Investigation of the tectonics of the Main Marmara Fault by means of deep-towed seismic data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 361, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-19

  Demirbaǧ, Emin ^a,b   Rangin, Claude ^c   Le Pichon, Xavier ^b   Şengör, A M Celal ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Active faults; Deep tow seismics; North Anatolian Fault; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; SEISMIC DATA; TECTONIC SETTING;

SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 0037426693     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00535-8     Document Type: Article

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