A new gravity map of the southern half of the Dead Sea transform offers the first regional view of the anatomy of this plate boundary. Interpreted together with auxiliary seismic and well data, the map reveals a string of subsurface basins of widely varying size, shape, and depth along the plate boundary and relatively short (25-55 km) and discontinuous fault segments. We argue that this structure is a result of continuous small changes in relative plate motion. However, several segments must have ruptured simultaneously to produce the inferred maximum magnitude of historical earthquakes.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 1999 |
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| Title | Anatomy of the Dead Sea transform: Does it reflect continuous changes in plate motion? |
| Authors | Uri S. ten Brink, M. Rybakov, A. S. Al-Zoubi, M. Hassouneh, U. Frieslander, A.T. Batayneh, V. Goldschmidt, M.N. Daoud, Y. Rotstein, J.K. Hall |
| Publication Type | Article |
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Series Title | Geology |
| Index ID | 70021281 |
| Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
| USGS Organization | Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center |