Are turtleback fault surfaces common structural elements of highly extended terranes?

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 73, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 139-148

  Çemen, Ibrahim ^a   Tekeli, Okan ^b   Seyitoǧlu, Gurol ^b   Isik, Veysel ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alasehir (Gediz) graben; Death Valley; Detachment surfaces; Turtleback surfaces; Western Turkey

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TERRANE; TOPOGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PSATHYROTES; TESTUDINES;

EID: 29144526000     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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