The structural evolution of the Larnaka Ridge is studied using high-resolution multichannel seismic reflection profiles and multibeam mosaics of the seafloor. Multibeam maps revealed the presence of two families of en-échelon tension cracks (young and old) on the seafloor north of the ridge. Rose diagram on the young tension cracks revealed that most lineations are oriented NW–SE, where the instantaneous tensile σ3 is oriented NE–SW. The old tension cracks are oriented N-S, here the instantaneous tensile σ3 is oriented E–W. In addition, the seafloor in the Latakia Basin and over the crest of the Latakia Ridge includes by several prominent ridges and their intervening valleys, forming four groups of seafloor lineations, each having a distinctive orientation, including ENE–WSW, ESE–WNW, NE–SW and NNW–SSE.

The multichannel seismic reflection profiles revealed that (a) the ridges and valleys are developed exclusively within the uppermost Messinian–Quaternary Unit 1, bounded at their tops by the seafloor and bases by the top erosional surface (TES), (b) there is a reciprocal relationship between the seafloor and the TES, such that when the seafloor goes up, the TES goes down, (c) there is a prominent mid–Unit 1 unconformity (γ-reflector), which separates the convex-up reflectors of the upper subunit 1a from the convex-down reflectors of the lower subunit 1b. These sedimentary structures are developed as a series of positive and negative flower structures along the Amanos–Larnaka fault zone, a prominent sinistral strike-slip system in the eastern Mediterranean. The data show evidence of a switch during the Quaternary of the direction of the principal maximum compressive stress from N-S to NW–SE, probably associated with the docking of the Eratosthenes Seamount which must have fixed the northwestern margin of the Sinai Block, allowing the northeastern sector to freely rotate counterclockwise.

使用高分辨率多道地震反射剖面和海底多波束镶嵌图研究了拉纳卡海脊的结构演化。多波束地图显示，在山脊以北的海底上存在两类全梯队张力裂缝（新的和旧的）。年轻拉伸裂纹的玫瑰图显示，大多数线状结构是 NW-SE 取向的，其中瞬时拉伸 σ3 取向是 NE-SW。旧的拉伸裂纹方向为 NS，这里的瞬时拉伸 σ3 方向为 E-W。此外，拉塔基亚盆地和拉塔基亚海脊顶部的海底包括几个突出的海脊及其中间的山谷，形成了四组海底线，每组都有不同的方向，包括 ENE-WSW、ESE-WNW、NE –SW 和 NNW–SSE。

多道地震反射剖面显示 (a) 山脊和山谷仅在最上层的墨西拿-第四纪单元 1 内发育，其顶部以海底为界，底部以顶部侵蚀面 (TES) 为界，(b) 有一个海底和 TES 之间的相互关系，因此当海底上升时，TES 下降，(c) 有一个突出的中间单元 1 不整合（γ 反射器），它将上部凸起的反射器分开子单元 1a 来自下子单元 1b 的凸下反射器。这些沉积构造是沿着 Amanos-Larnaka 断层带形成的一系列正负花结构，这是地中海东部一个突出的左旋走滑系统。