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Browsing Active Tectonics, Geophysics, and Structure by Issue Date
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Geologic and Strategic Comments on Oil Resources in the Arabian Gulf Region
(2007-04-06)Peak oil production in the Middle East's Arabian/Persian Gulf region and worldwide could be delayed if major multinational and national oil companies would invest more heavily in drilling and extraction technologies and ... -
Strain partitioning of active transpression within the Lebanese restraining bend of the Dead Sea fault (Lebanon and SW Syria)
(Geological Society of London, 2007)Recent neotectonic, palaeoseismic, and GPS results along the central Dead Sea fault system elucidate the spatial distribution of crustal deformation within a large (~180 km long) restraining bend along this major continental ... -
Global Positioning System measurements of strain accumulation and slip transfer through the restraining bend along the Dead Sea fault system in Lebanon
(Blackwell Publishing, 2007)Approximately 4 yr of campaign and continuous Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements across the Dead Sea fault system (DSFS) in Lebanon provide direct measurements of interseismic strain accumulation along a 200-km-long ... -
Late Cenozoic uplift along the northern Dead Sea transform in Lebanon and Syria
(Elsevier Science, 2006)Evidence of long-term, late Cenozoic uplift, as well as strike-slip faulting, is revealed by topographic and geological features along the northern 500 km of the Dead Sea fault system (DSFS)- the transform boundary between ... -
Active tectonics of the western Mediterranean: Geodetic evidence for roll back of a delaminated subcontinental lithospheric slab beneath the Rif Mountains, Morocco
(Geological Society of America, 2006)Surface deformation in Morocco derived from five years of GPS survey observations of a 22-station network, four continuously recording GPS stations, and four IGS stations in Iberia indicate roughly southward motion (~3 ... -
Structure and tectonic evolution of the Anatolian plateau in eastern Turkey
(Geological Society of America, 2006)The Cenozoic geology and the present lithospheric and upper mantle structure of the Anatolian plateau in eastern Turkey and nearby regions are the result of the final collision and suturing of the continental Arabian plate ... -
Crustal structure of the Arabian Plate: New constraints from the analysis of teleseismic receiver functions
(Elsevier Science, 2005)Receiver functions for numerous teleseismic earthquakes recorded at 23 broadband and mid-band stations in Saudi Arabia and Jordan were analyzed to map crustal thickness within and around the Arabian plate. We used spectral ... -
Lithospheric Structure of the Arabian Plate and Surrounding Regions
(2004-05)Continuous waveform recording from a newly established broadband seismic network in Saudi Arabia, in addition to data produced by other stations in the region, were used to map regional seismic wave propagation (Lg and Sn) ... -
Seismic event location using the Eastern Turkey Seismic Network: Analysis of the Agri Dam explosion
(Seismological Society of America, 2004)A 12 ton controlled source explosion took place in eastern Turkey on June 5, 2001 and was recorded by 18 stations of the Eastern Turkey Seismic Experiment (ETSE) PASSCAL broadband network. This is a unique recording obtained ... -
Pn tomographic imaging of mantle lid velocity and anisotropy at the junction of the Arabian, Eurasian, and African plates
(Blackwell Publishing, 2004)The interaction of the Arabian plate with the Eurasian plate has played a major role in building the young mountain belts along the Zagros-Bitlis continent-continent collision zone. Arabia's northward motion is considered ... -
Regional seismic wave propagation (Lg and Sn) and Pn attenuation in the Arabian Plate and surrounding regions
(Blackwell Publishing, 2004)Continuous recordings of 17 broadband and short period digital seismic stations from a newly established seismological network in Saudi Arabia, along with digital recordings from the broadband stations of the GSN, MEDNET, ... -
Superposed folding resulting from inversion of a synrift accommodation zone, Atlas Mountains, Morocco
(American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), 2004)The conspicuous offset of the northern margin of the High Atlas Mountains is composed of several large superposed folds, one of which is known as the Ait Attab Syncline. The original northeast-trending syncline (F1) was ... -
Crustal and upper mantle structure of Oman and the Northern Middle East
(Cornell University, 2003-01)This dissertation focuses on studying the crustal structure on the southeast margin and foreland of Arabia in Oman, and upper mantle rheology and structure at the zone of interaction between the Arabian, Eurasian, and ... -
Sn attenuation in the Anatolian and Iranian plateau and surrounding regions
(American Geophysical Union, 2003)The propagation characteristics of the regional Sn shear waves have been mapped to provide insight into the lithospheric structure of the Anatolian and Iranian plateau and the surrounding regions. Thousands of regional ... -
Seismogenic zones in eastern Turkey
(American Geophysical Union, 2003)A 29-station temporary broadband PASSCAL network was operated from late October 1999 to August 2001 in eastern Turkey in order to decipher the geodynamics of one of the youngest continent-continent collision zones in the ... -
Holocene faulting and earthquake recurrence along the Serghaya branch of the Dead Sea fault system in Syria and Lebanon
(Blackwell Publishing, 2003)The Serghaya fault, located approximately along the Syrian-Lebanese border, is a prominent structure within the 200 km restraining bend in the left-lateral Dead Sea fault system. This study documents palaeoseismic and ... -
Tectonic evolution of the northeast Palmyride mountain belt, Syria: the Bishri crustal block
(Geological Society of London, 2003)Investigating the Bishri block, centrally positioned amid the diverse tectonic and structural zones of Syria, reveals details of the intraplate Phanerozoic development of the northern Arabian platform. The Bishri block is ... -
Tomographic Pn velocity and anisotropy structure beneath the Anatolian plateau (eastern Turkey) and the surrounding regions
(American Geophysical Union, 2003)We use Pn phase travel time residuals to invert for mantle lid velocity and anisotropy beneath northern Arabia eastern Anatolia continent-continent collision zone. The primary phase data were obtained from the temporary ... -
Evidence for 830 years of seismic quiescence from palaeoseismology, archaeoseismology, and historical seismicity along the Dead Sea fault in Syria
(Elsevier Science, 2003)The long historical record of earthquakes, the physical effects on ancient building structures and the palaeoseismology provide a unique opportunity for an interdisciplinary tectonic analysis along a major plate boundary ... -
Shear wave splitting in a young continent-continent collision: An example from eastern Turkey
(2003)We have determined the shear wave splitting fast polarization direction and delay time using data from the ETSE broadband experiment (Eastern Turkey Seismic Experiment), a deployment of 29 broadband seismic stations across ...
