Abstract
Seismic profiles across the Plateau show a sedimentary wedge that has prograded NE-ward from the direction of the adjacent transform fault of the Cape Range fracture zone. We postulate that, by analogy with the structure along the Gulf of Aqaba-Dead Sea system, this wedge was derived from the continental rim that formed just NE of an active extensional transform fault marked by a deep cleft across which sediment was unlikely to be transferred from one plate to the other.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2088-2096 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 1979 |