Neogene to Quaternary tectonic geomorphology of the Yammouneh fault zone in Northern Lebanon - by Majed Abdel Rahman Fatfat

Abstract

The Yammouneh Fault of Lebanon is the major fault in a system of faults that form the plate boundary between the Arabian Plate from the east and the Levantine Plate from the west. This fault extends in oblique direction (SSE-NNW) with respect to the broad