Paleomagnetic analysis of neotectonic deformation in the Anatolian accretionary collage, Turkey

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 409, Issue , 2006, Pages 417-439

  Piper, J D A ^a   Tatar, O ^b   Gursoy, H ^b   Kocbulut F ^b   Mesci, B L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aegean; Anatolia; Inclination anomaly; Neotectonics; Paleomagnetism; Tectonic escape; Tectonic rotation; Turkey

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOMAGNETISM; LITHOLOGY; OPTICAL RESONATORS; ROTATION;

AEGEAN; ANATOLIA; INCLINATION ANOMALY; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC ROTATIONS; TURKEY;

TRANSFORM FAULTS;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; CURVATURE; DATABASE; DEFORMATION; EURASIAN PLATE; FAULT; GRABEN; HORST; NEOTECTONICS; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC ROTATION; TRANSFORM; UPLIFT; UPPER CRUST;

ANATOLIA; ARABIAN PENINSULA; HELLENIC ARC; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 60849114525     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2409(20)     Document Type: Article

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