Active faults and evolving strike-slip basins in the Marmara Sea, northwest Turkey: A multichannel seismic reflection study

Tectonophysics

Volumn 321, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 189-218

  Okay, A I ^a   Kaslilar Ozcan A ^a   Imren, C ^a   Boztepe Guney A ^a   Demirbag, E ^a   Kuşçu, I ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Maden Fakultesi Istanbul Teknik U ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Basin formation; Marmara Sea; North Anatolian fault; Seismic data; Strike slip fault; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; BASIN EVOLUTION; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; SEISMIC DATA; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 0342647305     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00046-9     Document Type: Article

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