Palaeomagnetic study of the Karaman and Karapinar volcanic complexes, central Turkey: Neotectonic rotation in the south-central sector of the Anatolian Block

Tectonophysics

Volumn 299, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 191-211

  Gursoy H ^a   Piper, J D A ^b   Tatar, O ^a   Mesci, L ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatolian Block; Cenozoic; Palaeomagnetism; Tectonic rotation; Turkey; Volcanics

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; CENOZOIC; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOMAGNETISM; VOLCANIC ROCK;

KARAMAN; KARAPINAR; TURKEY;

EID: 0345062266     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00205-4     Document Type: Article

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