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Sinkhole hazards prediction at Ghor Al Haditha, Dead Sea, Jordan: “Salt Edge” and “Tectonic” models contribution—a rebuttal to “Geophysical prediction and following development sinkholes in two Dead Sea areas, Israel and Jordan, by: Ezersky, M.G., Eppelbaum, L.V., Al-Zoubi,A.3, Keydar S., Abueladas, A-R., Akkawi E., and Medvedev, B.”

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Mikhail Ezersky et al. have published the article “Geophysical prediction and following development sinkholes in two Dead Sea areas, Israel and Jordan” (February 2013) in which the paper “Salt karst and tectonics: sinkholes development along tension cracks between parallel strike-slip faults, Dead Sea, Jordan” published by Closson D, Abou Karaki N, Hallot F in 2009 (Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34(10), 1408–1421) is questioned. In this short paper, we propose some clarifications and discuss the criticisms of these authors.

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  1. Royal Military Academy (Belgium), CISS department, Avenue de la Rennaissance, 30, 1000, Brussels, Belgium

    Damien Closson

  2. The University of Jordan, Dean of the Faculty of Science, Amman, Jordan

    Najib Abou Karaki

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Closson, D., Abou Karaki, N. Sinkhole hazards prediction at Ghor Al Haditha, Dead Sea, Jordan: “Salt Edge” and “Tectonic” models contribution—a rebuttal to “Geophysical prediction and following development sinkholes in two Dead Sea areas, Israel and Jordan, by: Ezersky, M.G., Eppelbaum, L.V., Al-Zoubi,A.3, Keydar S., Abueladas, A-R., Akkawi E., and Medvedev, B.”. Environ Earth Sci 70, 2919–2922 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2418-8

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