First images from the bottom of the Dead Sea - Indications of recent tectonic activity

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 211-218

  Lazar, Michael ^a   Ben Avraham, Zvi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CRACKING; FAULT SCARP; NEOTECTONICS; SEAFLOOR; SEEPAGE;

DEAD SEA;

EID: 0038709477     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/5MPK-UJDN-L6CV-024K     Document Type: Article

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