@article{MohsenAschKindetal.2013,
  author    = {Mohsen, Ayman and Asch, G{\"u}nter and Kind, Rainer and Mechie, James and Weber, Michael H.},
  title     = {The lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary in the eastern part of the Dead Sea Basin (DSB) from S-to-P receiver functions},
  series = {Arabian journal of geosciences},
  volume    = {6},
  journal   = {Arabian journal of geosciences},
  number    = {7},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Heidelberg},
  issn      = {1866-7511},
  doi       = {10.1007/s12517-011-0503-4},
  pages     = {2343 -- 2350},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {Clear S-to-P converted waves from the crust-mantle boundary (Moho) and lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary (LAB) have been observed on the eastern part of the Dead Sea Basin (DSB), and are used for the determination of the depth of the Moho and the LAB. A temporary network consisting of 18 seismic broad-band stations was operated in the DSB region as part of the DEad Sea Integrated REsearch project for 1.5 years beginning in September 2006. The obtained Moho depth (similar to 35 km) from S-to-P receiver functions agrees well with the results from P-to-S receiver functions and other geophysical data. The thickness of the lithosphere on the eastern part of the DSB is about 75 km. The results obtained here support and confirm previous studies, based on xenolith data, geodynamic modeling, heat flow observations, and S-to-P receiver functions. Therefore, the lithosphere on the eastern part of the DSB and along Wadi Araba has been thinned in the Late Cenozoic, following rifting and spreading of the Red Sea. The thinning of the lithosphere occurred without a concomitant change in the crustal thickness and thus an upwelling of the asthenosphere in the study area is invoked as the cause of the lithosphere thinning.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MohsenAschMechieetal.2011,
  author    = {Mohsen, Amjad and Asch, G{\"u}nter and Mechie, James and Kind, Rainer and Hofstetter, Rami and Weber, Michael H. and Stiller, M. and Abu-Ayyash, Khalil},
  title     = {Crustal structure of the Dead Sea Basin (DSB) from a receiver function analysis},
  series = {Geophysical journal international},
  volume    = {184},
  journal   = {Geophysical journal international},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
  address   = {Malden},
  issn      = {0956-540X},
  doi       = {10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04853.x},
  pages     = {463 -- 476},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {The Dead Sea Transform (DST) is a major left-lateral strike-slip fault that accommodates the relative motion between the African and Arabian plates, connecting a region of extension in the Red Sea to the Taurus collision zone in Turkey over a length of about 1100 km. The Dead Sea Basin (DSB) is one of the largest basins along the DST. The DSB is a morphotectonic depression along the DST, divided into a northern and a southern sub-basin, separated by the Lisan salt diapir. We report on a receiver function study of the crust within the multidisciplinary geophysical project, DEad Sea Integrated REsearch (DESIRE), to study the crustal structure of the DSB. A temporary seismic network was operated on both sides of the DSB between 2006 October and 2008 April. The aperture of the network is approximately 60 km in the E-W direction crossing the DSB on the Lisan peninsula and about 100 km in the N-S direction. Analysis of receiver functions from the DESIRE temporary network indicates that Moho depths vary between 30 and 38 km beneath the area. These Moho depth estimates are consistent with results of near-vertical incidence and wide-angle controlled-source techniques. Receiver functions reveal an additional discontinuity in the lower crust, but only in the DSB and west of it. This leads to the conclusion that the internal crustal structure east and west of the DSB is different at the present-day. However, if the 107 km left-lateral movement along the DST is taken into account, then the region beneath the DESIRE array where no lower crustal discontinuity is observed would have lain about 18 Ma ago immediately adjacent to the region under the previous DESERT array west of the DST where no lower crustal discontinuity is recognized.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OnckenLuschenMechieetal.1999,
  author    = {Oncken, Onno and Luschen, Ewald and Mechie, James and Sobolev, Stephan Vladimir and Schulze, Albrecht and Gaedicke, Christoph and Grunewald, Steffen and Bribach, Jens and Asch, G{\"u}nter and Giese, Peter and Wigger, Peter and Schmitz, Michael and Lueth, Stefan and Scheuber, Ekkehard and Haberland, Christian and Rietbrock, Andreas and G{\"o}tze, Hans-J{\"u}rgen and Brasse, Heinrich and Patzwahl, Regina and Chong, Guillermo and Wilke, Hans-Gerhard and Gonzalez, Gabriel and Jensen, Arturo and Araneda, Manuel and Vieytes, Hugo and Behn, Gerardo and Martinez, Eloy},
  title     = {Seismic reflection image revealing offset of Andean subduction-zone earthquake locations into oceanic mantle},
  year      = {1999},
  language  = {en}
}