Soft-sediment deformation within seismogenic slumps of the Dead Sea Basin

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 433-457

  Alsop, G I ^a   Marco, Shmuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dead Sea Basin; Earthquakes; Folds; Gravity driven deformation; Mass transport complexes; Slump

Indexed keywords

DEAD SEA; FOLDS; GRAVITY-DRIVEN DEFORMATION; MASS TRANSPORT COMPLEXES; SLUMP;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; MASS TRANSFER; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GRAVITATION;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; FOLD; MASS TRANSPORT; SLUMPING;

DEAD SEA;

EID: 79953024983     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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