Characterizing a large shear-zone with seismic and magnetotelluric methods: The case of the Dead Sea Transform

Details Characterizing a large shear-zone with seismic and magnetotelluric methods: The case of the Dead Sea Transform Characterizing a large shear-zone with seismic and magnetotelluric methods: The case of the Dead Sea Transform

Aug 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005georl..3215303m&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 32, Issue 15, CiteID L15303

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Geomagnetism And Paleomagnetism: Geomagnetic Induction, Seismology: Continental Crust (1219), Structural Geology: Folds And Folding, Tectonophysics: Tomography (6982, 7270)

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Seismic tomography, imaging of seismic scatterers, and magnetotelluric soundings reveal a sharp lithologic contrast along a ~10 km long segment of the Arava Fault (AF), a prominent fault of the southern Dead Sea Transform (DST) in the Middle East. Low seismic velocities and resistivities occur on its western side and higher values east of it, and the boundary between the two units coincides partly with a seismic scattering image. At 1-4 km depth the boundary is offset to the east of the AF surface trace, suggesting that at least two fault strands exist, and that slip occurred on multiple strands throughout the margin's history. A westward fault jump, possibly associated with straightening of a fault bend, explains both our observations and the narrow fault zone observed by others.

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