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Latakia Ridge
The Latakia Ridge is a major underwater formation extending over 200 km along the northern margin of the Levantine Basin, marking the Plate tectonics#Types of plate boundaries, plate boundary between the African Plate and the Anatolian Plate. Rising up to 500 metres above the surrounding seafloor, it forms the easternmost segment of the Cyprus Arc, connecting the Hecataeus Rise south of Cyprus with a series of ridges off the Syrian coast. The ridge first developed in the mid-Late Cretaceous as a compressional fold and thrust belt, fold-thrust belt, and was later reworked by left-lateral Strike-slip tectonics, strike-slip motion from the Pliocene to the present. Exploration has revealed significant hydrocarbon potential in the region, with seismic images suggesting large gas accumulations trapped beneath the thrust faults. Geology and tectonic evolution The Latakia Ridge is a prominent northeast–trending bathymetry, bathymetric high on the northern margin of the Levantine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levantine Basin
The Levantine Sea () is the easternmost part of the Mediterranean Sea. Geography The Levantine Sea is bordered by Turkey in the north and Hatay Province, north-east corner, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Palestine in the east, Egypt in the south, and the Aegean Sea in the northwest. Where it is used as a term its western border is amorphous, hence Mediterranean is more commonly used. The open western border to the next part of the Mediterranean (the Libyan Sea) is defined as a line from headland Ras al-Helal in Libya to Gavdos, south of the western half of Crete. The largest island in its subset of water is Cyprus. The greatest depth of is found in the Pliny Trench, about south of Crete. The Levantine Sea covers . The northern part of the Levantine Sea between Cyprus and Turkey can be further specified as the Cilician Sea, a term more arcane. Also in the north are two large bays, the Gulf of İskenderun (to the northeast) and the Gulf of Antalya (to the northwest). Basins The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
