Sunday 4 February 2018

Varves and earthquakes

Earthquake Disturbed Varves 


Seismites from Lake Lisan (Pleistocene Dead Sea). A tiny slope towards the left drove these 'tectonics' during two earthquakes. Counting the varves between them, you can estimate about 900 years between the two events.
And here are the varves
The source for this is THIS tweeter

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