HR: 0800h
AN: T51D-1381    [Abstracts]
TI: New aspects of the Dead Sea strike slip fault zone from the northeastern side of the Dead Sea - reflection seismic evidence
AU: * Al-Zoubi, A S
EM: aalzoubi@go.com.jo
AF: Al-Balqa' Applied University, Faculty of Engineering, Surveying and Geomatics Dept., Salt, 19117 Jordan
AU: * Al-Zoubi, A S
EM: aalzoubi@go.com.jo
AF: Department of Applied Geology, Karlsruhe University, Karlsruhe, D-76128 Germany
AU: Heinrichs, T
EM: till.heinrichs@geo.uni-goettingen.de
AF: Geoscience Center, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, D-37077 Germany
AU: Hoetzl, H
EM: heinz.hoetzl@agk.uni-karlsruhe.de
AF: Department of Applied Geology, Karlsruhe University, Karlsruhe, D-76128 Germany
AU: Qabbani, I
EM: iqabbani@yahoo.com
AF: Natural Resources Authority, P.O. Box 7, Amman, 11118 Jordan
AU: Ali, W
EM: wasim.ali@agk.uni-karlsruhe.de
AF: Department of Applied Geology, Karlsruhe University, Karlsruhe, D-76128 Germany
AB: Several reflection seismic lines directly north of the Dead Sea shore (eastern side of Jericho basin, in Jordan) were interpreted to analyze the subsurface structure and to trace the intensive deformation in the Dead Sea fault zone there. The seismic data indicate that the Jericho basin could be part of the Dead Sea Basin and its northern end. Comparing the fault structure to the east of the Jordan River with the results obtained by Rotstein et al (1991) to the west of the Jordan River, we conclude that the northern part could have similar fault distribution such as the southern Dead Sea basin. We agree with Rotstein (1991) that to the east of the Western border fault the main fault (Jordan Fault) could be an analogue of the Sedom Fault. We suggest the young strike-slip faulting identified by us in the eastern side of the Jordan River Valley may be a continuation of the Ghor Safi Fault (southern Dead Sea basin, Jordan).
DE: 8106 Continental margins: transform
DE: 8111 Continental tectonics: strike-slip and transform
DE: 8164 Stresses: crust and lithosphere
SC: Tectonophysics [T]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005