Evidence for ground-rupturing earthquakes on the Northern Wadi Araba fault at the archaeological site of Qasr Tilah, Dead Sea Transform fault system, Jordan

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 415-430

  Haynes, Jeremy M ^a   Niemi, Tina M ^a   Atallah, Mohammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Archaeoseismology; Cistern; Dead Sea Transform fault system; Earthquake; Jordan; Paleoseismology; Wadi Araba

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; PALEOSEISMICITY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; WADI ARABA;

EID: 33947684374     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-006-9028-9     Document Type: Article

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