Evidence from the Gediz graben for episodic two-stage extension in western Turkey

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 605-616

  Koçyiǧit, Ali ^a   Yusufoǧlu, Halil ^b   Bozkurt, Erdin ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Extensional tectonics; Gediz graben; Western Turkey

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRABEN;

TURKEY;

EID: 0343851059     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.3.0605     Document Type: Article

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