GPS evidence for northward motion of the Sinai Block: Implications for E. Mediterranean tectonics
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In this article, an elastic block model constrained by the GPS results that is consistent with the regional tectonics and allows us to estimate slip rates for Sinai bounding faults, including the Gulf of Aqaba-southern Dead Sea fault system, is presented.About:
This article is published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.The article was published on 2005-09-30 and is currently open access. It has received 119 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Strike-slip tectonics.read more
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Archaeological sites (Tell and Road) offset by the Dead Sea Fault in the Amik Basin, Southern Turkey
Erhan Altunel,Mustapha Meghraoui,Volkan Karabacak,Serdar Akyüz,Matthieu Ferry,Çağlar Yalçıner,Marc Munschy +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the northern end of the Dead Sea Fault (DSF) is investi- gated using palaeoseismology, archaeoseismologies and geophysical prospecting to understand the fault activity during the Holocene.
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Quaternary transform kinematics constrained by sequence stratigraphy and submerged coastline features: The Gulf of Aqaba
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors report detailed processing and interpretation of high-resolution sub-bottom profiles of the north western tip of the Gulf of Aqaba down to a depth of about 120m.
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Late Pleistocene and Holocene uplift history of Cyprus: implications for active tectonics along the southern margin of the Anatolian microplate
Richard W. Harrison,E. Tsiolakis,Byron D. Stone,A. Lord,John P. McGeehin,Shannon A. Mahan,P. Chirico +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a model of tectonic wedging at a plate-bounding restraining bend is proposed as a mechanism for Late Pleistocene to Holocene uplift of Cyprus; uplift is accommodated by deformation and seismicity along the margins of the Troodos Ophiolite and re-activation of the basal shear zone.
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Recent kinematics of the tectonic plates surrounding the red sea and gulf of aden
Antonio Schettino,Chiara Macchiavelli,Chiara Macchiavelli,Pietro Paolo Pierantoni,Davide Zanoni,Najeeb M. A. Rasul +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the GEODAS ship-track data used in this study can be found at NGDC (http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/geodas/trackline.html).
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Source parameters and ground motion of the Suez-Cairo shear zone earthquakes, Eastern Desert, Egypt
TL;DR: In this paper, three felt earthquakes with local magnitudes 40 (June 29th 2000), 42 (July 07th 2005) and 37 (October 30th 2007) occurred to the southeast of Cairo along the Suez-Cairo shear zone.
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