Definition of Kurkar. Meaning of Kurkar. Synonyms of Kurkar

- Kurkar (Arabic: كركار /Hebrew: כורכר) is the term used in Arabic and modern Hebrew for the rock type of which lithified sea sand dunes consist. The equivalent...
- calcareous aeolian (wind deposited) sandstones, locally referred to as "kurkar", intercalated with red-coloured fine grained paleosols, referred to as...
- a perennial stream towards its end. There is a man-made opening in the kurkar ridge that runs south-north along the coastal plain. In Arabic, the stream...
- Geologically, the hill of Old Jaffa is the continental north end of a kurkar ridge, historically further protected through fortifications and heightened...
- the general structure is constructed from local marine sandstone known as kurkar. The mosque forms a large sahn ("courtyard") surrounded by rounded arches...
- that has been finished to specific sizes and shapes List of sandstones Kurkar – Regional name for an aeolian quartz calcrete on the Levantine coast Sedimentary...
- Both the ridge and the escarpment are composed of alternating layers of kurkar (the local variety of sandstone) and loose palaeosol. The escarpment gradually...
- Strip—where it discharges into the Mediterranean Sea. The study identified three Kurkar ridges in the Gaza Strip running northeast–southwest: Skeikh Ejilin Ridge...
- material. Coral sand Charmant Som In Praise of Limestone – Poem by W. H. Auden Kurkar – Regional name for an aeolian quartz calcrete on the Levantine coast Limepit –...
- integrating water features and greenery, utilizing local materials like kurkar in Caesarea and limestone in desert regions. Concurrently, Herod imported...