Injection mechanism of clay-rich sediments into dikes during earthquakes

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Levi, Tsafrir ^a,b   Weinberger, Ram ^c   Aïfa, Tahar ^a   Eyal, Yehuda ^a   Marco, Shmuel ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility; Clastic dikes; Dead Sea Transform; Fluid flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049100204     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001410     Document Type: Article

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