Origin of the Strait of Canakkale (Dardanelles): Regional tectonics and the Mediterranean-Marmara incursion

Marine Geology

Volumn 164, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 139-156

  Yaltirak, C ^a   Alpar, B ^b   Sakinc M ^a   Yuce H ^c  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ITU Ayazaga/80626 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Marine incursion; Marmara Sea; North Anatolian Fault; Sedimentary history; Seismic reflection

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STRAIT; TECTONICS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 0034654124     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00134-6     Document Type: Article

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