Imaging the basin and fault geometry from the multichannel seismic reflection data in the Tekirdaǧ Basin, Marmara Sea, Turkey

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 659-666

  Kanbur, Zakir ^a   Alptekin, Ömer ^b   Utkucu, Murat ^c   Kanbur, Süveyla ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Imaging technique; Marmara Sea; North Anatolian Fault system; Pre stack Kirchhoff depth migration; Seismic imaging; Tekirda Basin

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; FAULT GEOMETRY; IMAGING METHOD; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PRESTACK MIGRATION; PULL APART BASIN; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

EURASIA; SEA OF MARMARA; TEKIRDAG; TURKEY;

EID: 34247265105     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03356.x     Document Type: Article

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