The structure and development of the Dead Sea basin: Recent studies

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 401, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-13

  Ben Avraham, Zvi ^a   Lazar, Michael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dead sea; Pull apart basins; Rift valley; Strike slip fault

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; LAKES; SALT TECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

BRITTLE TO DUCTILE TRANSITION; CURRENT PLATE MOTIONS; DEAD SEA; GEOPHYSICAL MAPPING; GLOBAL POSITIONING; MICRO-EARTHQUAKES; PULL-APART; RIFT VALLEY;

FAULT SLIPS;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CLIFF; DEPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; GPS; MICROEARTHQUAKE; PALEOSEISMICITY; PULL APART BASIN; RELOCATION; RIFT ZONE; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC SURVEY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

DEAD SEA; JORDAN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 70349876540     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2401(01)     Document Type: Article

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