Complete tertiary exhumation history of the Menderes massif, western Turkey: An alternative working hypothesis

Terra Nova

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 358-364

  Seyitoǧlu, Gürol ^a   Işik, Veysel ^a   Çemen, Ibrahim ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; FAULT; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TERTIARY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MENDERES MASSIF; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 12344328680     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2004.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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