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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-1079-2018
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Research article
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21 Sep 2018
Research article |
| 21 Sep 2018
| 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
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Section 1, Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG), Stilleweg 2, 30655
Hanover, Germany
Hussam Alrshdan
Geological Directorate, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR), P.O. Box 7 code 11118,
Amman, Jordan
Djamil Al-Halbouni
Department 2, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473
Potsdam, Germany
Eoghan P. Holohan
UCD School of Earth Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin 4,
Ireland
Torsten Dahm
Department 2, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473
Potsdam, Germany
University of Potsdam, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences,
14476 Potsdam, Germany
Ali Sawarieh
Geological Directorate, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR), P.O. Box 7 code 11118,
Amman, Jordan
Mohamad Y. Atallah
Yarmouk University 21173, Department of Geological and Environmental
Science, Irbid, Jordan
Charlotte M. Krawczyk
Department 2, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473
Potsdam, Germany
Technische Universität Berlin, Institute of Applied Geosciences,
Ernst-Reuter-Platz 1, 10587 Berlin, Germany
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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.
The alluvial fan of Ghor Al-Haditha (Dead Sea) is affected by subsidence and sinkholes....
