Stress tensor and focal mechanisms along the Dead Sea fault and related structural elements based on seismological data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 429, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 165-181

  Hofstetter, Rami ^a   Klinger, Yann ^b,d   Amrat, Abdel Qader ^c   Rivera, Luis ^b   Dorbath, Louis ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b Et Université de Strasbourg   (France)

^c Natural Resources Authority   (Jordan)

^d IPG Paris   (France)

Author keywords

Dead Sea fault; Focal mechanism; Stress tensor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; FAULT PLANE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN DISTRICT; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SEA OF GALILEE;

EID: 33845591444     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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