Age of the Alaşehir graben (west Turkey) and its tectonic implications

Geological Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Seyitoǧlu, Gürol ^a   Scott, Barry C ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ala ehir (Gediz) graben; Extensional tectonics; Neogene basins; West Turkey

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRABEN; MIOCENE;

TURKEY, ALASEHIR GRABEN;

EID: 0029750153     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1034(199603)31:1<1::AID-GJ688>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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