Gravity anomalies of the Cyprus Arc and their tectonic implications

Marine Geology

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 349-358

  Ergün, Mustafa ^a   Okay, Seda ^a   Sari, Coskun ^a   Oral, Ersel Zafer ^a   Ash, Michael ^b   Hall, Jeremy ^b   Miller, Hugh ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Cyprus Arc; Eastern Mediterranean Sea; Gravity

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CYPRUS ARC; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOUNTAIN BELTS;

BATHYMETRY; GRAVITATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

GRAVITY ANOMALY; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 26044477912     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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