Extension of the North Anatolian Fault into the North Aegean Trough: Evidence for transtension, strain partitioning, and analogues for Sea of Marmara basin models

Tectonics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  McNeill, L C ^a   Mille, A ^a   Minshull, T A ^a   Bull, J M ^a   Kenyon, N H ^a   Ivanov, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Active faults; North Aegean; North Anatolian Fault; Side scan sonar; Transtension

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PULL APART BASIN; STRAIN PARTITIONING; TECTONICS; TRANSTENSION;

AEGEAN SEA; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 6044273588     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002TC001490     Document Type: Article

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