Tectonic evolution of the Kiraz Basin, Küçük Menderes Graben: Evidence for compression/uplift-related basin formation overprinted by extensional tectonics in West Anatolia

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 441-470

  Emre, Tahir ^a   Sözbilir, Hasan ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Extensional tectonics; Kiraz Basin; K k Menderes Graben; Syn compressional sedimentation; W Anatolia

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; BASIN EVOLUTION; COMPRESSION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MIOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST FAULT; UPLIFT; VOLCANISM;

EURASIA; IZMIR [TURKEY]; KIRAZ; MENDERES BASIN; MENDERES MASSIF; TURKEY;

EID: 35048855475     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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