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.
%0 Journal Article
%1 maercklin_etal:2005
%A Maercklin, N.
%A Bedrosian, P. A.
%A Haberland, C.
%A Ritter, O.
%A Ryberg, T.
%A Weber, M.
%A Weckmann, U.
%D 2005
%J Geophysical Research Letters
%K geophysics myown seismics
%N 15
%P L15303+
%R 10.1029/2005GL022724
%T Characterizing a large shear-zone with seismic and magnetotelluric
methods: The case of the Dead Sea Transform
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005GL022724
%V 32
%X 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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abstract = {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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author = {Maercklin, N. and Bedrosian, P. A. and Haberland, C. and Ritter, O. and Ryberg, T. and Weber, M. and Weckmann, U.},
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title = {Characterizing a large shear-zone with seismic and magnetotelluric
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url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005GL022724},
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