Formation of sequential basins along a strike-slip fault-Geophysical observations from the Dead Sea basin

Tectonophysics

Volumn 421, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 53-69

  Lazar, Michael ^a   Ben Avraham, Zvi ^a   Schattner, Uri ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dead Sea; Pull apart basins; Sequential basins; Strike slip faults

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; PULL APART BASIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33745700781     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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