死海斷層

死海斷層是中東貫穿約旦河的左移轉形斷層，斷層從西奈半島南面的紅海裂谷開始，沿著阿拉伯板塊和非洲板塊之間的板塊邊緣伸延，終點是土耳其東南部與東安那托利亞斷層交會的地方。由於兩個板塊均朝東北偏北方向移動，而東面的阿拉伯板塊移動速度較快，因此測出斷層向左移位約107公里。

約旦河谷全景

參考文獻

The Geophysical Institute
"The East Anatolian Fault: Structural pattern and relationship with the Dead Sea Transform", Emre, O. & Duman, T. Y., American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #T42B-01, publ.12/2004

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