A braided strike-slip model for the northern continuation of the Dead Sea Fault and its implications for Levantine tectonics

Late Cenozoic uplift along the northern Dead Sea transform in Lebanon and Syria

“…Within this restraining bend, the relatively simple structural expression of the DSFS branches into several distinct strike-slip faults cutting through the mountain chains, including the Yammouneh, Serghaya, Rachaya, Hasbaya, and Roum faults [19]. Of these fault splays, the Yammouneh fault appears to be the only through-going structure connecting the southern and northern DSFS.…”

“…Of these fault splays, the Yammouneh fault appears to be the only through-going structure connecting the southern and northern DSFS. The Serghaya fault cuts obliquely through the Anti Lebanon mountains and may link with the Palmyride fold belt [1,19]. The Roum fault appears to terminate into the Lebanese coastal flexure as a lateral ramp structure [20].…”

Geomorphology and seismicity of the Roum Fault as one of the active branches of the Dead Sea Fault System in Lebanon

“…However, they indicated that the Litani and Zahrani rivers are bent a few kilometers to the left when crossing the southern half of the Roum fatfit and that streams farther north are not offset by this fatfit. Walley [1988], in his assessment of the sinistral displacement along the Roum fatfit in Figure 6a of Garfunkel et al [1981], indicated that there is an abrupt displacement of the Litani river by 4 km and of the more northerly Zahram river by 2 km. Butler et al [1997] menhoned that the Litam fiver records 9 km of offset, whereas Zahrani displays 3.5 km.…”

“…presented work focuses on the Roum fault and its northern Walley, 1988; Chairnovetal., 1990;Barazangietal., 1993;Khair extension, it also prox4des an overview of the tectonic framework of et al, 1997]. The difficulty in delineating the horizontal Lebanon in order to explain the bifurcation of the Dead Sea displacement in the northern segment is probably due to the fact Transform fault into several fault branches.…”

Measurement of Anomalous Radon Gas Emanation Across the Yammouneh Fault in Southern Lebanon: A Possible Approach to Earthquake Prediction

“…1 map B) and reaches southern Turkey (Freund et al 1970;McKenzie 1972). The other faults are the Roum Fault, the Rachaya Fault, the Hasbaya Fault, and the Serghaya Fault (Walley 1988). The locations of these faults and other structures are shown in Fig.…”