Insights into biaxial extensional tectonics: An example from the Sandikli Graben, West Anatolia, Turkey

Geological Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-66

  Cihan, Mustafa ^a   Saraç, Gerçek ^b   Gökçe, Oktay ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Gen Directorate Mnrl Res/Explor   (Turkey)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Biaxial extension; Miocene; Neotectonics; Pliocene; Sandikli Graben

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRABEN; MIOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; PLIOCENE;

TURKEY;

EID: 0037238402     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.928     Document Type: Article

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