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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Omri Gadol

Citation names

  • Gadol, Omri

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A81E-1C19-11AC
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7713-0255
Google Scholar ID
Omri Gadol

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 934532202 (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Hebrew (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2015/09/01 - 2023/06/01
Concluded
 Marine Technologies (Doktor (PhD))
University of Haifa Hatter Department of Marine Technologies, Israel
"High-resolution seismic imaging of the continental slope offshore Israel: Detailed investigation of the Goliath mass transport complex and the Dor Disturbance." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2012/09/01 - 2015/07/01
Concluded
 Marine Geosciences (Master)
University of Haifa Leon H Charney School of Marine Sciences, Israel
"Submarine slides: the shaping of the continental slope offshore Israel" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2008/09/01 - 2011/07/01
Concluded
 Marine sciences (Bachelor)
Ruppin Academic Center School of Marine Sciences, Israel
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2024/10/15 - Current Postdoc (Research) Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/10/15 - 2026/10/15 GEophysical Modelling of Shelf-to-Basin Processes (GEM-SBP)
101180613
Post-doc
Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal
 Commission of the European Communities
2015 - 2022 Detailed investigation of mass transport complexes in the continental slope offshore Israel: High-resolution seismic imaging the Goliath mass transport complex and the Dor Disturbance.
217-17-006
PhD Student Fellow
Israel Ministry of Energy
Concluded
2012 - 2015 Submarine slides: shaping of the continental slope offshore Israel
217-17-006
Master Student Fellow
University of Haifa, Israel
 Israel Ministry of Energy
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Gadol, Omri; Makovsky, Yizhaq; Bialik, Or M.; Azevedo, Leonardo. "Multidomain observations and geomorphological implications of internal wave-induced shelf-to-basin sediment transport". Paper presented in 3rd International Conference on Seafloor Landforms, Processes and Evolution (ICSLPE 2026), KwaZulu-Natal, 2026.
    Published
  2. Gadol, Omri; Makovsky, Yizhaq; Bialik, Or M.; Azevedo, Leonardo. Corresponding author: Gadol, Omri. "Multidomain observations of internal wave-induced shelf-to-basin sediment transport in the Eastern Levant Basin". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2026,, Vienna, 2026.
  3. Lang G; Arnon M; Bialik M. O; Ben-Lulu Y; Niyazi Y; Gadol, Omri; Makovsky Y. "Last Glacial Cycle Sea-level Imprints on the Israeli Continental". Paper presented in Israel Geological Society 2025, 2025.
  4. Gadol, Omri; Katz, O.; Kanari, M.; Or M. Bialik; Makovsky, Yizhaq. Corresponding author: Gadol, Omri. "Mass transport complexes reactivation revealed through multiscale geophysical observation". Paper presented in International Conference on Seafloor Landforms, Processes and Evolution, Seafloor 2022, 2022.
  5. Katz, O; Ashkenazi, L; Abramovich, S; Almogi-Labin, A; Makovsky, Y; Gadol, Omri; Kanari, M. "Hybrid turbidite-contourite sediments transport system in the Eastern Mediterranean upper continental slope". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2022, 2022.
  6. Ashkenazi, L; Katz, O; Gadol, Omri; Almogi-Labin, A; Makovsky, Y; Kanari, M. "Hybrid turbidite-contourite sediments transport system in the Eastern Mediterranean upper continental slope". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, 2022.
  7. Gadol, Omri; Katz, O.; Kanari, M.; Makovsky, Yizhaq. Corresponding author: Gadol, Omri. "Spatio-Temporal evolution of the Owl retrogressive slide complex from high-resolution geophysical observations". 2021.
  8. Ashkenazi L; Katz O; Gadol, Omri; Almogi-Labin A; Makovsky Y; Kanari M. "Sediments transport in the Eastern Mediterranean upper continental slope, offshore Israel.". Paper presented in Geological Society of Israel annual meeting, Yeruham, 2021.
  9. Shtienberg, G; Gadol, Omri; Levi, T; Norris, R; Rittenour, T; Yasur-Landau, A; Tamberino, A; Lazar, M. "Late Pleistocene to Holocene shallow marine – coastal changing environments and human interaction in the South Bay of Dor, Israel". Paper presented in GU General Assembly 2021, Vienna, 2021.
  10. Katz, O; Gadol, Omri; Ashkenazi, L; Abramovich, S; Almogi-Labin, A; Kanari, M; Hyams-Kaphzan, O. "Benthic foraminifera as indicators for recent sediments transport in the Eastern Mediterranean upper continental slope, offshore Israel". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2021, Vienna, 2021.
  11. Shtienberg, G; Gadol, Omri; Levy, T; Norris, R; Rittenour, T; Yasur-Landau, A; Tamberino, A; Lazar, M. "Changing environments and human interaction during the Pleistocene- Early Holocene from the shallow coastal area of Dor, Israel". Paper presented in ASOR, Annual meeting, Chicago, 2021.
  12. Shtienberg, G; Gadol, Omri; Levy, T.E; Rittenour, T; Norris, R; Yasur-Landau, A; Tamberino, A; Lazar, M. "A Unique Levantine Late Pleistocene - Holocene Embayment: Paleoenvironmental Change in the South Bay of Dor, Israel.". Paper presented in ASOR, Annual (virtual) meeting, 2020.
  13. Gadol, Omri; Kanari, M; Katz, O; Makovsky Y. "High-Resolution Seismic Imaging and Preliminary Geohazard Estimation Across the Three Bathymetric Archetypes Present Along the Israeli continental Slope". Paper presented in AAPG Geoscience Technology Workshop, Tel Aviv, Israel, Tel Aviv, 2019.
  14. Gadol, Omri; Makovsky, Y. "A detailed investigation of the submarine landslide trends along the continental slope offshore Israel". Paper presented in 34th IAS International Meeting of Sedimentology. Sedimentology to face societal challenges on risk, resources and record of the past., Rome, 2019.
  15. Gadol, Omri; Or M. Bialik; Lifshiz, I; Zeidner, G; Makovsky, Yizhaq. "Multi-scale geophysical observation of seafloor pockmarks along the base of the southeastern margin of the Levant". Paper presented in 14th International Conference on Gas in Marine Sediments GIMS, Haifa, 2018.
  16. Gadol, Omri; Gideon Tibor; Uri ten Brink; karcz K; Christian Hübscher; Hall JK; Makovsky, Yizhaq. Corresponding author: Gadol, Omri. "Mass Transport Complexes in the evolution of continental slopes: multiscale approach". 2018.
  17. Elad, M; Bookman, R; Almogi-Labin, A; Gadol, Omri; Makovsky, Y. "Insights on the evolution of a recent slide complex: A case study of the Goliath Slide, offshore southern Israel". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2018, Vienna, 2018.
  18. Gadol, Omri; Elad, M; Bookman, R; Almogi-Labin, A; Makovsky, Y. "Insights on the evolution of a recent slide complex: A case study of the Goliath Slide, offshore southern Israel". Paper presented in International Symposium on Submarine Landslides and their consequences, 2018.
  19. Gadol, Omri; Makovsky, Yizhaq. Corresponding author: Gadol, Omri. "High resolution seismic imaging of the continental slope offshore Israel: Detailed investigation of the Goliath mass transport complex and the Dor disturbance region". 2017.
  20. Elad, M; Makovsky Y; Almogi-Labin A; Gadol, Omri; Bookman R. "Constraining the age of the Goliath Slide - a recent submarine slide on the continental slope of Israel". Paper presented in Israel Geological Society Annual Meeting, Mizpe Ramon, 2017.
  21. Gadol, Omri; Makovsky Y. "Decimeters-resolution deep sea multi-channel seismic profiling: an essential tool for offshore site surveying". Paper presented in AAPG Europe regional Conference Hydrocarbons in the Mediterranean: revisiting mature plays and understanding new and emerging ideas, Larnaca, 2017.
  22. Makovsky, Y; Gadol, Omri; Safadi. M; Gropper. M. "Advanced seafloor imaging techniques with applications for the marine research and offshore development". Paper presented in Israel Geological Society 2016, 2016.
  23. Gadol, Omri; Makovsky, Yizhaq. Corresponding author: Gadol, Omri. "Submarine slides: the shaping of the continental slope offshore Israel". Paper presented in Israel Geological Society 2015, Kinar, Israel., 2015.
  24. Gadol, Omri; Makovsky, Y; Tibor G; Herut B; Kanari M; Sivan O; Antler G; et al. "Characterizing and timing the latest submarine slides offshore Israel". Paper presented in Israel Geological Society 2015, Kinar, 2015.
Conference paper
  1. Uzhansky, Ernst; Gadol, Omri; Lang, Guy; Katsnelson, Boris; Copel, Shelly; Kazaz, Tom; Makovsky, Yizhaq. "Using a kilometers-long horizontal multichannel array for estimating seafloor sound speed in a passive margin setting". 2021.
    10.1121/2.0001466
  2. Carbó-Gorosabel, A.; Granja Bruña, J.L.; Rodríguez Zurrunero, A.; Gómez De La Peña, L.; Muñoz-Martín, A.; Gómez Ballesteros, M.; Pazos, A.; et al. "New survey explores the northern Hispaniola offshore margin". 2015.
    10.3997/2214-4609.201412750
Conference poster
  1. Gadol, Omri; Makovsky, Yizhaq; Bialik, Or M.; Azevedo, Leonardo. "Multidomain observations of internal wave-induced shelf-to-basin sediment transport in the Eastern Levant Basin". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2026, 2026.
  2. Gadol, Omri; Kanari, M; Katz, O; Makovsky Y. "High-Resolution Seismic Imaging and Preliminary Geohazard Estimation Across the Three Bathymetric Archetypes Present Along the Israeli continental Slope". Paper presented in AAPG Geoscience Technology Workshop, Tel Aviv, Israel, Tel Aviv, 2019, 2019.
  3. Gadol, Omri; Kanari, M; Katz, O; Makovsky, Y. "High resolution seismic imaging of the continental slope offshore Israel: Detailed investigation of the Goliath mass transport complex and the Dor disturbance region". Paper presented in 8th Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences (ISSMMTC). (British Colombia, Canada), 2018.
  4. Gadol, Omri; Katz, O; Kanari, M; Makovsky, Yizhaq. "High resolution seismic imaging of the continental slope offshore Israel". Paper presented in COST-MEDSALT workshop - From the Messinian Levant Basin to the present day Dead Sea, 2018.
  5. Gadol, Omri; Makovsky, Y. "Decimeters-resolution deep sea multi-channel seismic profiling: an essential tool for offshore site surveying". Paper presented in AAPG Europe regional Conference Hydrocarbons in the Mediterranean: revisiting mature plays and understanding new and emerging ideas, Larnaca, 2017.
  6. Gadol, Omri; Makovsky, Y; Tibor G; Herut B; Kanari, M; Sivan O; Antler G. "Characterizing and timing the latest submarine slides offshore Israel". Paper presented in Israel Geological Society 2015, 2015.
Journal article
  1. Laor, May; Gadol, Omri; Makovsky, Yizhaq; Katz, Oded; Gvirtzman, Zohar. "Post-LGM intensification of marine faulting: resolution-dependent hazard assessment". Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 26 8 (2026): 4053-4070. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-4053-2026.
    Published • 10.5194/nhess-26-4053-2026
  2. Bialik, Or M.; Wilckens, Henriette; Gadol, Omri; Micallef, Aaron; Betzler, Christian; Sørensen, Ole Johannes R.; Nativ, Hagai; Makovsky, Yizhaq. "Evaluating the possible role of bottom currents and internal waves in shaping seafloor morphology in a mesophotic reef". Sedimentology (2026): https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.70068.
    Published • 10.1111/sed.70068
  3. Gadol, O.; Katz, O.; Kanari, M.; Makovsky, Y.. "Millennial-scale phased submarine retrogressive collapse of the owl slide complex". Geomorphology 488 (2025): https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-105013846993&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.geomorph.2025.109973
  4. Elad, Matan; Gadol, Omri; Makovsky, Yizhaq; Almogi-Labin, Ahuva; Boaretto, Elisabetta; Bookman, Revital. "When did Goliath collapse? Dating the recent events of a major submarine slide complex, Southeastern Mediterranean margin". Sedimentary Geology 433 (2022): 106123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2022.106123.
    10.1016/j.sedgeo.2022.106123
  5. Ashkenazi, L.; Katz, O.; Abramovich, S.; Almogi-Labin, A.; Makovsky, Y.; Gadol, O.; Kanari, M.; Masque, P.; Hyams-Kaphzan, O.. "Benthic foraminifera as indicators of recent mixed turbidite-contourite sediment transport system in the Eastern Mediterranean upper continental slope, offshore Israel". Marine Geology 445 (2022): 106756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2022.106756.
    10.1016/j.margeo.2022.106756
  6. Ernst Uzhansky; Omri Gadol; Guy Lang; Boris Katsnelson; Shelly Copel; Tom Kazaz; Yizhaq Makovsky. "Geoacoustic Estimation of the Seafloor Sound Speed Profile in Deep Passive Margin Setting Using Standard Multichannel Seismic Data". Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9121423.
    10.3390/jmse9121423
  7. Shtienberg, Gilad; Gadol, Omri; Levy, Thomas E.; Norris, Richard D.; Rittenour, Tammy M.; Yasur-Landau, Assaf; Tamberino, Anthony; Lazar, Michael. "Changing environments and human interaction during the Pleistocene–Early Holocene from the shallow coastal area of Dor, Israel". Quaternary Research 105 (2021): 64-81. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2021.30.
    10.1017/qua.2021.30
  8. Shtienberg, G.; Yasur-Landau, A.; Norris, R.D.; Lazar, M.; Rittenour, T.M.; Tamberino, A.; Gadol, O.; et al. "Erratum: Correction: A neolithic mega-tsunami event in the eastern mediterranean: Prehistoric settlement vulnerability along the Carmel Coast, Israel (PLoS ONE (2020) 15:12 (e0243619) doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243619)". Plos One 16 2 February (2021): https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85102095446&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0247953
  9. Shtienberg, Gilad; Yasur-Landau, Assaf; Norris, Richard D.; Lazar, Michael; Rittenour, Tammy M.; Tamberino, Anthony; Gadol, Omri; et al. "A Neolithic mega-tsunami event in the eastern Mediterranean: Prehistoric settlement vulnerability along the Carmel coast, Israel". PLOS ONE 15 12 (2020): e0243619. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243619.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0243619
  10. Omri Gadol; Gideon Tibor; Uri ten Brink; John K. Hall; Gavrielle Groves-Gidney; Gideon Bar-Am; Christian Hübscher; Yizhaq Makovsky. "Semi-automated bathymetric spectral decomposition delineates the impact of mass wasting on the morphological evolution of the continental slope, offshore Israel". Basin Research (2020): https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12420.
    10.1111/bre.12420
Preprint
  1. Omri Gadol; Yizhaq Makovsky; Or Bialik; Leonardo Azevedo. "Multidomain observations of internal wave-induced shelf-to-basin sediment transport in the Eastern Levant Basin". 2026. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-20423.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu26-20423
Report
  1. Makovsky, Y; Gadol, Omri; A. Surdyaev; E. Langbort; E. Zlotnikov. 2024. Western Galilee Desalination Plant Project inlet and outlet pipeline routes Geophysical Surveying Report, Prepared for IDE Technologies Ltd., AMEL Report AMEL2024-01, University of Haifa, pp. 93.
  2. Makovsky, Y; Gadol, Omri; E. Zlotnikov; A. Surdyaev; Y. Ben-Lulu; E. Langbort. 2023. High-resolution geophysical survey offshore Hadera IPC – Contract No. 25/7029/10/21, Geophysical Survey and Processing Report, AMEL report AMEL20221227, University of Haifa, pp. 43.
  3. Makovsky, Y; O.M. Bialik; Gadol, Omri. 2022. Shapir Engineering - Western Galilee Desalination Plant Bid, A preparatory geophysical research report, AMEL report AMEL2022-1, University of Haifa, pp. 15..
  4. Makovsky, Yizhaq; Gadol, Omri; Lifshiz, I. 2020. Energean Oil and Gas -Karish pipeline Offshore EMMP - A geohazard assessment supplement. AMEL report.
  5. Makovsky, Yizhaq; Gadol, Omri; Lifshiz, I. 2018. A preliminary seismic and geological investigation towards Energean's Offshore pipeline EMMP.
  6. Makovsky, Y.; Gideon Tibor; Herut, B.; Kanari, M.; Sivan, O.; Antler, G. ; Bookman, Revital; et al. 2016. Characterizing and timing the latest submarine slides offshore Israel – an essential basis for coastal and offshore development risk assessment.

Other

Other output
  1. Millennial-Scale Phased Submarine Retrogressive Collapse of the Owl Slide Complex. 2025. Gadol, O.; Katz, O.; Kanari, M.; Makovsky, Y.. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85216906207&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2139/ssrn.5111606
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2026/07/22 Multidomain observations and geomorphological implications of internal wave-induced shelf-to-basin sediment transport 3rd International Conference on Seafloor Landforms, Processes and Evolution (ICSLPE 2026)
(KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
2022/08/01 Mass transport complexes reactivation revealed through multiscale geophysical observation • International Conference on Seafloor Landforms, Processes and Evolution, Seafloor 2022
2021/04/03 Submarine landslides: implications for marine infrastructures offshore Israel Mediterranean System course
Maritime policy and Strategy Research Center (Haifa, Israel)
2021/03/03 Spatio-Temporal evolution of the Owl retrogressive slide complex from high-resolution geophysical observations Israel Geological Society 2021
(Yeruham, Israel)
2019 A detailed investigation of the submarine landslide trends along the continental slope offshore Israel. 34th IAS International Meeting of Sedimentology. Sedimentology to face societal challenges on risk, resources and record of the past.
International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS) (Rome, Italy)
2018/07/05 Mass Transport Complexes in the evolution of continental slopes: a multiscale approach 8th Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences (ISSMMTC).
(British Colombia, Canada)
2017/03/18 High resolution seismic imaging of the continental slope offshore Israel: Detailed investigation of the Goliath mass transport complex and the Dor disturbance region
Israel Geological Society (Mitzpe Ramon, Israel)
2015/05/04 Characterizing and timing the latest submarine slides offshore Israel Israel Geological Society 2015
(Kinar, Israel)

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021 - 2023 Seafloor Gas Seepage and Gas Migration within the Nile Deep Sea Fan Fan: Implications for Sub-sea Resource and Geohazard Assessment, SE Levant Basin Muhedeen Lawal
2020 - 2023 Post-glacial intensification of marine faulting: resolution-dependent hazard assessment. In review for Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) Mai Laor
2018 - 2020 Constraining the recent activity of the Carmel and Western Galilee Faults System at the edge of the continental shelf Shiwei Wang
2018 - 2020 Geological characteristics of base Messinian surface in the Levant Basin, offshore central Israel Jie Liu

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2017 - Current Geophysicist in the Department of Marine Geosciences, scientific cruise offshore Israel, onboard R/V Med Explorer University of Haifa, Israel
2015 - Current Geophysicist onboard R/V Etsiona Geophysical expedition "Gas Nathanya." University of Haifa, Israel
2022/11/04 - 2022/11/11 Geophysicist in Multichannel seismic survey mapping the recent activity of thin-skinned faulting in the Israeli continental slope onboard R/V Bat Galim Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute, Israel

University of Haifa, Israel

Geological Survey of Israel, Israel
2020/10/02 - 2020/10/05 Geophysicist in an AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) geophysical survey of the "Bustan Hagalil" ridge. On board R/V Shikmona Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute, Israel

University of Haifa, Israel
2020/09/12 - 2020/09/20 Geophysicist at the Carmel Coastal Research Project onboard R/V Bat-galim University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States

University of Haifa, Israel
2015/05/05 - 2020/05/10 Geophysicist and mentor at 3 Cherny School of Marine Sciences educational cruises including Geophisics water sampling and sediment cors onboard R/V Shikmona and R/V Bat Galim University of Haifa, Israel

Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute, Israel
2018/11/02 - 2018/11/08 Geophysicist in an ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) and geophysical expedition exploring the Palmahim disturbance offshore central Israel onboard R/V Bat Galim Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute, Israel

University of Haifa, Israel
2015/07/08 - 2015/07/28 Geophysicist Exploring the Northern Hispaniola Offshore Margin, R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa. US Geological Survey, United States

Red de Bibliotecas y Archivos del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain

University of Haifa, Israel
Distinctions

Title

2015 Recognized on the Dean’s List for Academic Excellence
University of Haifa, Israel