Pattern of normal faulting in the Gediz Graben, SW Turkey

Tectonophysics

Volumn 473, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 234-260

  Çiftçi, N Bozkurt ^a   Bozkurt, Erdin ^b  

^a TURKISH PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Continental extension; Gediz Graben; Normal faulting; Palaeostress analysis; SW Turkey

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL EXTENSION; GEDIZ GRABEN; NORMAL FAULTING; PALAEOSTRESS ANALYSIS; SW TURKEY;

DEFORMATION; STRESSES; TOOLS;

DEPOSITS;

DEFORMATION; FAULT PLANE; FAULT SLIP; FAULTING; GRABEN; HANGING WALL; NEOGENE; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOSTRESS; QUATERNARY; SLICKENSIDE; STRESS FIELD;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 67649371157     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.05.036     Document Type: Article

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