Paleostress analysis of the Cretaceous rocks in the eastern margin of the Dead Sea transform, Jordan

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 449-460

  Diabat, Abdullah A ^a   Atallah, Mohammad ^b   Salih, Mustafa R ^c  

^a AL AL BAYT UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Dead Sea transform; Paleostress; Syrian Arc; Tensor

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PALEOSTRESS; TRANSFORM FAULT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 17644384046     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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