed.; The Institute of Archaeology of Tel-Aviv University: Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2018; pp. 147–177.


Baruch, Y., Basson. U., Nachum O. and Riech. R., 2021. Robinson’s Arch: Results of a Geophysical Study. City of David Studies of Ancient Jerusalem. The 22nd Conference, Editor: Eyal Meiron, Megalim Institute - City of David, Jerusalem, Elul 2021, vol. 16.


Basson U, 2007. Imaging and mapping subsurface infrastructures and buildings using GPR and FDEM electromagnetic methods. Journal of Nondestructive News, Journal of Nondestructive News, Vol. 10, pp. 29-30.


Basson, U. and Ginzburg, A., 2008. Mapping Archaeological Remains at the Banias using Ground penetrating Radar. Banias IAA Report, Paneas II: Finds and Other Studies, 38, pp. 189-193.


Basson, U. 2021. Ground Penetrating Radar Imaging of the Western Wall. Pp. 65*-88* in Y. Zelinger, O. Peleg-Barkat, J. Uziel and Y. Gadot (eds.) New Studies in the Archaeology of Jerusalem and its Region 14. Jerusalem.


Kanari, M., Niemi, M., T., Ben-Avraham, Z., Frieslander, U., Tibor, G.,  Goodman-Tchernov, B., N., Wechsler, N., Abueladas, A., Al-Zoubi, A., Basson, U., and Marco S. Seismic potential of the Dead Sea Fault in the northern Gulf of Aqaba-Elat: New evidence from liquefaction, seismic reflection, and paleoseismic data, 2020. Tectonophysics, Volume 793, 20 October 2020, 228596.

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Lazar, M., Basson, U., Levy, T.E. and Landau., A.Y., 2020. The door to Dor: Tracing unseen anthropogenic impact in an ancient port. Geoarchaeology. 2020;1–10. Wiley Periodicals LLC

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Lazar, M., Basson, U., Ben-David R., Coddington J., 2021. When faults diverge – High resolution imaging of an intra-fault zone in an urban environment. A case study from the city of Tiberias, Israel 2021. Engineering Geology, Volume 296, January 2022, 106454

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Shamir, O., Goldshleger, N., Basson, U., and Reshef M., 2018. Laboratory Measurements of Subsurface Spatial Moisture Content by Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) Diffraction and Reflection Imaging of Agricultural Soils. Remote Sens. 2018, 10, 1667;

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