Origin of NE-trending basins in western Turkey

Geodinamica Acta

Volumn 16, Issue 2-6, 2003, Pages 61-81

  Bozkurt, Erdin ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cross graben; Detachment; Extensional folding; Gediz Graben; Normal fault; Western Turkey

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOLDING; GRABEN; NORMAL FAULT;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 0346433437     PISSN: 09853111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0985-3111(03)00002-0     Document Type: Article

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