Holocene rockfalls in the southern Negev Desert, Israel and their relation to Dead Sea fault earthquakes

Rockfall ages in tectonically active regions provide information regarding frequency and magnitude of earthquakes. In the hyper-arid environment of the Dead Sea fault (DSF), southern Israel, rockfalls are most probably triggered by earthquakes. We dated rockfalls along the western margin of the DSF...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Quaternary research 2014-03, Vol.81 (2), p.260-273
Hauptverfasser:	Rinat, Yair, Matmon, Ari, Arnold, Maurice, Aumaître, Georges, Bourlès, Didier, Keddadouche, Karim, Porat, Naomi, Morin, Efrat, Finkel, Robert C.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Continental interfaces, environment Cosmogenic nuclides Dead Sea fault earthquakes Earth Sciences Exposure age dating Geomorphology Rockfalls Sciences of the Universe
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