Migration and localization of faulting near the intersection of the Dead Sea Fault and the Carmel−Gilboa−Faria Fault System

Crustal deformation and seismicity in the Levant region are mainly related to plate-boundary Dead Sea Fault (DSF) intraplate Carmel−Gilboa−Faria System (CGFS). The intersection between these two major fault systems is generally treated as a ∼35-km-wide belt stretched Faria Gilboa Faults. Here, we present spatial temporal analysis of faulting near this intersection. Our based on new geological mapping, high-resolution airborne light detection ranging (LiDAR) data, seismic reflection profiles indicates northward migration localization over time since early Miocene. We discovered mapped outcrops Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene rock units well faults reconstructed evolution deformation. Three main tectonic phases were identified area covering following periods: early−middle late Miocene−Pliocene, Quaternary. During first phase, DSF CGFS developed, faulted along series subparallel grabens elongated NW−SE, southernmost northernmost faults, width ∼35 km. second migrated concentrated at an ∼6-km-wide zone northern Anticline. third stage, small-scale ∼1−2 km southern boundary Beit She’an Valley occurred. Faults from phase reveal both sinistral normal faulting. propose that currently active located east localized zone, right step uplifted Tel Al-Qarn eastern Jordan Valley. suggest regional changes, variations Sinai-Arabia Euler pole, DSF.