Field evidences from northern Dead Sea Fault Zone (South Turkey): New findings for the initiation age and slip rate

Tectonophysics

Volumn 480, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 172-182

  Karabacak, V ^a   Altunel, E ^a   Meghraoui, M ^b   Akyuz H S ^c  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UMR 7063   (France)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amik Basin; Dead Sea Fault Zone; Karasu Fault Zone; Quaternary activity; Slip rate

Indexed keywords

DEAD SEA; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FAULT ZONE; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY BASINS; RED SEA; SLIP RATES; SUBSURFACE DATA;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEAD SEA RIFT;

EID: 72649102958     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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