Constraints on the evolution and vertical coherency of deformation in the Northern Aegean from a comparison of geodetic, geologic and seismologic data

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 329-346

  Kreemer, Corné ^a   Chamot Rooke, Nicolas ^b   Le Pichon, Xavier ^a  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Anisotropy; Crust; Deformation; GPS; Lithosphere; Miocene; North Anatolian Fault; Recent; Strain

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CORRELATION THEORY; DEFORMATION; GEOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN;

LATTICE PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS (LPO); LITHOSPHERE; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT (NAF); TOPOGRAPHY;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GPS; MIOCENE; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRAIN RATE;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 10044294957     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.06.018     Document Type: Article

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