Nurit Shtober-Zisu

Head of Department, Researcher (Department of Israel Studies ,University of Haifa)

BIO

Dr. Nurit Shtober-Zisu is a geomorphologist, with a background in morphotectonics and landscape evolution. In recent years her interest include weathering processes and rock decay mechanisms, in various temporal and spatial scales - from bacterial erosion in stalagmites, to mechanical decay of rocks during forest fires, and chemomecanical decay in carbonate terrains.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Shtober-Zisu, N and Zissu, B., 2018. Lithology and the distribution of Early Roman-era tombs in Jerusalem’s necropolis. Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, p.0309133318776484.
  2. Shtober-Zisu, N., Brook, A., Kopel, D., Roberts, D., Ichoku, C. and Wittenberg, L., 2018. Fire induced rock spalls as long-term traps for ash. Catena, 162, pp.88-99.
  3. 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 NeveDavid, Mount Carel. Journal of the Israeli Society of Prehistric Society 45: 31-44.