Integrated analysis of magnetic, paleomagnetic and K-Ar data in a tectonic complex region: An example from the sea of Galilee

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 19, 2004, Pages

  Eppelbaum, Lev ^a   Ben Avraham, Zvi ^a   Katz, Youri ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

0903 Exploration Geophysics: Computational methods; 0994 Exploration Geophysics: Instruments and techniques; 1512 Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism: Environmental magnetism; 1517 Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism: Magnetic anomaly modeling; 1525 Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism: Paleomagnetism applied to tectonics (regional, global); Potential fields

Indexed keywords

ARGON; BASALT; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; POTASSIUM; STRATIGRAPHY;

BASALT FLOW; ISRAEL; PALEOMAGNETIC STRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETIC ZONES;

TECTONICS;

FAULT ZONE; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOMAGNETISM; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN DISTRICT; SEA OF GALILEE; WORLD;

EID: 11044220830     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021298     Document Type: Article

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