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Palmyride Fold and Thrust Belt:
- Al-Saad, D., Sawaf, T., Gebran, A., Barazangi, M., Best, J. A., and Chaimov, T. A., Northern
Arabian platform transect across the Palmyride mountain belt, Syrian Arab Republic, Global Geoscience Transect
1, The Inter-Union Commission on the Lithosphere and the American Geophysical Union, Washington, D. C., 1991.
- Al-Saad, D., Sawaf, T., Gebran, A., Barazangi, M., Best, J. A., and Chaimov, T. A., Crustal
structure of central Syria: The intracontinental Palmyride Mountain belt, Tectonophysics, 207, 345-358, 1992.
-Abstract and Key Figures
- Barazangi, M., Seber, D., Al-Saad, D., and Sawaf, T., Structure of the intracontinental Palmyride
mountain belt in Syria and its relationship to nearby Arabian plate boundaries, Proc. 1st Int. Symp. Eastern
Mediterranean Geology, Bull. Earth Sci., 20, Cukurova Univ., Adana, Turkey, 111-118, 1992.
- Best, J. A., Barazangi, M., Al-Saad, D., Sawaf, T., and Gebran, A., Bouguer gravity trends
and crustal structure of the Palmyride mountain belt and surrounding northern Arabian platform in Syria, Geology,
18, 1235-1239, 1990. -Abstract
and Key Figures
- Brew, G., Best, J., Barazangi, M., Sawaf, T. Tectonic evolution of the northeast Palmyride
mountain belt, Syria: the Bishri block , in preparation, 2001. -Abstract and Key Figures
- Chaimov, T. A., Barazangi, M., Al-Saad, D., Sawaf, T., and Gebran, A., Shortening in the
Palmyride fold belt, Syria, and implications for movement along the Dead Sea fault system, Tectonics, 9, 1369-1386,
1990. -Abstract and
Key Figures
- Chaimov, T A.., Barazangi, M., Al-Saad, D., Sawaf, T. and Gebran, A., Mesozoic and Cenozoic
deformation inferred from seismic stratigraphy in the southwestern intracontinental Palmyride fold-thrust belt,
Syria, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 104, 704-715, 1992. -Abstract and Key Figures
- Chaimov, T. A., Barazangi, M., Al-Saad, D., Sawaf, T., and Khaddour, M., Seismic fabric and
3-D upper crustal structure of the southwestern intracontinental Palmyride fold belt, Syria, Am. Assoc. Petr.
Geol. Bull., 77, 2032-2047, 1993. -Abstract and Key Figures
- McBride, J. H., Barazangi, M., Best, J., Al-Saad, D., Sawaf, T., Al-Otri, M., and Gebran, A.,
Seismic reflection structure of intracratonic Palmyride fold-thrust belt and surrounding Arabian platform, Syria,
Am. Assoc. Petr. Geol. Bull., 74, 238-259, 1990. -Abstract and Key Figures
- Sawaf, T., Brew, G.E., Litak, R.K., Barazangi, M., Geologic evolution of the intraplate Palmyride
basin and Euphrates fault system, Syria, PeriTethys Memoir # 6, in press, 2001. - Abstract and Key FIgures
- Seber, D., Barazangi, M., Chaimov, T. A., Al-Saad, D., Sawaf, T., and Khaddour, M., Upper
crustal velocity structure and basement morphology beneath the intracontinental Palmyride fold-thrust belt and
north Arabian platform in Syria, Geophys. J. Int., 113, 752-766, 1993. -Abstract and Key Figures
Euphrates Fault System / Eastern Syria:
- Alsdorf, D., Barazangi, M., Litak, R., Seber, D., Sawaf, T., and Al-Saad, D., The intraplate
Euphrates fault system- Palmyrides mountain belt junction and relationship to Arabian plate boundary tectonics,
Annali di Geofisica,38, 385-397, 1995. -Abstract and Key Figures
- Brew, G. E., Litak, R. K., Seber, D., Barazangi, M., Sawaf, T., and Al-Imam, A., Basement
depth and velocity structure in the northern Arabian platform, Eastern Syria, Geophys. J. Int., 128, 617-631,
1997.-Abstract and Key Figures
- Litak, R. K., Barazangi, M., Beauchamp, W., Seber, D., Brew, G., Sawaf, T., and Al-Youssef,
W., Mesozoic-Cenozoic evolution of the intraplate Euphrates fault system, Syria: Implications for regional tectonics,
J. Geol. Soc., London, 154, 653-666, 1997-Abstract and Key Figures
- Litak, R. K., Barazangi, Brew, G. E., M., Sawaf, T., Al-Imam, A., and Al-Youssef, W., Structure
and evolution of the petroliferous Euphrates graben system, southern Syria, Am. Assoc. Petr. Geol. Bull., 82,
1173-1190, 1998. -Abstract
and Key Figures - Click here
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- Sawaf, T., Al-Saad, D., Gebran, A., Barazangi, M., Best, J. A., and Chaimov, T., Stratigraphy
and structure of eastern Syria across the Euphrates depression, Tectonophysics, 220, 267-281, 1993. -Abstract and Key Figures
Northeastern Syria:
- Brew, G., Litak, R., Barazangi, M., Sawaf, T., and Zaza, T., Tectonic evolution of northeast
Syria: Implications for regional tectonics and hydrocarbons, GeoArabia, 4, 289-318, 1999. - Click here to download PDF file
Dead Sea Fault System:
- Brew, G., Lupa, J., Barazangi, M., Sawaf, T., Al-Imam, A., and Zaza, T., Structure and tectonic
development of the Ghab Basin and the Dead Sea Fault System,Syria, Journal of the Geological Society, London,
154, 2001. - Abstract and Key Figures
- Khair, K., Khawlie, M., Haddad, F., Barazangi, M., Seber, D., and Chaimov, T., Bouguer gravity
and crustal structure of the Dead Sea transform fault and adjacent mountain belts in Lebanon, Geology, 21,
739-742, 1993. -Abstract
and Key Figures
General / Regional:
- Barazangi, M., Fielding, E., Isacks, B., and Seber, D., Geophysical and geological databases
and CTBT monitoring: A case study of the Middle East, in E. S. Husebye and A. M., Dainty, eds., Monitoring
a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, 197-224, 1996.
- Barazangi, M., Seber, D., Chaimov, T., Best, J., Litak, R., Al-Saad, D., and Sawaf, T., Tectonic
evolution of the northern Arabian plate in western Syria, in E. Boschi, E. Mantovani, and A. Morelli, eds.,
Recent Evolution and Seismicity of the Mediterranean Region, Kluwer Academic Publishers, NATO ASI Series, The Netherlands,
117-140, 1993. -Abstract
and Key Figures
- Best, J. A., Barazangi, M., Al-Saad, D., Sawaf, T. and Gebran, A., Continental margin evolution
of the northern Arabian platform in Syria, Am. Assoc. Petr. Geol. Bull., 77, 173-193, 1993. -Abstract and Key Figures
- Brew, G. E., Litak, R. K., Seber, D., Barazangi, M., Sawaf, T., and Zaza, T., Summary of
the geological evolution of Syria through geophysical interpretation implications for hydrocarbon exploration,
The Leading Edge, 16, 1473-1482, 1997.
- Brew, G., Litak, R., Barazangi, M., Sawaf, T., and Zaza, T., Tectonic Map and Geologic Evolution
of Syria: The role of GIS, The Leading Edge, 19, 176-182, 2000. - Click
here to download PDF file.
- Brew, G., Barazangi, M., Al-Maleh, K., and Sawaf, T., Tectonic and Geologic evolution of
Syria, GeoArabia, 6, 3, 2001. - Click here to download PDF file
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Last updated: January 2001