Dating speleoseismites near the Dead Sea Transform and the Carmel fault: Clues to coupling of a plate boundary and its branch

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 257-273

  Braun, Yael ^a,b   Kagan, Elisa ^a,b   Bar Matthews, Miryam ^b   Ayalon, Avner ^b   Agnon, Amotz ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

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EID: 84856632276     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJES.58.3-4.257     Document Type: Article

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