The dead sea rift: Lateral displacement and downfaulting phases

Tectonophysics

Volumn 263, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 277-292

  Sneh, A ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOWNFAULTING; FAULTING; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; STRIKE SLIP;

MIDDLE EAST, DEAD SEA RIFT;

EID: 0030437560     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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