THE GULF OF AQABA SEISMIC SWARM OF 1983 - TECTONIC INFERENCE

Authors
KARAKI NA DORBATH L HAESSLER H
Citation
Na. Karaki et al., THE GULF OF AQABA SEISMIC SWARM OF 1983 - TECTONIC INFERENCE, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre, 317(11), 1993, pp. 1411-1416
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre → ACNP
ISSN journal
07644450
Volume
317
Issue
11
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1411 - 1416
Database
ISI
SICI code
0764-4450(1993)317:11<1411:TGOASS>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The seismic swarm which occurred in 1983 at the northern tip of the Gu lf of Aqaba was relocated using the data published by national and int ernational agencies. The epicentres are distributed along the eastern shore of the gulf in the prolongation of the Jordan-Dead Sea transform fault. The focal mechanism of the main shocks exhibits left-lateral s trike-slip faulting, indicating that a segment of the major transcurre nt fault was activated.