Northward propagation of the Gulf of Elat-Aqaba constrained by cosmogenic burial ages and magnetostratigraphy of onshore sediments

S Engelberg, A Sagy, R Shaar, A Matmon, AJ Hidy… - Tectonophysics, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Gulf of Elat-Aqaba (GEA), located in the southern part of the Dead Sea
Transform (DST), is one of the most active segments of the Dead Sea fault system. Yet, some …

Interseismic deformation in the Gulf of Aqaba from GPS measurements

N Castro-Perdomo, R Viltres, F Masson… - Geophysical Journal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
SUMMARY Although the Dead Sea Transform (DST) fault system has been extensively
studied in the past, little has been known about the present-day kinematics of its …

Seismo-turbidites reveal locations of major earthquakes during the past millennium in the Gulf of Aqaba, southern Dead Sea Fault

Z Bektaş, U Avşar, M Ribot, Y Klinger… - Earth and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Although ample historical and paleoseismological information is available on major past
earthquakes along the onland part of the Dead Sea Fault, knowledge of the seismic …

Areal-source and fault-source based probabilistic seismic hazard analysis using characteristic earthquake model and Monte-Carlo approach: An example of the Gulf …

V Sokolov, HM Zahran, M Toni - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2024 - Elsevier
Here, we describe a technique for probabilistic seismic hazard assessment based on a
combination of a characteristic earthquake model and an areal seismic source model. One …

Liquefaction susceptibility maps for the Aqaba–Elat region with projections of future hazards with sea-level rise

ARA Abueladas, TM Niemi, A Al-Zoubi… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2021 - lyellcollection.org
The cities of Aqaba, Jordan and Elat, Israel are vulnerable to seismic damage because they
are built over the active faults of the Dead Sea Transform that are the source of historically …

Seismological and Remote Sensing Studies in the Dead Sea Zone, Jordan 1987–2021

N Abou Karaki, D Closson, M Meghraoui - … on the Natural Hazards in the …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Dead Sea area is draining massive tourism and infrastructure investments.
However, the area is prone to both induced anthropogenic and natural geological hazards …

Late holocene seismo-turbidite investigation in the sediments of Gulf Of Aqaba

Z Bektaş - 2021 - open.metu.edu.tr
The Gulf of Aqaba is located at the southern part of the Dead Sea Fault (DSF), the length of
which is reaches approximately to 1200 km, extending up to Amuq valley in southern …