Feature: What is the Dead Sea Transform?

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Presenter: Yazan Kopty

Delivered: NYC on November 20, 2016

Stretching 1,000 km from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Taurus Mountains, the Dead Sea Transform is a seismic fault system marking the boundary between the African and Arabian tectonic plates. This afikra feature explores how this geological feature has influenced and shaped human history in the Levant.

Sources & Future References

• The Dead Sea Transform in Lebanon

• Anatomy of the Dead Sea Transform: Does It Reflect Continuous Changes in Plate Motion?

• Anatomy of the Dead Sea Transform From Lithospheric to Microscopic Scale

• Slip Rate on the Dead Sea Transform Fault in Northern Araba Valley (Jordan) | Geophysical Journal International

• Crustal Structure of the Dead Sea Transform | Geophysical Journal International

Note: All community presentations are prepared & presented by non-experts on the subject. They are sharing information in the hopes of spurring interest in that subject.

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