Progressive development of the Büyük Menderes Graben based on new data, western Turkey

Geological Magazine

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 652-673

  Gürer, Ömer Feyzi ^a   Sarica Filoreau, Nuran ^b   Özburan, Muzaffer ^a   Sangu, Ercan ^a   Doǧan, Bülent ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Hifzi Özcan Cad   (Turkey)

Author keywords

B y k Menderes Graben; Continental extension; Detachment fault; Late Pliocene Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL EXTENSION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION; NORMAL FAULT SYSTEM; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PLEISTOCENE; PROGRESSIVE DEFORMATION; QUATERNARY EVOLUTION;

FAULT SLIPS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; FOLDING; LISTRIC FAULT; MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULT; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; OBLIQUE FAULT; TRANSPRESSION; UNCONFORMITY; UPLIFT;

EURASIA; MENDERES MASSIF; TURKEY;

EID: 70349389544     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756809006359     Document Type: Article

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