Late Cenozoic tectonics and volcanism in the northwestern corner of the Arabian plate: A consequence of the strike-slip Dead Sea fault zone and the lateral escape of Anatolia

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 117, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 327-345

  Adiyaman, Özlem ^a   Chorowicz, Jean ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

Author keywords

Anatolia Arabia Africa triple junction; Dead Sea fault zone; Digital elevation model (DEM) imagery; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) scenes of the European research satellite (ERS) imagery; Volcanism and tectonics

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FRACTURE; VOLCANOES;

FAULT ZONES;

TECTONICS;

CENOZOIC; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIPLE JUNCTION; VOLCANISM;

DEAD SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 0036772132     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(02)00296-2     Document Type: Article

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