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GPS evidence for northward motion of the Sinai Block: Implications for E. Mediterranean tectonics

Date

Authors

Mahmoud, Salah

Reilinger, Robert

McClusky, Simon

Vernant, Philippe

Tealeb, Ali

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

GPS survey sites in the Sinai Peninsula show northerly motion relative to Africa (Nubia) at 1.4 ± 0.8 mm/yr north and 0.4 ± 0.8 mm/yr west. Continuous IGS GPS sites in Israel, west of the Dead Sea fault show a similar northerly sense of motion relative

Keywords

Keywords: Bounding faults; Dead Sea fault system; Neotectonics; Regional tectonics; Earthquakes; Geomorphology; Geophysics; Global positioning system; Mathematical models; Structural geology; Tectonics; GPS; neotectonics; plate motion; plate tectonics; Africa; East East Mediterranean; Global positioning system; Neotectonics; Plate tectonics; Sinai

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/36584

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.epsl.2005.06.063

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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