Geological structure of the eastern side of the lower Jordan valley/Dead Sea rift: Reflection seismic evidence

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 473-484

  Al Zoubi, Abdallah S ^a   Heinrichs, Till ^b   Sauter, Martin ^b   Qabbani, Isam ^c  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Natural Resources Authority   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Dead Sea Transform; Jordan Valley Group; Strike slip fault

Indexed keywords

DEAD SEA TRANSFORM; JORDAN VALLEY GROUP; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

BOREHOLES; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMOLOGY; SETTLING TANKS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULTING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSPRESSION;

ASIA; DEAD SEA RIFT; EURASIA; JERICHO; JORDAN VALLEY; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; WEST BANK;

EID: 33745186917     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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