Anatomy of the Dead Sea transform: Does it reflect continuous changes in plate motion?

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 887-890

  Ten Brink, Uri S ^a   Rybakov, Michael ^b   Al Zoubi, Abdallah S ^c   Hassouneh, Mohammed ^c   Frieslander, Uri ^b   Batayneh, Awni T ^c   Goldschmidt, Vladimir ^b   Daoud, Mahmoud N ^c   Rotstein, Yair ^b   Hall, John K ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c Natural Resources Authority   (Jordan)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES;

DEAD SEA; HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES; MAXIMUM MAGNITUDES; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PLATE MOTIONS; WELL DATA;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

GRAVITY SURVEY; PLATE MOTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TRANSFORM FAULT;

DEAD SEA;

EID: 7744223936     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0887:AOTDST>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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