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International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol XXXV, Part B4. Istanbul 2004 
  
CONCLUTIONS 
The results are consistent with the observed surface faults that 
show a greater amount of relative motion on the eastern basin- 
bounding strike-slip fault. Observations from AL- Ghab are 
echoed in theoretical models that show cross-basin oblique-slip 
faults accommodating initial basin opening, but most 
subsidence on the basin bounding faults. A northward shifting 
depocenter, and the subsequent development of a second 
depocenter in AL- Ghab Basin, are due to increasing fresh 
faults overlap with time and step-over of the lateral motion 
from the eastern to the western faults. 
  
ARABIAN PLATE 
  
Figure, 12 
The system formed, initially, as a result of the break up of the 
Arabian plate from the African plate since the mid-Cenozoic 
(fig.10 ). The tectonic evolution of Syria has been profoundly 
affected by movement on nearby Arabian plate boundaries, 
  
  
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which almost completely surround the country. This 
deformation is evidenced in large-scale geologic structures 
within Syria, which include the Palmyrides folds(fig.10). The 
northern continuation of the Dead Sea Fault into Lebanon and 
Syria is comprised primarily of the Serghaya ( SF ) and the 
Yammouneh (YF ) faults that trace parallel and close lines in 
between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountain chains 
( Fig. 11 ) . The SF is a branch of the main Dead Sea fault in 
southwestern part of Syria, while the YF merges with the AL- 
Ghab fault (GF) near the Bouqeah plain in western Syria. The 
south-north trending GF in turn extends parallel to the Syrian 
coast, and merges with the major East Anatolian Fault ( EAF ) 
in southern Turkey ( Fig. 12 ). This complex system in Lebanon 
and Syria has been the location of numerous large historical 
earthquakes ( M» 6.5). Ambreasys and Barazangi ( 1989) 
reported that the fault zone may still be active and capable of 
generating more destructive earthquakes in the future with an 
estimated long return period of 200-350 years. 
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