Kinematics of late pliocene-quaternary normal faulting in the southeastern end of the gediz graben, western anatolia, turkey

International Geology Review

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 638-646

  Temiz, Haluk ^a   Gürsoy, Halil ^a   Tatar, Orhan ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; TECTONICS;

TURKEY;

EID: 0031716847     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819809465228     Document Type: Article

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