Possible resetting of quartz OSL signals during earthquakes-Evidence from late Pleistocene injection dikes, Dead Sea basin, Israel

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 272-277

  Porat, N ^a   Levi, T ^a,b   Weinberger, R ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clastic dikes; Dead Sea Transform; Injection structures; Luminescence dating

Indexed keywords

DIKE; EARTHQUAKE; FLUIDIZATION; HOLOCENE; HOST ROCK; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LIQUEFACTION; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLEISTOCENE; QUARTZ;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34548024364     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.05.021     Document Type: Article

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