Abstract
A high resolution seismic survey was carried out on the continental slope of Israel, NW of Caesarea. The area was studied in order to map the tectonic elements of the Dor structure, and to extrapolate and suggest a structural model of the tectonics of the continental slope of the SE Mediterranean since the Late Miocene. It was found that the continental slope was affected by two faulting systems-NW trending strike-slip faults and NNE trending normal faults. Faults of both systems are associated with numerous slumps along the slope. However, the NW trending faults belong to a faulting system of similar trend that abounds in the adjacent continent and extends northwestwards across the continental shelf and slope to the continental rise. The NNE trending faults form the shelf-edge faulting system that was associated with the subsidence of the eastern Mediterranean basin since the Pliocene. Thus the continental slope is not only a morphological transition zone but also a tectonic one, showing the influence of both the continental and the oceanic structural regimes in the SE Mediterranean region.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 249-262 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Marine Geophysical Researches |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 1982 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oceanography
- Geophysics
- Geochemistry and Petrology