The Dead Sea: Tectonic concurrence below ten kilometres of sediments

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 14:28 in Earth & Climate

The Dead Sea lies in a basin structure situated below the sea level. This deep subsidence is a result of a tectonic concurrence between processes in the upper lithosphere that led to subsiding and a compensating upward flow of rocks in the deeper layers of the lithosphere...

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