Magnetic character of a large continental transform: an aeromagnetic survey of the Dead Sea Fault
January 1, 2007
New high-resolution airborne magnetic (HRAM) data along a 120-km-long section of the Dead Sea Transform in southern Jordan and Israel shed light on the shallow structure of the fault zone and on the kinematics of the plate boundary. Despite infrequent seismic activity and only intermittent surface exposure, the fault is delineated clearly on a map of the first vertical derivative of the magnetic intensity, indicating that the source of the magnetic anomaly is shallow. The fault is manifested by a 10–20 nT negative anomaly in areas where the fault cuts through magnetic basement and by a
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Title | Magnetic character of a large continental transform: an aeromagnetic survey of the Dead Sea Fault |
| DOI | 10.1029/2007GC001582 |
| Authors | Uri S. ten Brink, Michael Rybakov, Abdallah S. Al-Zoubi, Yair Rotstein |
| Publication Type | Article |
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Series Title | Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems |
| Index ID | 70121119 |
| Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
| USGS Organization | Coastal and Marine Geology Program; Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center |