Seismic structure of the Arava Fault, Dead Sea Transform [Elektronische Ressource] / Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam. Nils Maercklin

ISSN 1610-0956 Nils MaercklinSeismic structure of the Arava Fault,Dead Sea TransformDissertationzur Erlangung des akademischen GradesDoktor der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.)in der Wissenschaftsdisziplin Geophysikeingereicht an derMathematisch Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultat¨¨der Universitat PotsdamPotsdam im Januar 2004iiGutachter:Prof. Dr. Michael Weber (GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam & Universitat¨ Potsdam)Prof. Dr. Frank Scherbaum (Universitat¨ Potsdam)¨Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rabbel (Christian Albrechts Universit at Kiel)Tag der Disputation: 2.07.2004iiiAbstractThe Dead Sea Transform (DST) is a prominent shear zone in the Middle East. It separates the Arabianplate from the Sinai microplate and stretches from the Red Sea rift in the south via the Dead Sea tothe Taurus Zagros collision zone in the north. Formed in the Miocene∼17 Ma ago and related to thebreakup of the Afro Arabian continent, the DST accommodates the left lateral movement betweenthe two plates. The study area is located in the Arava Valley between the Dead Sea and the Red Sea,centered across the Arava Fault (AF), which constitutes the major branch of the transform in thisregion.A set of seismic experiments comprising controlled sources, linear profiles across the fault, and specif ically designed receiver arrays reveals the subsurface structure in the vicinity of the AF and of the faultzone itself down to about 3–4 km depth.