When did the western Anatolian grabens begin to develop?

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 173, Issue , 2000, Pages 353-384

  Yilmaz, Yücel ^a   Genç, Ş Can ^a   Gürer, Fevzi ^b   Bozcu, Mustafa ^c   Yilmaz, Kamil ^c   Karacik, Zekiye ^a   Altunkaynak, Şafak ^a   Elmas, Ali ^d  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEOLOGY; TURKEY;

GRABEN; NEOGENE; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS;

TURKEY;

EID: 0034043693     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.173.01.17     Document Type: Article

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