Seismic data of the DESERT Controlled Source Array II (CSA-2; Arava Valley, Jordan, Oct./Nov. 2001) - Datasets

SEG-Y data of small-scale high-resolution controlled-source seismic experiment to investigate the mesoscopic fault structure of the Wadi Arava fault, Dead Sea Transform. The Dead Sea Transform (DST) is a major shear zone running for more than 1000km from the Red Sea in the South to the Zagros mountain chain in the North. It accommodates the lateral movement of the Sinai microplate and the Arabian shield; the total displacement along this shear zone is >100km. As part of the DESERT 2000 research project, several geophysical studies on a wide range of scales aimed to reveal the structure and evolution of the DST (Weber et al., 2009, 2010, and references therein). In October/November 2010 we conducted a high-resolution seismic experiment in the central part of the Arava/Araba segment of the shear zone. The analysis of the data (reflection seismics, tomography) revealed the shallow structure of the Wadi Arava fault (main strand of the DST) down to a depth of ~1km. The main findings are published in Maercklin (2004) and Haberland et al. (2007).