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A discussion on the structure and evolution of the Red Sea and the nature of the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Ethiopia rift junction - The shear along the Dead Sea rift
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In this paper, it was shown that while none of the pre-Tertiary sedimentary or igneous units extend right across the rift, all of them resume a reasonable palaeographical configuration once the east side of the rift is placed 105 km south of its present position.Abstract:
Recent surface and subsurface geological investigations in Israel and Jordan provide new data for the re-examination of Dubertret’s (1932) hypothesis of the left-hand shear along the Dead Sea rift. It is found that while none of the pre-Tertiary sedimentary or igneous rock units extend right across the rift, all of them resume a reasonable palaeographical configuration once the east side of the rift is placed 105 km south of its present position. It is therefore concluded that the 105 km post-Cretaceous, left-hand shear along the Dead Sea rift is well established. The 40 to 45 km offset of Miocene rocks and smaller offsets of younger features indicate an average shear movement rate of 0.4 to 0.6 cm a -1 during the last 7 to 10 Ma. Unfortunately, the 60 km pre-Miocene movement cannot be dated yet. Along the Arava and Gulf of Aqaba and in Lebanon the shear is divided over a wide fault zone within and outside the rift.read more
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Systematic analyses of the large-scale topography and structure across the Dead Sea Rift
Shimon Wdowinski,Ezra Zilberman +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the large-scale topography, structure, and morphology across the central part of the DSR between Lake Kinneret and the Gulf of Elat and showed a distinct asymmetrical topographic pattern across the rift axis.
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The impact of brine-rock interaction during marine evaporite formation on the isotopic Sr record in the oceans: Evidence from Mt. Sedom, Israel
Mordechai Stein,Abraham Starinsky,Amotz Agnon,Amitai Katz,Menahem Raab,Baruch Spiro,Israel Zak +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of brine-rock interaction on the composition of strontium in evaporitic basins and its impact on the 87Sr/86Sr ratios in contemporaneous seawater are examined for the Sedom (Dead Sea Rift Valley, or DSR), the Messinian (Mediterranean and the Louann (Gulf of Mexico) evaporites.
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Crustal deformation in northwestern Arabia from GPS measurements in Syria: Slow slip rate along the northern Dead Sea Fault
A. Alchalbi,Mohamad Daoud,Francisco Gomez,Simon McClusky,Robert Reilinger,Mohamad Abu Romeyeh,Adham Alsouod,Rayan Yassminh,Basel Ballani,Ryad Darawcheh,R. Sbeinati,Y. Radwan,Riad Al Masri,Mazhar Bayerly,Riad Al Ghazzi,Muawia Barazangi +15 more
TL;DR: In this paper, GPS measurements in NW Syria provide the first direct observations of near-field deformation associated with the northern Dead Sea fault system (DSFS) and demonstrate that the kinematics of the northern section of this transform plate boundary between the Arabian and Sinai plates deviate significantly from plate model predictions.
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Neotectonic deformation in the transition zone between the Dead Sea Transform and the East Anatolian Fault Zone, Southern Turkey: a palaeomagnetic study of the Karasu Rift Volcanism
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the palaeomagnetism of volcanic fields in the Karasu Rift between the Amanos and East Hatay faults, and found that most strike slip on the Dead Sea Fault Zone (DSFZ) is taken up by Amanos-East Hatay-Afrin fault array in southern Turkey.
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Thermo-mechanical model of the Dead Sea Transform
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors employ finite element thermo-mechanical modeling to study the dynamics of a continental transform boundary between the Arabian and African plates marked by the Dead Sea Transform (DST), that accommodated ca 105 km of relative transform displacement during the last 20 Myr.
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Age and Rate of the Sinistral Movement along the Dead Sea Rift
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