Archive of the Geological and Geophysical papers of Eastern Mediterranean
Editor: Prof. Jamal Abou-deeb, Geology Department, Damascus University
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This archive contains references to all the Eastern Mediterranean geological and geophysical papers published everywhere in all languages, but they are introduced here in English or French. They are arranged in an alphabet order of the authors.
1.Aai, A. A., El Barkooky, A., Gerrits, M., Meyer, H., Schwander, M., and Zaki, H. (2000). Tectonic evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean basin and its significance for hydrocarbon prospectivity in the Ultra deep water of the Nile Delta. The Leading Edge, Vol. 19, pp.1086-1102. doi:10.1190/1.1438485.
2.Abu-Jaber, N. S., Kimberly, M. M., and Cavaroc, V. V. (1989). Mesozoic-Paleogene basin development within the Eastern Mediterranean borderland. J. Pet. Geol., Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 419-43.
3.Ahmad, A., Ahmad, El B., Marc, G., Hans-Jurg, M., Marcus, Sch., and Hana, Z. (2001). Tectonic evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean Basin and its significance fr the hydrocarbon prospectivity of the Nile Delta Deepwater Area. GeoArabia, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 363-384.
4.Al-Riyami, K., Robertson, A., Dixon, J., and Xenophontos, C., Danellan, T., and Dixon,J. E. (2000).Mesozoic tectonic and sedimentary evolution of the Arabian continental margin in Baer-Bassit (NW Syria). In proceeding of the 3rd International Conference on the Geology of the Eastern Mediterranean, Nicosia, Cyprus, September 23-26, 1998 (eds: Milpas, J., Xenophontos, C., and Panayides, A., pp. 61-81. Geological Survey Department, Cyprus.
5.Al-Tarzi, E. (1999). Regioal seismic hazard study for the Eastern Mediterranean (Trans-Jordan, Levant and Antakia) and Sinai Region. Jour. Of African Earth Sciences. Vol. 3, pp. 743-750.
6.Altiner, D. (1989). An example for the tectonic evolution of the Arabian platform margin (SEAnatolia) during Mesozoic and some criticisms of the previously suggested models, in A. M. C. Sengor, ed., Tectonic evolution of the Tethyan region: Dordrecht, Netherlands, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 117-129.
7.Ambraseys, N. N. (2001). Reassessment of earthquakes, 1900–1999, in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. Geophys. J. Int., Vol. 145, pp. 471– 485.
8.Ambraseys, N. N., and Barazangi, M. (1989). The 1759 earthquake in the Bakaa Valley: implication for earthquake hazard assessment in the Eastern Mediterranean region, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 94, pp. 4007-4013.
9.Ambraseys, N. N. and Finkel, C. F. (1993). Material for the investigation of the seismicity of the Eastern Mediterranean region during the period 1690–1710, in Materials of the CEC Project “Review of Historical Seismicity in Europe”, pp. 173–194, (ed.) Stucchi, M., CNR, Vol. 1, pp. 173– 194, Milano, Italy.
10.Ambraseys, N. N., and Jackson, J. A. (1998). Faulting associated with historical and recent earthquakes in the Eastern Mediterranean. Geophys. Jour. Intern, Vol. 133, No. 2, pp. 390-406.
11.Ambraseys, N. N. and Melville, C. P. (1988). An analysis of the Eastern Mediterranean earthquake of 20 May 1202. In: Lee, W. (ed,): Conference: Symposium on Historical Seismograms and Earthquakes of the world (27-08-1985). Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 181-200.
12.Ambraseys, N.N. & White, D., (1997). The seismicity of the Eastern Mediterranean region 550–1 BC: a re-appraisal, J. Earthquake Eng., Vol. 1, pp. 603–632.
13.Ben-Avraham. (1978). The structure and tectonic setting of the Levant continental margin, Eastern Mediterranean. Tectonophysics, Vol. 46, No. 3-4, pp. 313-331. Doi:10.1016/0040-1951(78)90210-X.
14.Ben-Avraham, Z., and Ginzburg, A. (1990). Displaced terranes and crustal evolution of the Levant and the Eastern Mediterranean. Tectonics, Vol. 9, pp. 613-622. Doi:10.1029/TC009i004p00613.
15.Ben-Avraham, Z., and Ginzburg, A., Makris, J., and Eppelbaum, I. (2002). Crustal structure of the Levant basin, Eastern Mediterranean. Tectonophysics, Vol. 346, No. 1-2, pp. 23-43. doi:10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00226-8.
16.Ben-Avraham, Z., Schattner, U., Lazar, M., Hall, J. K., Ben-Gai, Y., Neev, D., and Reshef, M. (2006). Segmentation of the Levant Continental Margin, Eastern Mediterranean. Tectonics, Vol. 25, No. TC5002, 17 p.
17.Ben-Avraham, Z., Woodside, J., Lodolo, E., Gardosh, M., and Grasso, A., Camerlenghi, A., and Vai, G, B. (2006). Eastern Mediterranean Basin Systems, In: D. G. Gee and R. L. Stephenson, (Eds): European Lithosphere Dynamics, Geological Society, London, Vol. 32, pp. 263-276.
18.Beydoun, Z. R. (1977). The Levantine countries: The geology of Syria and Lebanon (Maritime regions). In “Ocean basins and margins”, Vol. 4A, “The Eastern Mediterranean”, edited by Nairn, A. E. M., Kanes, W. H., and Stehli, F. G. pp. 319-353.
19. Darawcheh, R., Sbeinati, M., Margottini, C. and Poilini, S. (2000). The 9th July 551 AD earthquakes, Eastern Mediterranean Region. Jour of Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 403-414.
20.Delaune-Mayere, M. (1984). Evolution of a Mesozoic Passive Continental Margin: Baër-Bassit (NW Syria). In J.E. Dixon and A.H.F. Robertson (Eds.), The Geologic Evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Edinburgh, Scotland, pp. 151-159.
21.Dubertret, L (1932). Sur la structure de la Côte Orientale de la Méditerranée. C. R. Soc. Géol. Fr. Tome 197, pp. 458-460, Paris.
22.Eppelbaum, L. V. (1996). Methodology of 3-D combined modeling of magnetic and gravity fields in the Eastern Mediterranean. Proceedings of the 3rd EUG Meeting, Vol. 8, 4 p.
23.Eppelbaum, L. V., and Katz, Y. (2011). Tectonic-geophysical mapping of Israel and the Eastern Mediterranean: Implication for hydrocarbon prospecting. Positioning, Vol. 2, pp. 36-54. Doi:10.4236/pos.2011.21004.
24.Eppelbaum, L. V., Livsh*ts, Y, A., Flexer, A., and Ben Avraham, Z. (1998). Integrated geological and geophysical analysis of ring structures phenomenon in the Eastern Mediterranean. Transactions of the Conference of the Israeli Geological Society, Annual Meeting, Mizpe-Ramon, 25 p.
25.Garfunkel, Z. (2004). Origin of the Eastern Mediterranean basin: a reevaluation. Tectonophysics, Vol. 391, pp. 11-34.
26.Garfunkel, Z., and Derin, B. (1984). Permian-early Mesozoic tectonism and continental margin formation in Israel and its implication for the history of the Eastern Mediterranean. In: J.E. Dixon and A.H.F. Robertson (Editors), The Geological Evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean. Blackwell, Oxford, Special publication, No. 17, pp. 187-201.
27.Gealy, W. K. (1988). Plate tectonic evolution of the Mediterranean-Middle East region. Tectonophysics, Vol. 155, pp. 285-306.
28.Hall, J., Aksu, A. E., Caloen, T. J., Yasar, D. (2005). Varying tectonic control on Basin development at an active micro plate margin, Latakia Basin, Eastern Mediterranean. Marine Geology, Vol. 221, pp. 15-60.
29.Harash, F. (2017). Characteristics of lithospheric magnetic and gravity anomalies and their geological implication in the Eratosthenes Seamount, the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Unpublished M. Sc. Thesis, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), 81 p.
30.Harash, F. (2023). The magnetic and density characteristics of the lithosphere beneath the East Mediterranean Sea area and the tectonic implications. Unpublished Ph. D. Thesis. China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), 139 p.
31.Harash, F., and Chen, Ch. (2022). Determination of Curie Point depth distribution and heat flow regime characteristics in Eratosthenes Seamount, Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Energies, 2022 Non 17;15(22):8634.
32.Harash, F., Chen, Ch., Qing, L., Chenming, Tu., Al-Ansari, N., Khalaf, A., Alrawi, I., and Alshameri, A. (2023). 3-D density structure of the upper mantle in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and surrounding region using gravity inversion constrained by seismic velosity model. Tectonophysics, 2023 Aug 5;860:229906.
33.Harash, F., Khalaf, A., Al-Ansari, N., Chen, Ch., Alrawi, I., Al-Khafaji, H., and Tageldin M. (2023). Local Moho distribution in the Eastern Mediterranean region from gravity inversion: Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Frontier in Earth Science. 2023 Jun 5;11:1195485.
34.Jackson, Y., and McKenzie, D. (1988). The relationship between plate motions and seismic moment tensors, and the rates of active deformation in the Mediterranean and Middle East. Geophsical Journal. Vol. 93, pp. 45-73.
35.Katz, y., and Eppelbaum, L. (1999). Levantine phase of tectonic-thermal activity in the Eastern Mediterranean. Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Section Planetary Geology, Vol. 31, No. 7, p. A119.
36.Khawlie, M. R. (1992). Shaping the Eastern Mediterranean coast by earthquakes: Lebanon. Geology Today, March-April, pp. 58-61.
37.Krasheninnikov, V. A., (1994). Stratigraphy of the Maastrichtian of the deposits of the coastal part of Northwestern Syria, Mediterranean 6001, Inst. ASCIUSSR. Moscow, pp. 265-276.
38.McClusky, S., Balassanian, S., et al. (2000). GPS constraints on plate kinematics and dynamics in the Eastern Mediterranean and Caucasus. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 105, pp. 5695-5719.
39.McClusky, S., S. Balassanian, A. Barka, C. Demir, S. Ergintav, I. Georgiev, O. Gurkan, M. Hamburger, K. Hurst, H. Kahle, K. Kastens, G. Kekelidze, R. King, V. Kotzev, O. Lenk, S. Mahmoud, A. Mishin, M. Nadariya, A. Ouzounis, D. Paradissis, Y. Peter, M. Prilepin, R. Reilinger, I. Sanli, H. Seeger, A. Tealeb, M.N. Toksöz, and G.Veis (2000). Global Positioning System constraints on plate kinematics and dynamics in the Eastern Mediterranean and Caucasus. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 105, No. B3, pp. 5695–5719.
40.McKenzie, D. P. (1970). Plate Tectonics of the Mediterranean Region. Nature, Vol. 226, pp. 239- 243.
41.Montigny, R., Thuizat, R., Whitechurch, H., and Juteau, T. (1981). K-Ar dating of some infra-ophiolite metamorphic soles from the Eastern Mediterranean: New evidence for oceanic thrusting before obduction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 52, pp. 302-3010.
42.Morris, A., Anderson, M. W. F., Robertson, A. and Al-Riyami, K. (2002). Extreme tectonic rotations within an Eastern Mediterranean ophiolite (Baer-Bassit, Syria). Earth Planet. Sci. Let., Vol. 202, pp. 247-261.
43.Mouty, M., Sbeinati, M., and Darawcheh, R. (1992). Effects of historical earthquakes on archaeological sites along Al-Ghab faulting zone in Syria. Proceedings of the regional workshop on “Archeoseismicity in the Mediterranean region”, November 4/7/ 1992, Damascus, Syria. pp. 38-44.
44.Neev, D. (1975). Tectonic evolution of the Middle East and Levantine basin (easternmost Mediterranean). Geology, Vol. 3, pp. 683-686.
45.Nur, A. and Ben-Avraham, Z., (1978). The eastern Mediterranean and Levant: Tectonics of continental collision. Tectonophysics, Vol. 46, pp. 297-311.
46.Nur, A., and E.H. Cline, E. H., Poseidon’s Horses (2000). Plate tectonics and earthquake storms in the late Bronze age Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, J. Archaeol. Sci. Vol. 27, pp. 43-63.
47.Quennell, A.M. (1984). The Western Arabia rift system. In J.E. Dixon and A.H.F. Robertson (Eds.), The Geological Evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean, Geological Society of London, Special Publication, Vol. 17, pp. 775-788.
48.Robertson, A. H. F. (1998). Mesozoic-Tertiary tectonic evolution of the easternmost Mediterranean area: integration of marine and land evidence. In: Robertson, A, H. F., Emeis, K.C., Richter, C., and Camerlenghi, A. (Eds.), Proceeding of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Vol. 160, pp. 723-782.
49.Robertson, A. H. F., Clift, P. D., Degnan, P. J. and Jones, G. (1991). Palaeogeographic and Palaeotectonic Evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean Neotethys. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Vol. 87, No. 1-4, pp. 289-343. Doi:10.1016/0031-0182(91)90140-M.
50.Robertson, A.H.F. and Dixon, J. E. (1984). Aspects of the geological evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean. In J.E. Dixon and A.H.F. Robertson (Eds.), The Geologic Evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean, Geological Society of London, Special Publication, Vol. 17, pp. 1-74.
51.Robertson, A. H. F., Dixon, J. E., Brown, S., Collins, A., Morris, A., Pickett, E., Sharp, I. and Ustaomer, T. (1996). Alternative tectonic models for the Late Paleozoic-Early Tertiary development of the Tethys in the Eastern Mediterranean region. In A. Morris and D.H. Tarling (Eds.), Paleomagnetism and tectonics of the Mediterranean region, Geological Society of London, Special Publication, Vol. 105, pp. 239-263.
52.Robertson, A. H. F., Xenophontos, C., Danellan, T. and Dixon, J. E (2000). Tectonic Evolution of the Mesozoic Arabian Passive Continental Margin and Related Ophiolite in Baer-Bassit Region (NW Syria). Proceedings of the Third international conference on the Geology of the eastern Mediterranean. Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Geological Survey Department. Nicosia, Cyprus.
53.Rotstein, Y., and Kafka, (1982). Seismotectonocs of the southern boundary of Anatolia, Eastern Mediterranean region: subduction, collision, and arc jumping. Tectonics, Vol. 87, pp. 7694-7706.
54.Salamon, A.,and Hofstetter, A. (1996). Seismicity of Eastern Mediterranean Region, perspective from the Sinai subplate. Tectonophysics, Vol, 263, pp. 293-305.
55.Salamon, A.,and Hofstetter, A., Garfunkel, Z., and Ron, H. (2003). Seismotectonic of the Sinai subplate-the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Geophys, J. Int., Vol, 155, No.1, pp. 149-173. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.02017.x.
56.Schenk, C. J., Kirschbaum, M. A., Charpentier, R. R., Klett, T. R., Brownfield, M. E., Pitman, J. K., Cook, T. A., and Tennyson, M. E. (2010). Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Levant Basin Province, Eastern Mediterranean. U. S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet, 2010-3014, 2010.
57.Stampfli, G. M., Mosar, J., Favre, P., Pillevuit, A., and Vannay, J. C. (2000). Permo-Triassic evolution of the western Tethyan realm: The NeoTethys / east Mediterranean basin connection. In W. Cavazza, A.H.F. Robertson and P. Ziegler (Eds.), Peritethyan rift/wrench basins and margins, PeriTethys Memoir VOL. 6, in press, Museum National d'Historie Naturelle, Paris.
58.Stampfli, G.M., Mosar, J., Favre, P., Pillevuit, A., and Vanney, J. -C (2001). Permo-Mesozoic evolution of the western Tethys realm: the NeoTethys East Mediterranean Basin connection. In, P.A. Ziegler, W. Cavazza, A.H.F. Robertson and S. Crasquin-Soleau (Eds.), Peri-Tethyan Rift/Wrench Basins and Passive Margins. Mémoires du Muséum National d’Historie Naturélle, Paris, Vol. 186, pp. 51-108.
59.Taymaz, T., Westaway, R., and Reilinger, R. (2004). Editorial: Active faulting and crustal deformation in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Tectonophysics, Vol. 392, pp.1-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.07.005.
60.USGS, (2010). Eastern Mediterranean prospect buoyed by USGS Assessment, First Break, Vol. 28, No.6, 23p.
61.Westaway, R., (1994). Present-day kinematics of the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean, J. geophys. Res.,Vol, 99, pp. 12 071–12 090.
62.Whitechurch, H., Juteau, T., and Movtigny, R. (1984). Role of Eastern Mediterranean ophiolites Turkey, Syria, Cyprus, in the history of the neotethys. In Dixon J. E. (ed.), The Geologic History of the Eastern Mediterranean. Black Well, Oxford, UK.
