Dead Sea Transform

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Dead_Sea_Transform
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf transform fault
gptkbp:age Cenozoic
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Dead_Sea_Rift
gptkb:Levant_Fault_System
gptkbp:connects gptkb:East_Anatolian_Fault
gptkb:Red_Sea_Rift
gptkbp:country gptkb:Israel
gptkb:Jordan
gptkb:Lebanon
gptkb:Palestine
gptkb:Syria
gptkbp:discoveredBy geologists
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dead Sea Transform
gptkbp:length ~1,000 km
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Middle_East
gptkbp:movement strike-slip
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:1837_Galilee_earthquake
gptkb:1202_Syria_earthquake
gptkb:1995_Gulf_of_Aqaba_earthquake
gptkb:749_Galilee_earthquake
gptkbp:passesThrough gptkb:Dead_Sea
gptkb:Sea_of_Galilee
gptkb:Jordan_Rift_Valley
gptkb:Hula_Valley
gptkb:Gulf_of_Aqaba
gptkbp:plateBoundaryBetween gptkb:Arabian_Plate
gptkb:African_Plate
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arabische_Platte
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6