The tectonic framework of a complex pull-apart basin: Seismic reflection observations in the Sea of Galilee, Dead Sea transform

Tectonophysics

Volumn 359, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 289-306

  Hurwitz, Shaul ^a,c   Garfunkel, Zvi ^a   Ben Gai, Yuval ^b   Reznikov, Margaret ^b   Rotstein, Yair ^b   Gvirtzman, Haim ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dead Sea transform; Kinematics; Plate boundary; Pull part basin; Sea of Galilee; Seismic reflection

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; KINEMATICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; PULL APART BASIN; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSFORM FAULT;

DEAD SEA; ISRAEL;

EID: 0037032569     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00516-4     Document Type: Article

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