The Northern end of the Dead Sea Basin: Geometry from reflection seismic evidence

Tectonophysics

Volumn 434, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 55-69

  Al Zoubi, Abdallah S ^a   Heinrichs, Till ^b   Qabbani, Isam ^c   ten Brink, Uri S ^d  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Natural Resources Authority   (Jordan)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin asymmetry; Dead Sea Basin; Pull apart basin; Transform fault

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; FAULT; GEOMETRY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; JORDAN RIVER; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33947646934     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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