A tectonic interpretation of the Marmara Sea, NW Turkey from geophysical data

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 169-177

  Ates, Abdullah ^a   Bilim, Funda ^b   Buyuksarac, Aydin ^b   Bektas, Özcan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Block rotations; Geophysical data; Marmara Sea; Tectonic interpretation

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; FAULTING; GRAVITY SURVEY; MAGNETIC SURVEY; MODELING;

EURASIA; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 41849129885     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352780     Document Type: Article

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