Two sides to the Kinneret Lake / שתי גדות לכנרת - המשותף והשונה במסלע ובמבנה

The Sea of Galilee (Kinneret Lake) divides two Neogene basins which are characterized by largely continental clastic sequences and basalt flows. Stratigraphic differences between the two basins are discerned. A comparison of the stratigraphy of both sides of the Sea of Galilee does not support the postulated 107 km left-lateral movement. Although some small strike-slip faults might exist, most faults are of a gravity dip-slip type. A postulated ridge trending NNE, buried under the Sea of Galilee, might have had a stratigraphic influence on sediment distribution between the eastern and western sides. The raw materials, as well as the ores, thermal water and the ground-water of the southern Golan Heights is briefly reviewed too.