The structure of the Golan Heights and its tectonic linkage to the Dead Sea Transform and the Palmyrides folding

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 225-237

  Shulman, Haim ^a   Reshef, Moshe ^a   Ben Avraham, Zvi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC SURVEY; TRANSFORM FAULT;

ASIA; DEAD SEA RIFT; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GOLAN HEIGHTS; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; WORLD;

EID: 12344334535     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/MWVC-CGPU-65KU-FFPY     Document Type: Article

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