Investigation of the submarine active tectonism in the Gulf of Gokova, southwest Anatolia-southwest Aegean Sea, by multi-channel seismic reflection data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 305, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 477-496

  Kurt, Hülya ^a   Demirbag, Emin ^a   Kuşçu, Ismail ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Mineral Research and Exploration   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Active tectonism; Aegean Sea; Extensional regime; Gulf of Gokova; Seismic reflection; Western Anatolia

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; TECTONICS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033562091     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00037-2     Document Type: Article

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