High-resolution geological record of historic earthquakes in the Dead Sea basin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B2, 2001, Pages 2221-2234

  Ken Tor, Revital ^a   Agnon, Amotz ^a   Enzel, Yehouda ^a   Stein, Mordechai ^a   Marco, Shmuel ^b,c,d   Negendank, Jorg F W ^c,d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOSEISMICITY; TECTONICS;

DEAD SEA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0035066168     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900313     Document Type: Article

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