Seismicity induced at the northern Dead Sea Transform Fault, Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) Basin, by shallow creep involving a salt body

O Barnea Cohen, S Cesca, T Dahm, A Hofstetter… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In October 2013 and July–August 2018, two extensive earthquake swarms shook
the northern reaches of Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee). Former studies explored the swarms …

Tectonics of Enceladus' south Pole: Block rotation of the tiger stripes

C Rossi, P Cianfarra, F Salvini… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The South Polar Terrain (SPT) of Enceladus is a site with eruptions of gas and
water ice particle plumes, which indicate internal geodynamic activity. These eruptions are …

Tectono-stratigraphic framework and evolution of the northwestern Arabian plate, Central Jordan

M AlZidaneen, R Jaradat, A Al-Rawabdeh, C Hübscher - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
The northwestern Arabian plate has been long influenced by various processes, including
late Precambrian crustal extension, Paleozoic rifting and ice-sheet loading/unloading, and …

[HTML][HTML] Interpreting Soft-Sediment Deformation Structures: Insights into Earthquake History and Depositional Processes in the Dead Sea, Jordan

BS Al-Saqarat, M Abbas, M Al Hseinat, TA Qutishat… - Geosciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Soft-sediment deformation structures (SSDSs) typically form in unconsolidated sedimentary
deposits before lithification. Understanding these structures involves evaluating their …

Restraining bend deformation at the northern termination of the Wadi Araba Fault: Insights from reflection seismic data and focal mechanism solutions

M AlZidaneen - Tectonophysics, 2024 - Elsevier
This study examines subsurface deformation at the northern end of the Wadi Araba Fault
(WAF), focusing on the Amman-Hallabat Fault (AHF) and the Wadi Shueib Fault (WSF) …

Groundwater in the Na'ur area, Jordan: movement and pollution under changes in landscape uses

D Alsawaeir, N Abu-Jaber, A Lücke, C Mayr… - Environmental Earth …, 2024 - Springer
The Cretaceous karstified limestone aquifers in northwestern Jordan are the major source of
water in the area. The study area lies to the south of Amman in a mostly rural area on the …

Understanding the tectonics of the Mikir massif, northeast India: insights from lineament analysis

MP Baruah, TK Goswami, D Bezbaruah - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2023 - Springer
Tectonically active regions show higher intensities of lineaments than tectonically quiet
zones. Analyses of lineaments in an area where exposures are poor and covered by thick …

Paleostress determination and structural analysis of the area between Amman and Qasr Al-Hallabat, North Jordan

MM Al-Taj, S Yasin, A Diabat - The Iraqi Geological Journal, 2022 - igj-iraq.org
This research derives paleostress tensors for deformation affecting late Cretaceous rocks
between Amman and Al-Hallabat, northern Jordan and reconstructs the region's tectonic …

[HTML][HTML] Groundwater vulnerability assessment for the Corridor Wellfield using DRASTIC and modified DRASTIC models: A case study of Eastern Jordan

I Hamdan, A Al-Rawabdeh - Open Journal of Geology, 2020 - scirp.org
Groundwater vulnerability maps were created for the Corridor wellfield (~ 300 km2) in the
eastern Jordan using the DRASTIC and modified DRASTIC groundwater vulnerability …

The hydrochemical implications of the fossilized sandstone aquifer at Wadi Al-Kaniseh, Jordan

N Abu-Jaber - Carbonates and Evaporites, 2023 - Springer
Understanding the geochemical evolution of the deep sandstone aquifers of Jordan is
severely constrained by the limited knowledge of the mineral phases controlling the …