Tectonic Plate Boundaries of Israel

The picture above shows spreading boundaries, where new crust is created when plates move away from one another (red lines). The black lines are transform faults where plates slide past one another. The black triangles are convergent boundaries, where one plate dives beneath another in direction of the triangles. The hatched red lines are broad belts of deformation. The red dots are hotspots, where material from the Earth’s mantle wells up into the crust.

Israel is located along the border between the African Tectonic Plate and Arabian Tectonic Plate. The border between these plates form part of the Great Rift Valley, it is known as the world's largest geological fault. The Dead Sea fault is considered a transform plate boundary (two tectonic plates slide past each other). The "Dead Sea Rift" obtained its name because the fault’s path is marked by a valley approximately 12 miles wide, supported by deep subsurface sedimentary basins. The Dead Sea Faults cut through the entire lithosphere, unlike other transform plate boundaries which are on the seafloor. The Dead Sea Faults show the movement of tectonic plates deform  the continental crust and upper mantle. Israel is located in a seismically active region where many small earthquakes occur every year. In 1837 Israel experienced one of their largest earthquakes which was the magnitude of 7.1. 

Dead Sea Fault Study Area:

Data about the Dead Sea fault’s subsurface structure

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