Palaeomagnetically defined rotations of fault-bounded continental blocks in the North Anatolian Shear Zone, North Central Anatolia

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4-6, 2006, Pages 469-479

  Işseven, Turgay ^a   Tüysüz, Okan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Block rotations; Central Anatolia; Eocene volcanics; Palaeomagnetism

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; BLOCK ROTATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE MOTION; SHEAR ZONE; TRANSFORM FAULT;

ANATOLIA; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 33751327035     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2005.11.012     Document Type: Article

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