The epicontinental subsiding margin of the Triassic in Northern Israel, North Arabian Plate

Platform to shelf edge transect, Triassic of northern Israel, North Arabian Plate

“…Data for the Meged-2 samples is given in Tables 2, 3, and for the Ga'ash-2 samples in Tables 4, 5. Comparative facies ranges of the two boreholes, as well as the epicontinental Devora-2a and Ramalla-1 boreholes of Korngreen and Benjamini (2010), on the basis Fig. 2.…”

“…Three facies belts extend along a NNE-SSW trend. The eastern facies belt is a continuation of the epicontinental Triassic of the Arabian plate (Ramalla-1 borehole; Korngreen and Benjamini, 2010). The western shelf edge belt (Ga'ash-2 borehole) and the intermittent subsiding platform (Meged-2) are the subject of this study.…”

“…The Middle-to Late Triassic can be traced in the Levant region along the NNE-SSW depositional strike for 300 km, from outcrops in the Negev (southern Israel) to the Ramalla-1 and Devora-2a boreholes in the north (Druckman, 1974(Druckman, , 1976Druckman et al, 1975;Zak, 1963;Weissbrod, 1969;Korngreen and Benjamini, 2010). Carbonate facies indicative of mid-to inner-ramp conditions predominate along this transect, sometimes with interbedded clays or restricted evaporites, but thickness increases substantially to the north.…”

“…Differential rates of accumulation in the epicontinental belt have been attributed to two phases of rapid subsidence attributed to Neotethyan rifting (Korngreen and Benjamini, 2010). The earlier phase took place over less than 3 My in the Pelsonian, and the latter phase was a ca.…”

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

“…At that time, shallowmarine sediments in Israel accumulated within a large, N-S oriented embayment. The whole sedimentary succession thickens (Negev and Ramon groups) gradually to the north where it is more than 2600 m in the Devora 2A well (Druckman, 1984;Druckman and Kashai, 1981;Druckman et al, 1995b;Korngreen and Benjamini, 2010). This N-S oriented embayment has been interpreted by Segev and Eshet (2003) as a southwestward extension of the Palmyra graben as defined by Brew et al (1999).…”