TY - JOUR
T1 - The structure and tectonic setting of the levant continental margin, Eastern Mediterranean
AU - Ben-Avraham, Zvi
N1 - Funding Information:
I am indebted to the late Captain Amnon Barak and the crew of R/V ~kik~onu of the Israel Oceanographic and L~olo~c~ Research Ltd. for their help and assistance.I thank D. Neev and M. Israel for critically reading the manuscript and making valuable suggestions.T he researchw as supported by a grant from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Israel.
PY - 1978/4/28
Y1 - 1978/4/28
N2 - The continental slope and rise of a segment of the Levant continental margin were investigated using continuous seismic profiling. The relatively small distances between the profiles and the accurate navigation make it possible to study small-scale variations in the structure and physical character of the stratigraphic sequence on the continental margin. Several prominent reflectors were identified through the entire area and their structure was mapped. Tectonic elements observed in this area consist of structures formed by compressional processes, and normal faults mainly along the continental slope. At the bottom of the slope a diapiric complex lies in a belt parallel to the slope, and in the Levant Basin a large diapiric field with smaller diapirs was mapped. A new conceptual model for the tectonic development of the Levant continental margin is described. The main idea is that the faulting along the continental slope is the expression of the two types of interaction at the northern boundary of the Sinai plate, with the Cyprian arc on one side, and with the Taurus Mountains in Turkey on the other.
AB - The continental slope and rise of a segment of the Levant continental margin were investigated using continuous seismic profiling. The relatively small distances between the profiles and the accurate navigation make it possible to study small-scale variations in the structure and physical character of the stratigraphic sequence on the continental margin. Several prominent reflectors were identified through the entire area and their structure was mapped. Tectonic elements observed in this area consist of structures formed by compressional processes, and normal faults mainly along the continental slope. At the bottom of the slope a diapiric complex lies in a belt parallel to the slope, and in the Levant Basin a large diapiric field with smaller diapirs was mapped. A new conceptual model for the tectonic development of the Levant continental margin is described. The main idea is that the faulting along the continental slope is the expression of the two types of interaction at the northern boundary of the Sinai plate, with the Cyprian arc on one side, and with the Taurus Mountains in Turkey on the other.
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U2 - 10.1016/0040-1951(78)90210-X
DO - 10.1016/0040-1951(78)90210-X
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AN - SCOPUS:0017959347
SN - 0040-1951
VL - 46
SP - 313
EP - 331
JO - Tectonophysics
JF - Tectonophysics
IS - 3-4
ER -