Faulting processes along the northern Dead Sea transform and the Levant margin

Research Article| December 01, 1992 Faulting processes along the northern Dead Sea transform and the Levant margin Zvi Ben-Avraham; Zvi Ben-Avraham 1Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Raymond & Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Vladimir Lyakhovsky Vladimir Lyakhovsky 1Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Raymond & Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Zvi Ben-Avraham 1Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Raymond & Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel Vladimir Lyakhovsky 1Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Raymond & Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1992) 20 (12): 1139–1142. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1992)020<1139:FPATND>2.3.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Zvi Ben-Avraham, Vladimir Lyakhovsky; Faulting processes along the northern Dead Sea transform and the Levant margin. Geology 1992;; 20 (12): 1139–1142. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1992)020<1139:FPATND>2.3.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract The northern Dead Sea transform is markedly different from the southern segments of the transform. The strike of the transform changes in this area that forms a restraining bend, and the displacement on it is much less than that on the southern and central Dead Sea transform. The structure and evolution of the northern Dead Sea transform was simulated using a rheological model of a visco-elastic material that takes into consideration the crustal structure variations in this area and the proximity to the collisional belts along the Cyprean arc and the Taurus Mountains. The simulation can explain the formation of the restraining bend, known in this area as the Yammuneh fault, and the faulting along the northern Levant continental margin, providing that a simultaneous propagation of the Dead Sea transform from the north and south took place. This suggests that restraining bends in general, which are common features along continental transform faults, are formed when two segments of a transform propagate toward each other. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.