Palaeomagnetic study of the Erciyes sector of the Ecemis Fault Zone: Neotectonic deformation in the southeastern part of the Anatolian Block

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 173, Issue , 2000, Pages 423-440

  Tatar, Orhan ^a   Piper, John D A ^b   Gürsoy, Halil ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONICS;

TURKEY;

EID: 0034076759     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.173.01.20     Document Type: Article

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