Does the following sum it all up or am I missing something?
Explanation of Formation:The origin of the Dead Sea Rift, which is the plate which Israel is located on, has been described as a rift defined by 2 sets of normal faults, and there are 2 theories explaining the origin of the Dead Sea.
1. The Graben Theory (Vertical Movement)The Dead Sea is a graben formed by vertical movement along parallel faults extending N-s and along flexture; each fault caused a small down thrown to the center of the graben forming step faulting. As a result of this movement the central part of the graben was lowered relative to its shoulders forming the Dead Sea, the Jordan valley and Wadi Araba.
2. The Horizontal Movement TheoryThe Dead Sea Rift was formed mainly as a result of horizontal displacement a long normal faults. In which 2 faults with horizontal left lateral displacement, overlapped in the present Dead Sea area. The northword horizontal movement of the Arabian plate relative to the Sinai plate resulted in a rhombus shaped structures in the area of overlap between the two faults forming the Dead Sea.
Type of Boundary:The Middle East is part of a larger geological zone called the East Africa Rift Valley, where plates are pulling apart, and thus it is a divergent boundary.
What plates were involved and how:The plates that have been involved would be the Dead Sea Rift and the Arabian plate. Also these plates were involved due to the fact that the Dead Sea Transform is a plate boundary separating the Arabian plate from the African plate and connects the divergent plate boundary in the Red Sea to the convergent plate boundary in the Red Sea to the convergent plate boundary in the Taurus mountains in southern Turkey.
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