Paleoseismic History of the Dead Sea Fault Zone

Mustapha Meghraoui (1)

1 IPGS-DGDA - Dynamique globale et déformation active (IPGS)

The aim of this entry is to describe the DSF as a transform plate boundary pointing out the rate of active deformation, fault segmentation, and geometrical complexities as a control of earthquake ruptures. The distribution of large historical earthquakes from a revisited seismicity catalogue using detailed macroseismic maps allows the correlation between the location of past earthquakes and fault segments. The recent results of paleoearthquake investigations (paleoseismic and archeoseismic) with a recurrence interval of large events and long-term slip rate are presented and discussed along with the identification of seismic gaps along the fault. Finally, the implications for the seismic hazard assessment are also discussed.

Mots clés: Earthquake rupture; Seismicity; Seismic slip deficit; Slip rate; Trench investigations; France Synonyms Active faulting

Domaines: Géophysique [physics.geo-ph]

Mustapha Meghraoui. Paleoseismic History of the Dead Sea Fault Zone. Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering, 2015, ⟨10.1007/978-3-642-36197-5_40-1⟩. ⟨hal-01264171⟩