Research Article| April 01, 1938 Wellings’ observations of Dead Sea structure Bailey Willis Bailey Willis Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar GSA Bulletin (1938) 49 (4): 659–668. https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-49-659 Article history received: 01 Dec 1937 first online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Bailey Willis; Wellings’ observations of Dead Sea structure. GSA Bulletin 1938;; 49 (4): 659–668. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-49-659 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract Is the deep trough in which the Dead Sea in Palestine lies a rift valley or a ramp valley? Is it an effect of tension and subsidence, a graben as Suess defined that structure; or is it an effect of compression, a strip forced down between upcurving ramps?The former is the older view, clearly formulated by Suess (1892, vol. 1, p. 174, 481; English translation, 1904, vol. 1, p. 373) and upheld by Blanckenhorn (1896) and Picard (1931 and Picard (1932). The other explanation was suggested by me.The discussion between Picard and myself, published in the Geological Magazine for 1932, settled nothing, for neither of us could bring adequately convincing proof of our interpretations, and the old Scotch verdict of “not proven” was the rational one. It has remained for F. E. Wellings, Chief Geologist for the Iraque Petroleum Company, to bring forward the facts which, as I understand them, . . . This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this article.
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Β. Τ. M. Willis (1938) studied this question.