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Character of transverse faults in the Elat Pull‐Apart Basin
Author(s) -
BenAvraham Zvi,
Garfunkel Zvi
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
tectonics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.465
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1944-9194
pISSN - 0278-7407
DOI - 10.1029/tc005i007p01161
Subject(s) - geology , structural basin , oblique case , transverse plane , pull apart basin , geomorphology , sedimentary basin , philosophy , linguistics , structural engineering , engineering
The Elat Deep is a large pull‐apart basin, about 50 km long, within the Gulf of Elat (Aqaba). Its southern end displays many details of the way in which a pull‐apart basin is terminated at one of its ends. A marine geophysical study has revealed that the southern edge of the basin consists of a complicated deformed zone which contains several distinct active faults, and faults which were recently active. They strike at a large oblique angle to the long dimension of the Elat Deep. Most of the faults display dipslip offsets, although a lateral slip component may also be present on some faults.