Israel's continental margin is situated in the southeastern Mediterranean, bounded to the north and east by the Cypriot Arc and the continental margins of Syria and Lebanon, and to the south and west by the Palestinian Authority's Gaza Strip, the Egyptian margin, and Nile Fan (Figure 1). This margin consists of two prominent segments, separated by the Carmel Fault structure, an active left-lateral splay of the Dead Sea Transform (Figure 1, inset) that crosscuts central Israel and extends offshore to the northwest (Schattner and Ben-Avraham, 2007). These segments exhibit different crustal thicknesses and structure. The southern segment resembles a passive rifted margin, while the northern segment resembles a sheared margin with thinner crust and narrower, steeper margin slopes. The Nautilus expedition was conducted entirely in the southern segment, except for some exploration of Achziv Canyon. Large slump and slide features, notably, the Palmachim Disturbance, also characterize this margin, influenced in part by active salt tectonic processes (Ben-Avraham et al., 2006).