The morphotectonic pattern of Lake Kinneret

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 121-130

  Belitzky, Shmuel ^a   Ben Avraham, Zvi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DEPOCENTER; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; LINEAMENT; STRESS FIELD; TRANSFORM FAULT;

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

EID: 12344302188     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/YUXY-8DMJ-85B4-GMH7     Document Type: Article

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