The transformation of southern Israel from a swell to a basin: Stratigraphic and geodynamic implications for intracontinental tectonics

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 275-290

  Gvirtzman, Zohar ^a   Garfunkel, Zvi ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Basins; Compaction; Epeirogeny; Israel; Magmatism; Swells; Vertical movements

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; EPEIROGENY; GEODYNAMICS; MAGMATISM; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0032450448     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00193-9     Document Type: Article

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