Holocene faulting and earthquake recurrence along the Serghaya branch of the dead sea fault system in Syria and Lebanon

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 658-674

  Gomez, Francisco ^a   Meghraoui, Mustapha ^b   Darkal, Abdul Nasser ^c   Hijazi, Fouad ^d   Mouty, Michel ^d   Suleiman, Youssef ^d   Sbeinati, Reda ^e   Darawcheh, Ryad ^e   Al Ghazzi, Riad ^d   Barazangi, Muawia ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^c DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^d HIGHER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^e DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Dead Sea fault; Earthquakes; Lebanon; Slip rate; Syria

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HOLOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY;

DEAD SEA; LEBANON; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 0037832385     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01933.x     Document Type: Article

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