Plio-quaternary evolution of the küçük menderes graben Southwestern Anatolia, Turkey

Geodinamica Acta

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 317-331

  Rojay, Bora ^a   Toprak, Vedat ^a   Demirci, Cengiz ^b   Süzen, Lütfi ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Rio Tinto Exploration   (Turkey)

Author keywords

K k Menderes Graben; Menderes Massif; Neotectonics; Palaeostress; Slip data; Southwestern Anatolia

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GRABEN; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY;

ANATOLIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 27644548091     PISSN: 09853111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/ga.18.317-331     Document Type: Article

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