Electromagnetic imaging of the thrace basin and intra-pontide subduction zone, northwestern Turkey

International Geology Review

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 64-74

  Bayrak, Murat ^a   Gürer, Aysan ^a   Gürer, Ö Feyzi ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUST; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TERTIARY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; THRACE BASIN; TURKEY;

EID: 1242277196     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.46.1.64     Document Type: Article

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