The Savcili Thrust Fault (Kirşehir, Central Anatolia): A backthrust fault, a suture zone or a secondary fracture in an extensional regime?

Geologica Carpathica

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-56

  Yürür, M Tekin ^a   Genç, Yurdal ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Central Anatolia; Kir ehir metamorphites; Normal faulting; Savcili Thrust Fault; Turkey; Tuz G l Fault

Indexed keywords

NORMAL FAULT; THRUST FAULT;

EURASIA; KIRSEHIR; TURKEY;

EID: 33645750010     PISSN: 13350552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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