Selected Publications


Shtober-Zisu, N., Amasha, H., Frumkin, A., 2015: Inland notches: Implications for subaerial formation of karstic landforms—An example from the carbonate slopes of Mt. Carmel, Israel, Geomorphology, 229: 85-99. Doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.09.004

Shtober-Zisu, N., Tessler, N., Greenbaum, N. Tzatzkin A., 2015: Accelerated weathering of carbonate rocks following the 2010 wildfire on Mt. Carmel. International Journal of Wildland Fire 24(8) 1154-1167. Doi: 10.1071/WF14221

Yeshurun, R., Kaufman, D., Shtober-Zisu, N., Gershtein, E., Riemer, Y., Rosen, A.M., Dani Nadel. 2015: Renewed fieldwork at the Geometric Kebaran site of Neve David, Mount Carmel. Journal of the Israeli Society of Prehistoric Society 45: 31-44.

Inbar, M., Shtober Zisu, N. and Malkinson, D., 2016: Landscapes, Rivers and Human Impact.  In: H. Amit (ed), Rivers and waters in the Upper Galilee. Yad Ben Zvi publ. Pp 16-29. (in Hebrew).

Shtober-Zisu, N. Amasha, H. and Frumkin, A., 2017: Inland notches: lithological characteristics and climatic implications of subaerial cavernous landforms in Israel. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (ESPL) 42: 1820-1832. Doi: 10.1002/esp.4135.

 Shtober-Zisu, N., Brook, A., Kopel, D., Roberts, D., Ichoku, C., Wittenberg, L. 2018: Fire induced rock spalls as long-term traps for ash. Catena 162: 88-99. Doi:10.1016/j.catena.2017.11.021.

Shtober-Zisu, N., Inbar, M., Mor, D., Jicha, B., Singer, B., 2018: "Drainage development and incision rates in an upper Pleistocene basalt-limestone boundary channel: the Sa'ar Stream, Golan Heights, Israel.  Geomorphology 303: 417-433. Doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.12.002

Brook, A., Wittenberg, L., Kopel, D., Polinova, M., Roberts, D., Ichoku, C., Shtober-Zisu, N., 2018. Structural Heterogeneity of Vegetation Fire Ash. Land Degradation and Development. Doi: 10.1002/ldr.2922

Shtober-Zisu, N., Zissu, B., 2018. Lithology and the distribution of Early Roman Era tombs in Jerusalem’s necropolis. Progress in Physical Geography 42(5): 628-649. Doi: 10.1177/0309133318776484

Melzner, S., Shtober-Zisu, N., Katz, O., Wittenberg, L., 2019. Brief communication: Post-wildfire rockfall risk in the Eastern Alps. Natural Hazards and Earth System Hazards. Copernicus Publications. Doi: 10.5194/nhess-2019-235

Shimelmitz, R., Liu, C., Seymore, M., Crater Gershtein, E., Crater Gershtein, K., Katina, A., Shtober-Zisu, N. , Nadel, D. 2019. Nahal Shelef: A Holocene Quarry and Workshop Site in the Menashe Hills, Israel. Journal of Prehistoric Society, Mitkufat Haeven. 49: 137-151.

Brook, A. and Shtober-Zisu, N., 2020. Rock surface modeling as a tool to assess the morphology of inland notches, Mount Carmel, Israel. Catena, 187. Doi: 10.​1016/​j.​catena.​2019.​104256

Rosenthal-Toib, L., Selzer, A., Shtober-Zisu, N., 2020. The Department of Geology foundation at the Hebrew University: Between the researcher and the institution, between theoretical research and the applicative one (1924-1948) (in Hebrew). Cathedra, 176: 97-116. (in Hebrew)

Shtober-Zisu, N., Vaks, A., Korngreen, D., Frumkin, A., 2020. Slope retreat rates estimated from chronology of tufa deposits sheltered by inland notches on Mt. Carmel, Israel. Geomorphology, 367, p.107319 Doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107319 

Shtober-Zisu, N., Wittenberg, L., 2021. Long-term effects of wildfire on rock weathering and soil stoniness in the Mediterranean landscapes, Science of the Total Environment 762, 143125. Doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143125 

Shtober-Zisu, N., Wittenberg, L., 2021. Wildfires as a weathering agent of carbonate rocks, Minerals 11(10), 1091 Doi.org/10.3390/min11101091 


Zissu B., Klein E., Davidovich U., Porat R., Langford B., Shtober-Zisu N., Amir A., Ullman M., Frumkin A. 2022. The Te'omim Cave, Jerusalem Hills: A Preliminary Archaeological Report. Speleology and Spelestology 1/4: 47-63. 

 

Brook A., Hamzi S., Roberts D., Ichoku C., Shtober-Zisu N. Wittenberg L. 2022. Total Carbon Content Assessed by UAS Near-Infrared Imagery as a New Fire Severity Metric. Remote Sensing 14, 3632. Doi.org/10.3390/rs14153632 

 

Zissu B., Shtober-Zisu., N. 2023. An Underground Rock-Cut Shrine near Amatsya, Judean Foothills, Israel. Cercetari Archaeoogice (accepted for publication; in press)


Wittenberg L., Shtober Zisu, N. 2023. Restoring Fire-Affected Soils: The Potential of Nature-Based Solutions. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health 36: 100520.  Doi.org/10.1016/j.coesh.2023.100520 

 

Shtober-Zisu, N., Brook, A., Zissu, B. 2023. Soil denudation in the northwestern Negev (Israel) following the late Byzantine–Early Islamic period. Geomorphology 446: 108983. Doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108983 

 

Schattner, U., ‎Rocha, C.B., Ramos, R.B., Shtober-Zisu, N., Lobo, F.J., de Mahiques, M.M., 2023. Lateral shift from turbidite- to contourite-dominated continental slope, a case study from southeast Brazil slope. Geomorphology 109009. Doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.109009