Abstract
Since the advent of plate-tectonics the Dead Sea Transform (DST) has
been considered a prime site to examine geodynamic processes. It
has accommodated a total of 105 km of left-lateral transform motion
between the African and Arabian plates since early Miocene (\~20
My). Large historical earthquakes on the DST with magnitudes up to
7 and the 1995 Nueiba M7.2 event, as well as ongoing micro-seismic
activity show that the DST is a seismically active plate boundary.
The DST therefore poses a considerable seismic hazard to Palestine,
Israel, and Jordan. The DST segment between the Dead Sea and the
Red Sea, called Arava/Araba Fault (AF), is studied in DESERT in detail,
using a multi-disciplinary and multi-scale approach from the micrometer
to the plate-tectonic scale. This volume contains the results of
the DESERT project running from 2000 to 2006. It opens with a review
paper (DESERT Group, 2009) followed by 33 special papers. urn:nbn:de:kobv:b103-09084
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