Shear wave reflection seismic yields subsurface dissolution and subrosion patterns: application to the Ghor  Al-Haditha sinkhole site, Dead Sea, Jordan

Polom, Ulrich; Alrshdan, Hussam; Al-Halbouni, Djamil; Holohan, Eoghan P.; Dahm, Torsten; Sawarieh, Ali; Atallah, Mohamad Y.; Krawczyk, Charlotte M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-1079-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-1079-2018

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21 Sep 2018

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| 21 Sep 2018

Shear wave reflection seismic yields subsurface dissolution and subrosion patterns: application to the Ghor Al-Haditha sinkhole site, Dead Sea, Jordan

Ulrich Polom, Hussam Alrshdan, Djamil Al-Halbouni, Eoghan P. Holohan, Torsten Dahm, Ali Sawarieh, Mohamad Y. Atallah, and Charlotte M. Krawczyk

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RC1: 'Data processing was not done in a clear way, nor it was clearly elaborated in the text, and this needs to be corrected', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 May 2018
- AC1: 'Author response to the review', U. Polom, 17 Jul 2018
RC2: 'Review of paper se-2018-22', Pauline Kruiver, 10 Jun 2018
- AC2: 'Author response to the review', U. Polom, 17 Jul 2018

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ED: Publish as is (21 Aug 2018) by Ulrike Werban

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (21 Aug 2018) by Elias Samankassou(Executive Editor)

Short summary

The alluvial fan of Ghor Al-Haditha (Dead Sea) is affected by subsidence and sinkholes. Different models and hypothetical processes have been suggested in the past; high-resolution shear wave reflection surveys carried out in 2013 and 2014 showed the absence of evidence for a massive shallow salt layer as formerly suggested. Thus, a new process interpretation is proposed based on both the dissolution and physical erosion of Dead Sea mud layers.