Figure 1

Structural map of Lebanon Restraining bend. (a) Different tectonic structural styles along the Dead Sea Transform: (1) Inactive distributed shear along the onshore margins of the Gulf of Aqaba, and southward increasing transtension forming the gulf; (2) pure strike-slip deformation in the Araba and Jordan valleys; with three step-over basins in the Dead Sea, Sea of Galilee and Hula Valley; (3) a restraining bend and transpressional structures along the LRB; and (4) transtensional structures within the Ghab and Amik basins. (b) 90 m DEM of the studied area (red square in a). The white lines are the main faults of the LRB. The yellow lines are thrust faults along the Palmyride fold belt. Map obtained from maps-for-free.com. (c) Seismicity between 2006 and 2018 as recorded by GRAL. Data provided by CNRS Lebanon—National Center for Geophysical Research (http://www.cnrs.edu.lb/english/research/researchcenters/national-center-for-geophysics---download).