Convergent strike-slip across the Dead Sea Fault in northern Israel, imaged by high-resolution seismic reflection data

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 203-216

  Weinberger, Ram ^a   Schattner, Uri ^b   Medvedev, Benjamin ^c,d   Frieslander, Uri ^c   Sneh, Amihai ^a   Harlavan, Yehudit ^a   Gross, Michael R ^e  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84856650759     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJES.58.3-4.203     Document Type: Article

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