Basin tectonics during the Early Cretaceous in the Levant margin, Lebanon

Petroleum Systems of Lebanon: An Update and Review

“…The ENE-WSW to ESE-WNW striking normal faults documented in the easternmost part of the Saida -Tyr plateau are similar to the well-documented faults in southern Mount Lebanon (Fig. 5) (Homberg et al, 2009(Homberg et al, , 2010. It is likely that the former faults belong to the same fault family as those documented onshore and were therefore active during the Cretaceous (e.g.…”

“…The seismic facies transition from continuous to chaotic refl ections could indicate mass transport or talus deposits derived from the Jurassic carbonate platform and deposited at the distal end of the slope margin. The talus deposits may have originated from the erosion of significant amounts of carbonate during the Late Jurassic, and its subsequent deposition in the basin during a major sealevel lowstand with the emergence of Lebanon during the Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous (Dubertret, 1955;Homberg et al, 2009). Another interpretation could be that the chaotic unit in the centre represents a Jurassic reef, while the units to east and west represent backreef and fore-reef deposits respectively.…”

Rotations in Lebanon inferred from new palaeomagnetic data and implications for the evolution of the Dead Sea Transform system

“…These faults are generally assumed to accommodate right-lateral slip and are thus considered as part of the DST. New field investigations allowed recognition of an Early Cretaceous and Eocene normal slips along these faults (Homberg et al 2009) and large horizontal offsets have not been yet identified. Whatever the exact slip amount along each fault in Lebanon, the large-scale folds and associated topographic elevations also argue for the transpressive character of the central DST.…”

History of faulting and magmatism in the Galilee (Israel) and across the Levant continental margin inferred from potential field data

“…The tectonic activity, which is associated with extensional tectonic regime (Homberg et al, 2009) and vertical movements, caused truncations and facies changes that strongly affect rock densities. During the Albian and Cenomanian, the western Mt.…”