The statistical and spatial analysis of fault patterns and its directions in the structures of western Syria showed that normal faults are the most prevalent structures and that they are formed in several tectonic phases. Theyare related to the formation of the structure of the Naher Al-Kabir Al-Shimaly Basin and the Ghab Rift in the Miocene and Pliocene, respectively. The analysis also showed that the reverse faults are spread exclusively within the Lattakia-Kills fault, indicating it compositional nature. The sinistral and dextral faults also spread in the northern and easternCoastal Range near the Levant fault zone and Al-Ghabrift, and its lesser extent in the Lattakia-Kills fault zone, forming a double of sinistral and dextral intersecting faults to confine a direction of maximum main stress corresponding to the stressfieldmainly accompanying the formation of the Levant fault.
Al-Baath University Journal.
2023.
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