Meaning of the Küçük Menderes graben in the tectonic framework of the central Menderes metamorphic core complex (western Turkey)

Geologica Acta

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-331

  Seyitoǧlu, Gürol ^a   Işik, Veysel ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aegean; Extension; Menderes Massif; Tectonics; Turkey

Indexed keywords

DIP; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRABEN; METAMORPHIC ROCK; NORMAL FAULT; REVERSE FAULT; SYNCLINE;

EURASIA; MENDERES MASSIF; TURKEY;

EID: 70350180427     PISSN: 16956133     EISSN: 16965728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1344/105.000001440     Document Type: Article

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