Lower-crustal strength under the Dead Sea basin from local earthquake data and rheological modeling

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 214, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 129-142

  Aldersons, F ^a   Ben Avraham, Z ^a   Hofstetter, A ^b   Kissling, E ^c   Al Yazjeen, T ^d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Natural Resources Authority   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Brittle; Dead Sea; Ductile; Focal depth; Heat flow; Lower crust; Rheology; Rifts; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; LOWER CRUST; MICROEARTHQUAKE; RHEOLOGY; SEISMICITY;

DEAD SEA;

EID: 0141707151     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00381-9     Document Type: Article

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