Archive of the Tectonism and Seismicity of Syria and the Surrounding Area

 

 

Archive of the Tectonism and Seismicity of Syria and the Surrounding Area

Editor: Prof. Jamal Abou-Deeb, Geology Department, Damascus University

Mobile: 00963 955479919, e-mail: jabudeeb@gmail.com

The Fourth Archive of the following Syrian Geological Studies site:

"syrgeostudies.blogspot.com"

The aim of this archive is to collect all the data dealing with tectonic setting,  tectonic movement and the seismicity  of the northern and  western parts of the Arabian Plate especially the Levantine Countries, which may improve the knowledge about the Levant Fault System, in order to help in the Seismic Risk Assessment and Reduction in the area.

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-Abdelazim, M., ElGabry, M. N., Gobashy, M. M., Khalil, M. H., and Hussein, H. M. (2023). Seismicity and Fault Interaction in the Gulf of Aqaba. Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol. 180, pp. 2045-2066. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-023-03279-x

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-Abdel-Rahman, A. M. (2003). Mesozoic volcanism in the Middle East: geochemical, isotopic and petrogenetic evolution of extension-related alkali basalts from central Lebanon. Geological Magazine, Vol. 139, pp. 621–640. Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2003.

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-Abdelwahed M. F., Sami El-Khrepy S., Qaddah A. (2013). Three-dimensional structure of Conrad and Moho discontinuities in Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences, Vol. 85, pp. 87–102.

-Abdul-Wahed, M. K. (2012). The focal mechanism of recent largest seismic events in Syria. The 7th Gulf Seismic forum, Saudi Geological Survey; 22-25 January 2012, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 

-Abdul-Wahed, M. K. (2013). Evaluation of the building seismic response—case study, 8th Gulf Seismic Forum 2013, 3–6 March, 2013, Muscat, Oman.

-Abdul-Wahed, M. K. (2019). Recent Instrumental Earthquake Activity Along the Damascus Fault (Syria). In N. Sundararajan et al. (eds.), On Significant Applications of Geophysical Methods, Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01656-2_41.

-Abdul-wahed, M. K. (2020). Assessment of present-day stress field in Syria using the published focal mechanisms, 3rd Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-2020), Sousse, Tunisia from 2 to 5 November 2020.

-Abdul-Wahed, M. K. (2022). New insights into the seismic activity of Damascus fault (Syria): a quantitative analysis, Geofísica Internacional Vol. 61, No.2, pp. 88-99. http://dx.doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.2022.61.2.2054.

-Abdul-Wahed, M. K., Al-Hilal, M., Al-Ali A., and Al-Najjar, H. (2010). Investigation & Evaluation of some prospected fault activities in western Damascus, Report number: AECS-G/RSS—42018643, Affiliation: Atomic Energy Commission, Damascus, Syria, 2010, https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.17308.69769.

-Abdul-Wahed, M. K.,and Alissa, M., (2020). Present-day stress state in northwestern Syria, Geofísica Internacional Vol. 59, No. 4, pp. 299-316. https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.2020.59.4.2038.

-Abdul-Wahed M. K. and Asfahani, J. (2017). New insight on the recent instrumental seismic activity          along the Serghaya fault, Syria. Geofísica Internacional Vol. 56, No. 3, pp. 243-253.

-Abdul-Wahed, M, Kh. And Asfahani, J. (2018). The recent instrumental seismicity of Syria and its implications. Geofísica Internacional, Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 121-138.1.

-Abdul-Wahed, M. K. and Al-Tahhan, I. (2010). Preliminary outline of the seismologically active zones in Syria. Annals of Geophysics, Vol. 53, No. 4; doi:10.4401/ag-4683.

-Abdul-Wahed, M. K., Asfahani, J., and Tahhan, I. (2011). A combined Methodology of Multiplet and Composite Focal Mechanism Techniques for Identifying Seismological Active Zones in Syria. Acta Geophysica. Vol. 59, No. 5, pp. 967-992. DOI:102478/s11600-011-0024-2.

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