Magnetic fabrics of diamagnetic rocks and the strain field associated with the Dead Sea Fault, northern Israel

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 566-578

  Levi, Tsafrir ^a   Weinberger, Ram ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility; Dead Sea Fault; Diamagnetism; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; CALCITE CRYSTALS; DEAD SEA; DEAD SEA FAULT; DEGREE OF ANISOTROPY; INELASTIC STRAIN; IRON CONTENT; MAGNETIC FABRICS; MATRIX; MESOSCALE; NEO GENES; PLEISTOCENE; POST-DEPOSITION; PRINCIPAL AXES; STRAIN FIELDS; STRAIN MAGNITUDE; SUSCEPTIBILITY DIFFERENCES; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; DIAMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PARAMAGNETISM; ROCKS; TOOLS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CARBONATE ROCK; MAGNETIC FABRIC; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRANSFORM FAULT;

DEAD SEA RIFT; ISRAEL;

EID: 79953029113     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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