Transform faults as lithospheric boundaries, an example from the Dead Sea Transform

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-28

  Weinstein, Yishai ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alkali basalt; Basanite; Lithosphere; Magmatic geochemistry; Transform fault

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; BASANITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; PLIOCENE; TRANSFORM FAULT; VOLCANISM;

DEAD SEA;

EID: 80054730884     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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