Coseismic displacements along the Serghaya fault: An active branch of the dead sea fault system in Syria and Lebanon

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 405-408

  Gomez, F ^a   Meghraout, M ^a   Darkal, A N ^a   Sbeinati, R ^a   Darawcheh, R ^a   Tabet, C ^a   Khawlie, M ^a   Charabe, M ^a   Khair, K ^a   Barazangi, M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dead sea transform; Earthquakes; Lebanon; Neotectonics; Syria

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; COSEISMIC PROCESS; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; HOLOCENE; PLATE BOUNDARY; QUATERNARY;

DEAD SEA; LEBANON; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 0034784104     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.158.3.405     Document Type: Article

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