Journal ArticleDOI
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
TLDR
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
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Crustal and uppermost mantle structure beneath the Afro-Arabian rift system
J. Mechie,C. Prodehl +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented data and results from long-range seismic refraction-wide-angle reflection lines in the Afro-Arabian rift system and proposed an evolutionary model in terms of the amount of crustal thinning.
Journal ArticleDOI
Early Holocene and Late Pleistocene slip rates of the southern Dead Sea Fault determined from 10Be cosmogenic dating of offset alluvial deposits
Maryline Le Béon,Maryline Le Béon,Yann Klinger,Mahmoud Al-Qaryouti,Anne-Sophie Mériaux,Robert C. Finkel,A. Elias,Omar Mayyas,Frederick J. Ryerson,Paul Tapponnier,Paul Tapponnier +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used 10Be cosmogenic radionuclide (CRN) dating of embedded cobbles to constrain the age of offset alluvial surfaces.
Journal ArticleDOI
Upper crustal velocity structure and basement morphology beneath the intracontinental Palmyride fold‐thrust belt and north Arabian platform in Syria
TL;DR: In this paper, an edited version of this paper was published in Geophysical Journal International by Blackwell Publishing, and it was used as the basis for a new publication of the journal.
Journal ArticleDOI
Probabilistic seismic hazard maps for Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented the probabilistic spectral hazard maps for Sinai and its surroundings, from 112 BC to 2006 AD with magnitude equal or greater than 3.0.
Journal ArticleDOI
Metamorphism and tectonics of a Pan-African terrain in southeastern Sinai — A reply
TL;DR: A detailed assessment of the metamorphic and tectonic history of the Wadi Kid area, southeastern Sinai, is presented in this article, where three lithostratigraphic units can be traced over the whole area; the Umm Zariq Formation (arkoses, greywackes, pelites), Tarr Formation (dolomitic-calcareous rocks) and, unconformably overlying the previous two units, the Heib Formation (flows, pyroclastics, conglomerates).
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Age and Rate of the Sinistral Movement along the Dead Sea Rift
TL;DR: The results of geophysical and oceanographical research on the age and rate of opening of the Red Sea are compared here with the geological and palaeogeographical indications of the component of this movement along the Dead Sea Rift as mentioned in this paper.
La Géologie d’une partie du Liban Sud
TL;DR: The region haute du Liban Sud, de lun a l'Ouest sur le plateau cenomanien cotier and penetre largement a l’Est dans la Bekaa as mentioned in this paper.
Journal ArticleDOI
Problemes de la geologie du Levant
TL;DR: In this article, the authors outline problems relating to the structure and the Cretaceous-Oligocene stratigraphy of the coastal ranges (and intervening basin) bordering the Mediterranean in the Middle East.
Journal ArticleDOI
Old Shore Lines of Palestine
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors brought up to date the known history of the earth's crust in the south-east Levant, and presented a map of the Levant's surface and its history.