A Model of the Structural Development of Israel and Adjacent Areas Since Upper Cretaceous Times
- 1 June 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Geological Magazine
- Vol. 102 (3) , 189-205
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800053218
Abstract
The rifting of the Red Sea, the folding of the Zagros-Taurus range (in Turkey and Iran), and the development of the structures in and near Israel appear to have resulted from a northward anti-clockwise rotational movement of Arabia, which occurred in several phases during Upper Cretaceous to Pleistocene times. The sinistral strike slip fault of the Dead Sea Fault system participated in this movement. It is hereby suggested that the fold and fault structures in Israel and adjacent areas are drag effects along this strike slip fault.Keywords
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