From transpression to transtension: Changes in morphology and structure around a bend on the North Anatolian Fault in the Marmara region

Tectonophysics

Volumn 391, Issue 1-4 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 259-282

  Okay, Aral I ^a   Tüysüz, Okan ^a   Kaya, Şinasi ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Marmara; Morphology; North Anatolian Fault; Transpression; Transtension; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT ZONE; TRANSPRESSION; TRANSTENSION;

BALIKESIR; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MARMARA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 11344294354     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.07.016     Document Type: Article

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