Transcurrent fault activity on the Dead Sea Transform in Lebanon and its implications for plate tectonics and seismic hazard

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 757-760

  Butler, R W H ^a   Spencer, S ^b   Griffiths, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Dead Sea Transform; Earthquakes; Lebanon; Tectonics; Transform faults

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC HAZARD; TRANSFORM FAULT;

LEBANON, DEAD SEA TRANSFORM;

EID: 0031460515     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.5.0757     Document Type: Article

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