Seismite in pre-Dead Sea lake deposits

Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

The Lisan Formation was deposited in a lake during the last glacial period over a section of the Dead Sea Fault. The laminas, which represent seasonal deposition, were preserved exceptionally well until earthquakes associated with fault slip deformed the bottom sediments. The series of deformed strata (=seismites) provides a ~50-kyr-long paleoseismic record. The photo shows an example of a seismite.

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Credit: Shmulik Marco (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

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Type Image Format JPG Size 2.8 MB Aspect 873:358 Width 2619 px Height 1074 px Brand Canon Model PowerShot S5 IS Lens 6.0-72.0 mm Exposure 7 mm f/4 1/400 s ISO 80 Software Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 15.5 (Macintosh) Coordinates 31.1005, 35.3646 Altitude -350 m Tint Light grayish yellowish brown Submitted 27 September 2026 Taken 9 April 2011