Geology of the Metulla quadrangle, northern Israel: Implications for the offset along the Dead Sea Rift

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 123-138

  Sneh, Amihai ^a   Weinberger, Ram ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT; PLATE BOUNDARY; RIFT ZONE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRANSFORM FAULT;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; HULA VALLEY; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 1842714187     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/1G3J-NX0H-KBL3-RUY9     Document Type: Article

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