Tectonics of the sivas basin: The neogene record of the anatolian accretion along the inner tauric suture

International Geology Review

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 901-925

  Guezou, J C ^a   Temiz, H ^b   Poisson, A ^c   Gursoy H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^b CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; NEOGENE; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS;

TURKEY, SIVAS BASIN;

EID: 0030324664     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819709465371     Document Type: Article

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