The Dead Sea: Tectonic Concurrence Below Ten Kilometers Of Sediments
Friday, January 30, 2009 - 09:37
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.