Since the early 1990s, sinkholes and wide, shallow subsidence features (WSSFs) have become major problems along the Dead Sea shores in Israel and Jordan. Sinkholes are readily observed in the field, but their locations and timing are unpredictable. WSSFs are often difficult to observe in the field. However, once identified, they delineate zones of instability and increasing hazard. In this stud...

Abstract Extensive beds of the deep-sea mussel Bathymodiolus mauritanicus (currently also known as Gigantidas ) linked to active cold seeps related fissure-like activity on Al Gacel mud volcano, Gulf Cádiz, were filmed and sampled for first time during oceanographic expedition SUBVENT-2 aboard R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa. volcano is one up 80 fluid venting submarine structures (mud volcanoes volcan...

Serpentinized mantle peridotites form prominent mountains, including the highest elevations of Troodos ophiolite in Cyprus (Mount Olympus, 1,952 m), but to date, only qualitative mechanisms have been proposed explain uplift rocks high altitudes. Serpentinization reactions between and water result profound changes rheology physical properties significant density reduction (∼900 kg/m3). Field obs...

Continental rifted margins are often associated with widespread, thick evaporite (i.e., salt) deposits and pronounced salt tectonics. The majority of basins formed during the latest stages rifting, prior to continental breakup. We use 2D thermo-mechanical finite element modeling lithospheric extension investigate interplay between margin architecture, late syn-rift deposition, post-rift focus o...