Localized versus distributed shear in transform plate boundary zones: The case of the Dead Sea Transform in the Jericho Valley

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Shamir, G ^a   Bruner, I ^b   Eyal, Y ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Ecolog Engineering Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dead sea; Transform plate boundary

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745200379     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000751     Document Type: Article

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