Structural and stratigraphic framework of Lake Kinneret

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 131-149

  Reznikov, Margaret ^a   Ben Avraham, Zvi ^b   Garfunkel, Zvi ^c   Gvirtzman, Haim ^c   Rotstein, Yair ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; SEISMIC SURVEY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSFORM FAULT;

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

EID: 12344257823     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/QY1W-VVRM-FLNK-C9M9     Document Type: Article

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