... contour interval on these maps is 50 m and we consider only major escarpments (scale of hundr... more ... contour interval on these maps is 50 m and we consider only major escarpments (scale of hundreds of meters), the analysis accounts for large tectonic blocks and regional erosion. These two data sets were combined with a geographical information system (GIS) procedure to ...
The Elat fault system in the southern Arava Valley (Dead Sea rift, Israel) is a complex fault zon... more The Elat fault system in the southern Arava Valley (Dead Sea rift, Israel) is a complex fault zone, characterized by marginal normal faults and central sinistral strike- slip faults. Paleoseismic evidence shows that the Elat fault system has generated at least 15 earthquakes of magnitudes (M) larger than 6 during the late Pleistocene and the Holocene. At least two branches of the fault zone were tectonically active simultaneously, indicating that the seismic response over a period of 80 k.y. was time and space dependent. Late Pleistocene earthquakes displaced the surface by 1-1.5 m; their magnitudes were between M 6.7 and M 7, and their average recurrence interval was 2.8 +- 0.7 k.y. Movements along the fault system in the Holocene had a higher frequency and a recurrence interval of 1.2 +- 0.3 k.y., but resulted in smaller displacement amounts (0.2-1.3 m) and smaller earthquake magnitudes (M 5.9-M 6.7). Historical records document the last seismic event along the Elat fault zone at ...
Fragmentation and rearrangement of drainage basins, and stream reversal occur in response to tect... more Fragmentation and rearrangement of drainage basins, and stream reversal occur in response to tectonic forcing such as subsidence of continental rift valleys and uplift of rift shoulders. We present new cosmogenic data from the central Negev Desert, southern Israel, that sheds light on the relations between the tectonic history of the western margins of the southern Dead Sea Rift (DSR)
Alluvial terraces represent the end product of sedimentary cycles; each includes sediment generat... more Alluvial terraces represent the end product of sedimentary cycles; each includes sediment generation, transport, accumulation, and the ultimate incision that forms abandoned alluvial surfaces. We examine the middle Pleistocene to recent drainage system evolution in Makhtesh Hazera, Negev Desert, southern Israel and compare the characteristics of erosion and sediment transport in the present system with those expressed by the alluvial
... contour interval on these maps is 50 m and we consider only major escarpments (scale of hundr... more ... contour interval on these maps is 50 m and we consider only major escarpments (scale of hundreds of meters), the analysis accounts for large tectonic blocks and regional erosion. These two data sets were combined with a geographical information system (GIS) procedure to ...
The Elat fault system in the southern Arava Valley (Dead Sea rift, Israel) is a complex fault zon... more The Elat fault system in the southern Arava Valley (Dead Sea rift, Israel) is a complex fault zone, characterized by marginal normal faults and central sinistral strike- slip faults. Paleoseismic evidence shows that the Elat fault system has generated at least 15 earthquakes of magnitudes (M) larger than 6 during the late Pleistocene and the Holocene. At least two branches of the fault zone were tectonically active simultaneously, indicating that the seismic response over a period of 80 k.y. was time and space dependent. Late Pleistocene earthquakes displaced the surface by 1-1.5 m; their magnitudes were between M 6.7 and M 7, and their average recurrence interval was 2.8 +- 0.7 k.y. Movements along the fault system in the Holocene had a higher frequency and a recurrence interval of 1.2 +- 0.3 k.y., but resulted in smaller displacement amounts (0.2-1.3 m) and smaller earthquake magnitudes (M 5.9-M 6.7). Historical records document the last seismic event along the Elat fault zone at ...
Fragmentation and rearrangement of drainage basins, and stream reversal occur in response to tect... more Fragmentation and rearrangement of drainage basins, and stream reversal occur in response to tectonic forcing such as subsidence of continental rift valleys and uplift of rift shoulders. We present new cosmogenic data from the central Negev Desert, southern Israel, that sheds light on the relations between the tectonic history of the western margins of the southern Dead Sea Rift (DSR)
Alluvial terraces represent the end product of sedimentary cycles; each includes sediment generat... more Alluvial terraces represent the end product of sedimentary cycles; each includes sediment generation, transport, accumulation, and the ultimate incision that forms abandoned alluvial surfaces. We examine the middle Pleistocene to recent drainage system evolution in Makhtesh Hazera, Negev Desert, southern Israel and compare the characteristics of erosion and sediment transport in the present system with those expressed by the alluvial
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