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

dc.contributor.authorMahmoud, Salah
dc.contributor.authorReilinger, Robert
dc.contributor.authorMcClusky, Simon
dc.contributor.authorVernant, Philippe
dc.contributor.authorTealeb, Ali
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-08T22:40:38Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.updated2015-12-08T10:25:13Z
dc.description.abstractGPS 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
dc.identifier.issn0012-821X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/36584
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.sourceEarth and Planetary Science Letters
dc.subjectKeywords: 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
dc.titleGPS evidence for northward motion of the Sinai Block: Implications for E. Mediterranean tectonics
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage224
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage217
local.contributor.affiliationMahmoud, Salah, NRIAG
local.contributor.affiliationReilinger, Robert, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationMcClusky, Simon, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationVernant, Philippe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationTealeb, Ali, National Research Institute for Astronomy and Geophysics
local.contributor.authoruidMcClusky, Simon, u4927416
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor040407 - Seismology and Seismic Exploration
local.identifier.absseo970104 - Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4278572xPUB138
local.identifier.citationvolume238
local.identifier.doi10.1016/j.epsl.2005.06.063
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-26944458495
local.type.statusPublished Version

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