4th Workshop
DESERT 2003, 19th June - 25th June 2003
GFZ, Potsdam

Programme

Thursday, June 19, 2003

Introduction

• Weber: Introduction

Review Talk

• Abu-Ayyash: Dead Sea Research Project: Vision and Reality
• Kesten, Stiller, Schulze: Crustal structures related to the Arava Fault and the southern end of the Dead Sea Basin - Observations from seismic reflection profiles and satellite images
• Maercklin, Haberland et al.: Seismic Imaging of the Arava Fault
• Ben-Zion: Dynamic rupture and wave propagation phenomena in structures with material interfaces
• Ritter, Weckmann, Hoffmann-Rothe, Abueladas, Bedrosian, Haak: Results of the local MT experiments in view of other geophysical data and in comparison with the San Andreas Fault
• Weckmann, Ritter, Abueladas, Jung, Haak: First results of the regional MT study in June 2002
• Helwig, Koch: LOTEM - Experiment - Processing and results 1D-interpretation
• Koch, Helwig: SHOTEM- Experiment Results of previous field investigations and model studies of the detect-ability of a narrow conductive zone
• Romer: Tracing fluid sources in fractures carbonates: Insights from Sr isotopes
• Janssen, Mingram, Romer, Hoffmann-Rothe, Al-Zubi: Carbon-oxygen and Sr isotope constraints on fluid circulation in the Dead Sea Transform Fault
• Möller: Geochemistry of shallow and deep groundwaters in southern Israel and Jordan
• Jaser: Sinkholes on the Dead Sea shores

Investigations of geothermal energy in Jordan

• Ehrhardt, Hübscher, Ben-Avraham, Gajewski: Pull-apart induced sediment tectonics in the southern Dead Sea Transform / northern Gulf of Aqaba (Elat)
• Dehghani, Hübscher, Ben-Avraham, Gajewski: New gravity and magnetic data measured at the continental margin off Israel and at the Nile cone off Egypt during the GEMME project

Friday, June 20, 2003

Review Talk

• Rümpker, Ryberg, Bock: Imaging a continental boundary with seismic anisotropy
• Mohsen, Bock, Hofstetter, Kind, Weber: Crustal structure across the Arava Fault from Receiver Functions
• Laske: Constraints on the lithosphere and asthenosphere from seismic surface waves
• Garfunkel: History of vertical motion along the DST
• Sobolev, Petrunin, Babeyko, Garfunkel: Thermo-mechanical modelling of the DST
• Götze, Schmidt, Rybakov, Hassouneh, El-Kelani: A regional 3D density model for the DESERT project
• Förster, Förster, Oberhänsli, Sobolev, Stromeyer: Lithosphere composition across the DST

Participants:

Weber, Haak, Helwig, Sobolev, Mechie, Schulze, Haberland, Kesten, Rümpker, Ryberg, Maercklin, Stiller, Ritter, Weckmann, Jung, Bedrosian, Schmidt, S.Schmidt, A. Förster, H.-J. Förster, Janssen, Ben-Avraham, Garfunkel, Bartov, Rybakov, Abu-Ayyash, Hassouneh, El-Kelani, Mohsen, Laske, Koch, Meqbel, Romer, Möller, Fuchs, Dehghani, Ehrhardt, Wohlenberg, Wilhelm, Jaser, Qabbani, Talaat, Al-Dabbeek, Ben-Zion