Latakia Ridge Explained

The Latakia Ridge is a part of the plate boundary zone that accommodates the motion of the African Plate relative to the Anatolian Plate.^[1] The ridge is linked into the Cyprus arc to the east via the East Anatolian Fault (EAF).^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Regional seismic interpretation of the hydrocarbon prospectivity of offshore Syria . 2023-08-17 . pubs.geoscienceworld.org.
2. Hall . J. . Calon . T. J. . Aksu . A. E. . Meade . S. R. . 2005-10-20 . Structural evolution of the Latakia Ridge and Cyprus Basin at the front of the Cyprus Arc, Eastern Mediterranean Sea . Marine Geology . Miocene to Recent tectonic evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean . 221 . 1 . 261–297 . 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.03.007 . 0025-3227.