Halitpaşa transpressive zone: Implications for an early Pliocene compressional phase in Central Western Anatolia, Turkey

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Kaya, Orhan ^a   Ünay, Engin ^b   Saraç, Gerçek ^c   Eichhorn, Silke ^d   Hassenrück, Sabine ^d   Knappe, Andrea ^d   Pekdeǧer, Asaf ^d   Mayda, Serdar ^e  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Maden Tetkik Arama Genel Mudurlugu   (Turkey)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aegean; Extension; Late Cenozoic; Transpression; Western Turkey

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRABEN; TRANSPRESSION;

ANATOLIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 12144257457     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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