Dead Sea Transform fault

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The Dead Sea Transform fault is a major strike-slip plate boundary between the African and Arabian plates that has created the long, linear rift system running from the Red Sea through the Dead Sea region into the Levant.

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf plate boundary ⓘ
strike-slip fault ⓘ
transform fault ⓘ
age Cenozoic ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dead Sea Fault System ⓘ
Dead Sea Transform ⓘ
associatedFeature Dead Sea Rift ⓘ
Dead Sea pull-apart basin ⓘ
Gulf of Aqaba pull-apart basins ⓘ
Jordan Rift Valley ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
deformationStyle strike-slip with localized extension and compression ⓘ
earthquakeHazard significant for Levant region ⓘ
extendsFrom northern Red Sea ⓘ
extendsTo southern Turkey region ⓘ
forms long, linear rift system ⓘ
governingProcess continental transform tectonics ⓘ
initiated Miocene ⓘ
linkedTo East Anatolian Fault ⓘ
Red Sea Rift ⓘ
motionType left-lateral strike-slip ⓘ
notableEarthquake 1202 Syria earthquake ⓘ
1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake ⓘ
749 Galilee earthquake ⓘ
orientation north-south to north-northeast–south-southwest ⓘ
passesThrough Dead Sea region ⓘ
linked to: Arabah Valley

Gulf of Aqaba ⓘ
Jordan Valley ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Red Sea region ⓘ
linked to: Red Sea coast
plate1 African Plate ⓘ
plate2 Arabian Plate ⓘ
region Middle East ⓘ
relativePlateMotionRate about 4 to 5 millimeters per year ⓘ
researchField seismology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
segment Dead Sea segment ⓘ
Ghab fault segment in Syria ⓘ
Gulf of Aqaba segment ⓘ
linked to: Gulf of Aqaba

Jordan Valley segment ⓘ
Yammouneh fault segment in Lebanon ⓘ
seismicity high ⓘ
separates Sinai subplate from Arabian Plate ⓘ
tectonicSetting boundary between African Plate and Arabian Plate ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jordan Rift Valley → formedBy → Dead Sea Transform fault ⓘ
Arabian Plate → hasBoundaryFeature → Dead Sea Transform ⓘ
linked to: Dead Sea Transform fault
Arabian Plate → associatedWith → Dead Sea Transform earthquake zone ⓘ
linked to: Dead Sea Transform fault
Moab Mountains → geologicalSetting → Dead Sea Transform fault system ⓘ
linked to: Dead Sea Transform fault
Great Rift Valley system → contains → Dead Sea Transform ⓘ
linked to: Dead Sea Transform fault
Afro-Arabian Rift System → includesFeature → Dead Sea Transform ⓘ
linked to: Dead Sea Transform fault
Afro-Arabian Rift System → associatedWith → Dead Sea Fault System ⓘ
linked to: Dead Sea Transform fault
Dead Sea Transform fault → alsoKnownAs → Dead Sea Transform ⓘ
linked to: Dead Sea Transform fault
Dead Sea Transform fault → alsoKnownAs → Dead Sea Fault System ⓘ
linked to: Dead Sea Transform fault
Dead Sea Transform fault → segment → Dead Sea segment ⓘ
linked to: Dead Sea Transform fault
Dead Sea Transform fault → segment → Yammouneh fault segment in Lebanon ⓘ
linked to: Dead Sea Transform fault
Sinai subplate → boundedBy → Levant Fault system ⓘ
linked to: Dead Sea Transform fault
Sinai subplate → boundedBy → Dead Sea Transform ⓘ
linked to: Dead Sea Transform fault
Sinai subplate → hasKeyStructure → Dead Sea Transform fault zone ⓘ
linked to: Dead Sea Transform fault
Levantine Basin → near → Levant Fault System ⓘ
linked to: Dead Sea Transform fault
Jordan Plain → geologicalContext → Dead Sea Transform fault system ⓘ
linked to: Dead Sea Transform fault
East Anatolian Fault → connectsTo → Dead Sea Transform ⓘ
linked to: Dead Sea Transform fault
Yarmouk Valley → geologicalSetting → Dead Sea Transform fault system ⓘ
linked to: Dead Sea Transform fault
African–Eurasian plate boundary zone → hasPart → Dead Sea Transform ⓘ
linked to: Dead Sea Transform fault
Arabah Valley → geologicalFeatureOf → Dead Sea Transform ⓘ
linked to: Dead Sea Transform fault