Interpretation of the gravity and magnetic anomalies of the Cappadocia region, Central Turkey

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2197-2213

  Buyuksarac A ^a   Jordanova, D ^b   Ates A ^c   Karloukovski, V ^d  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cappadocia; Central Turkey; Magnetic and gravity anomalies; Rock magnetic measurements; Three dimensional modelling

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY ANOMALY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

CAPPADOCIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 25144464492     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-005-2712-9     Document Type: Article

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