Magnetic character of a large continental transform: An aeromagnetic survey of the Dead Sea Fault

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Ten Brink, Uri S ^a   Rybakov, Michael ^b   Al Zoubi, Abdallah S ^c   Rotstein, Yair ^b,d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^d US Israel Bi ational Science Foundation   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arava Fault; Dead Sea Fault; Fault zone width; High resolution airborne magnetic survey; Magnetic anomalies; Shallow fault

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549070319     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001582     Document Type: Article

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