Geophysical images of the Dead Sea Transform in Jordan reveal an impermeable barrier for fluid flow

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Ritter, O ^a   Ryberg, T ^a   Weckmann, U ^a   Hoffmann Rothe, A ^a   Abueladas, A ^b   Garfunkel, Z ^c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Natural Resources Authority   (Jordan)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; INFRARED IMAGING; OCEANOGRAPHY; ROCKS; TOMOGRAPHY; GEOPHYSICS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TRANSFORM FAULTS;

FAULT ZONES; FAULT ZONE EVOLUTION; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IMPERMEABLE BARRIERS; LATERAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETO TELLURIC; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEDIMENTARY FILLINGS;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; FLOW OF FLUIDS;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLUID FLOW; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRANSFORM FAULT;

ARAVA VALLEY; JORDAN;

EID: 0141872937     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017541     Document Type: Article

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