%0 Journal Article %1 al-zoubi_ben-avraham:2002 %A Al-Zoubi, A. %A Ben-Avraham, Z. %D 2002 %J Tectonophysics %K geophysics %N 1-2 %P 45--59 %R 10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00227-X %T Structure of the Earth's crust in Jordan from potential field data %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00227-X %V 346 %X Gravity and magnetic data were collected and used to study the crustal structure of Jordan. Three new geophysical maps of Jordan were created: a Moho discontinuity map, a crystalline basement surface map, and a map showing the lowest limit of magnetic blocks. Depths of the Curie Isotherm were also calculated. Results indicate that the depth to the Moho discontinuity in Jordan varies from 32 to 33 km in the northwest to 38 km in the southeast. The basement complex rocks outcrop on the surface in the southwest but lie at about 8 km in the northeast. The Curie Isotherm (585C) lies at a depth of about 10 km in the area east of the Dead Sea and dips southeastward towards the Al-Sirhan (Wadi Sirhan), southeast Jordan, where it is located at 35 km depth. Local isostasy of rock masses (blocks) in Jordan does not occur. Nevertheless, this does not rule out the possible existence of isostasy in a regional scale at greater depths within the mantle.

@article{al-zoubi_ben-avraham:2002, abstract = {Gravity and magnetic data were collected and used to study the crustal structure of Jordan. Three new geophysical maps of Jordan were created: a Moho discontinuity map, a crystalline basement surface map, and a map showing the lowest limit of magnetic blocks. Depths of the Curie Isotherm were also calculated. Results indicate that the depth to the Moho discontinuity in Jordan varies from 32 to 33 km in the northwest to 38 km in the southeast. The basement complex rocks outcrop on the surface in the southwest but lie at about 8 km in the northeast. The Curie Isotherm (585C) lies at a depth of about 10 km in the area east of the Dead Sea and dips southeastward towards the Al-Sirhan (Wadi Sirhan), southeast Jordan, where it is located at 35 km depth. Local isostasy of rock masses (blocks) in Jordan does not occur. Nevertheless, this does not rule out the possible existence of isostasy in a regional scale at greater depths within the mantle.}, added-at = {2012-09-01T13:08:21.000+0200}, author = {Al-Zoubi, A. and Ben-Avraham, Z.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/29d9797d25fc4ebc768e0810d730310a9/nilsma}, day = 28, doi = {10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00227-X}, interhash = {c059e845af3e26b11982f3683755b240}, intrahash = {9d9797d25fc4ebc768e0810d730310a9}, issn = {00401951}, journal = {Tectonophysics}, keywords = {geophysics}, month = feb, number = {1-2}, pages = {45--59}, timestamp = {2021-02-09T13:25:44.000+0100}, title = {Structure of the Earth's crust in Jordan from potential field data}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00227-X}, volume = 346, year = 2002 }