Quaternary morphotectonic mapping of the Wadi Araba and implications for the tectonic activity of the southern Dead Sea fault

• Main Authors: Finkel, Robert C., Béon, Maryline Le, Klinger, Yann, Mériaux, Anne-Sophie, Al-Qaryouti, Mahmoud, Mayyas, Omar, Tapponnier, Paul
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Geology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100207; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/11005
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Dead Sea strike-slip fault accommodates the northward motion of Arabia relative to Sinai at a rate of ∼5 mm/yr. The southern segment of the fault, the Wadi Araba fault, runs along a valley blanketed in Quaternary sediments. We first focused on understanding the relative and absolute timing of em...