Morphological and structural relations in the Galilee extensional domain, northern Israel

Tectonophysics

Volumn 371, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 223-241

  Matmon, A ^a,b   Wdowinski, S ^c   Hall, J K ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Extension; Galilee; Normal faults; Rift margins; Tilted blocks

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; NORMAL FAULT; RIFTING; STRESS FIELD;

(NORTH); ISRAEL; LOWER GALILEE; YIZRE'EL VALLEY;

EID: 0042829392     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00237-3     Document Type: Article

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