Seismic geomorphology of the Israel Slump complex in the Levant Basin (SE Mediterranean)

Ovie Emmanuel Eruteya; Murad Safadi; Nicolas Waldmann; Yizhaq Makovsky; Zvi Ben-Avraham

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20979-1_4

Seismic geomorphology of the Israel Slump complex in the Levant Basin (SE Mediterranean)

Ovie Emmanuel Eruteya, Murad Safadi, Nicolas Waldmann, Yizhaq Makovsky, Zvi Ben-Avraham

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Abstract

Mass transport complexes (MTCs) are significant constituents of the post-evaporitic overburden in the Levant Basin, offshore Israel. Analysis of a new 3D seismic dataset offshore central Israel reveals that the Israel Slump Complex (ISC) consists of three stacked mass transport deposits (MTDs). The MTDs vary in lateral extent from between ∼351 and 752 km² with thicknesses between ∼190 and 325 m, accounting for a remobilised sediment volume of ∼35-94 km³. Interestingly, each MTD is unique, exhibiting different geometries, internal architectures, and halokinetic-related imprints. We document a novel palmlike erosional morphology, blocky facies, arcuate facies, mounded structure, syn-depositional thrust systems, and a channelised geometry. These configurations indicate different transport distance, mechanics, and kinematic history for each MTD within the complex, and may suggest different trigger events. The results of this study shed light on the interplay of multiple MTDs within a greater MTC. It also provides new insights into the nature and formation of the ISC in the offshore area of central Israel, which arose from at least three short-timed mass wasting events during the Late Pliocene. Likewise it may serve as an analogue to understand the configurations of MTDs in basins with well-developed evaporite layers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, 7th International Symposium
Editors	Ingo Pecher, Christof Mueller, Tom Hubble, Lorena Moscardelli, Geoffroy Lamarche, Suzanne Bull, Emily Lane, Aaron Micallef, Joshu Mountjoy, Sebastian Krastel, Susanne Woelz
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Pages	39-47
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319209784
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20979-1_4
State	Published - 2016

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Name	Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, 7th International Symposium

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Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to ILDC, Modi’in Energy and GGR for graciously granting permission to show the seismic dataset. We would like to thank Dallas Dunlap and Joe Cartwright for their extremely careful and constructive reviews. Special thanks also to guest editor Aaron Micallef for his useful comments. Ovie is grateful to the Graduate Studies Authority, University of Haifa and Marie Curie Career Integration Grants (CIG) FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG in the framework of Nicolas Waldmann’s GASTIME project, for funding towards his Ph.D research. We are also grateful to Uri Schattner, Mathieu Rodriguez and Or Bialik for fruitful discussion. Schlumberger, Paradigm and IHS Kingdom are thanked for granting academic licenses of their respective software packages used as part of this study.

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Eruteya, O. E., Safadi, M., Waldmann, N., Makovsky, Y., & Ben-Avraham, Z. (2016). Seismic geomorphology of the Israel Slump complex in the Levant Basin (SE Mediterranean). In I. Pecher, C. Mueller, T. Hubble, L. Moscardelli, G. Lamarche, S. Bull, E. Lane, A. Micallef, J. Mountjoy, S. Krastel, & S. Woelz (Eds.), Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, 7th International Symposium (pp. 39-47). (Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, 7th International Symposium). Kluwer Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20979-1_4

Eruteya, Ovie Emmanuel ; Safadi, Murad ; Waldmann, Nicolas et al. / Seismic geomorphology of the Israel Slump complex in the Levant Basin (SE Mediterranean). Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, 7th International Symposium. editor / Ingo Pecher ; Christof Mueller ; Tom Hubble ; Lorena Moscardelli ; Geoffroy Lamarche ; Suzanne Bull ; Emily Lane ; Aaron Micallef ; Joshu Mountjoy ; Sebastian Krastel ; Susanne Woelz. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2016. pp. 39-47 (Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, 7th International Symposium).

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Eruteya, OE, Safadi, M, Waldmann, N , Makovsky, Y & Ben-Avraham, Z 2016, Seismic geomorphology of the Israel Slump complex in the Levant Basin (SE Mediterranean). in I Pecher, C Mueller, T Hubble, L Moscardelli, G Lamarche, S Bull, E Lane, A Micallef, J Mountjoy, S Krastel & S Woelz (eds), Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, 7th International Symposium. Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, 7th International Symposium, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 39-47. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20979-1_4

Seismic geomorphology of the Israel Slump complex in the Levant Basin (SE Mediterranean). / Eruteya, Ovie Emmanuel; Safadi, Murad; Waldmann, Nicolas et al.
Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, 7th International Symposium. ed. / Ingo Pecher; Christof Mueller; Tom Hubble; Lorena Moscardelli; Geoffroy Lamarche; Suzanne Bull; Emily Lane; Aaron Micallef; Joshu Mountjoy; Sebastian Krastel; Susanne Woelz. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2016. p. 39-47 (Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, 7th International Symposium).

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Eruteya OE, Safadi M, Waldmann N , Makovsky Y, Ben-Avraham Z. Seismic geomorphology of the Israel Slump complex in the Levant Basin (SE Mediterranean). In Pecher I, Mueller C, Hubble T, Moscardelli L, Lamarche G, Bull S, Lane E, Micallef A, Mountjoy J, Krastel S, Woelz S, editors, Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, 7th International Symposium. Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2016. p. 39-47. (Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, 7th International Symposium). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-20979-1_4

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