Character of active faulting in the North Aegean Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 339-353

  Saatçilar, Ruhi ^a   Ergintav, Semih ^a   Demirbaǧ, Emin ^b   Inan, Sedat ^a  

^a MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Active faulting; Aegean Sea; Earthquake; Seismic reflection

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; FAULTING; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0344199411     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00025-0     Document Type: Article

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