Quaternary stress regime change along the Eastern North Anatolian fault zone, Turkey

International Geology Review

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1037-1052

  Ozden, Suha ^a   Over, Semir ^a   Unlungenc, Ulvi Can ^b  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; QUATERNARY; STRESS CHANGE; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

TURKEY;

EID: 0036875880     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.44.11.1037     Document Type: Article

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