Neotectonic intersection of the Aegean and Cyprus tectonic arcs: Extensional and strike-slip faulting in the Isparta Angle, SW Turkey

Tectonophysics

Volumn 298, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 103-132

  Glover, Clare ^a,b   Robertson, Alastair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Esso Exploration and Production UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crustal extension; E Mediterranean; Isparta Angle; Strike slip; SW Turkey

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; ISLAND ARC; KINEMATICS; NEOTECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032582999     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00180-2     Document Type: Article

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