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A Model of the Structural Development of Israel and Adjacent Areas Since Upper Cretaceous Times

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Raphael Freund
Raphael Freund
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Abstract

The rifting of the Red Sea, the folding of the Zagros-Taurus range (in Turkey and Iran), and the development of the structures in and near Israel appear to have resulted from a northward anti-clockwise rotational movement of Arabia, which occurred in several phases during Upper Cretaceous to Pleistocene times. The sinistral strike slip fault of the Dead Sea Fault system participated in this movement. It is hereby suggested that the fold and fault structures in Israel and adjacent areas are drag effects along this strike slip fault.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 102 , Issue 3 , June 1965 , pp. 189 - 205
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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