Northward migration of the southern diagonal fault of the Hula pull-apart basin, Dead Sea Transform, northern Israel

Tectonophysics

Volumn 476, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 496-511

  Heimann, A ^a   Zilberman, E ^a   Amit, R ^a   Frieslander, U ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dead Sea Transform; Hula Valley; Israel; Pull apart basin; Yesod HaMa'ala fault

Indexed keywords

DEAD SEA TRANSFORM; HULA VALLEY; ISRAEL; PULL-APART BASIN; YESOD HAMA'ALA FAULT;

LAKES; SEISMOLOGY;

LANDFORMS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL THINNING; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NORMAL FAULT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN BASIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBSIDENCE; UPLIFT; UPWELLING;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; HULA VALLEY; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 70349778466     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.07.024     Document Type: Article

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