Figure 5
From: A validated geomechanical model for the strike-slip restraining bend in Lebanon
Tectonic evolution of the Lebanon Restraining Bend. (a) Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous rifting produced WNW-ESE-trending basin systems27. (b) Northward propagation of DST and partial reactivation of rheological weakness such as rift faults (17 Ma22), resulted in the initiation of Anti-Lebanon and Palmyrides uplift. (c) From mid-late Miocene (~ 10 Ma to present), most of the deformation switches to Mt. Lebanon, while moderate uplift of Anti-Lebanon continues. Large white arrows represent plate-driven regional tectonic stress fields.
