Discussion on 'Geological Offsets and Age Constraints along the Northern Dead Sea Fault, Syria': Journal, 167, 1001-1008/reply to Discussion on 'Geological Offsets and Age Constraints along the Northern Dead Sea Fault, Syria': Journal, 167, 1001-1008

Westaway, Rob, Searle, Michael P., Chung, Sun-Lin, Lo, Ching-Hua, Journal of the Geological Society

ROB WESTAWAY1,2

1 Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology, The Open University, Abbots Hill, Gateshead NE8 3DF, UK

2 Newcastle Institute for Research on Sustainability, Newcastle University, Devonshire Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK

*Corresponding author (e-mail: r.w.c.westaway@ncl.ac.uk)

Searle et al. (2010) present significant new evidence regarding the eruption chronology of the Homs Basalt, which adjoins the Misyaf Fault, part of the northern Dead Sea Fault Zone in western Syria. Their Ar-Ar date of 3.7 ± 0.1 Ma for the youngest basalt east of this fault, at Jebel Barshin, significantly postdates any previously published; hitherto, …

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Publication information: Article title: Discussion on 'Geological Offsets and Age Constraints along the Northern Dead Sea Fault, Syria': Journal, 167, 1001-1008/reply to Discussion on 'Geological Offsets and Age Constraints along the Northern Dead Sea Fault, Syria': Journal, 167, 1001-1008. Contributors: Westaway, Rob - Author, Searle, Michael P. - Author, Chung, Sun-Lin - Author, Lo, Ching-Hua - Author. Journal title: Journal of the Geological Society. Volume: 168. Publication date: March 2011. Page number: 621+. © Geological Society Publishing House Jan 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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