Table of Contents

Geophysical studies of the crustal structure along the Dead Sea fault.- Geophysical studies of the lithosphere along the Dead Sea transform.- The seismogenic thickness along the Dead Sea transform.- The Dead Sea transform and the volcanism in northwestern Arabia.- Lateral motion and deformation along the Dead Sea transform.- Pleistocene strain partitioning during transpression along the Dead Sea fault, Metulla Saddle, northern Israel.- Review of on-fault palaeoseismic studies along the Dead Sea fault.- Pre-instrumental earthquakes along the Dead Sea rift.- Instrumental data on the seismic activity along the Dead Sea transform.- Evolution of Neogene-Quaternary waterbodies in the Dead Sea rift and their global climate relation.- Saline water in the Dead Sea rift - the role of runoff and relative humidity.