Miocene sedimentary evolution of the NE-SW-trending Selendi and Gördes Basins, W Turkey: Implications for extensional processes

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 31-62

  Purvis, Martin ^a   Robertson, Alastair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crustal extension; Neogene; Sedimentary basins; W. Turkey

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; BASIN EVOLUTION; MIOCENE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONIC SETTING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GORDES; MANISA; SELENDI; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 13244273481     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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