Tectonic isolation of the Levant basin offshore Galilee-Lebanon - effects of the Dead Sea fault plate boundary on the Levant continental margin, eastern Mediterranean

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2049-2066

  Schattner, U ^a   Ben Avraham, Z ^a   Lazar, M ^a   Huebscher C ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carmel fault zone; Dead Sea fault; Eastern Mediterranean; Levant basin; Tectonic isolation

Indexed keywords

DEEP CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC SURVEYS; TECTONIC ISOLATION;

BATHYMETRY; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EARTHQUAKES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TECTONIC PLATE;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; GALILEE; ISRAEL; LEBANON; LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 33751115181     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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