The active structure of the Dead Sea Depression

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 401, Issue , 2006, Pages 15-32

  Shamir, G ^a,b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Continental transform faults; Dead sea depression; Shear zone

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR FLOW; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TRANSFORM FAULTS;

CONTINENTAL TRANSFORM; DEAD SEA; DEFORMATION PHASE; EARTHQUAKE FOCAL MECHANISMS; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; STRUCTURAL ORIENTATIONS; TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY;

FAULT SLIPS;

BASAL FLOW; COLLAPSE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DEPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; FOCAL MECHANISM; GRAVITY FLOW; MIOCENE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; PLIOCENE; SHEAR ZONE; SINKHOLE; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

AFRICA; ARABIAN PENINSULA; DEAD SEA;

EID: 73949086723     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2401(02)     Document Type: Article

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