Crustal structure of the Dead Sea Basin (DSB) from a receiver function analysis

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 463-476

  Mohsen, A ^a,b   Asch, G ^a,c   Mechie, J ^a   Kind, R ^a,c   Hofstetter, R ^d   Weber, M ^a,e   Stiller, M ^a   Abu Ayyash, K ^a,f  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Geophysical Institute   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^f Natural Resources Authority   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Transform faults

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CONTROLLED SOURCE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEAD SEA; INTEGRATED RESEARCH; LEFT-LATERAL MOVEMENTS; LISAN PENINSULAS; LOWER CRUST; MOHO DEPTH; RECEIVER FUNCTION ANALYSIS; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; RED SEA; RELATIVE MOTION; SEISMIC NETWORKS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBBASINS; TEMPORARY NETWORKS; TRANSFORM FAULT;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MOHO; SEISMIC DATA; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSFORM FAULT;

DEAD SEA;

EID: 78650088646     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04853.x     Document Type: Article

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