Magnetostratigraphy of early-middle Miocene deposits from east-west trending Alaşehir and Büyük Menderes grabens in western Turkey, and its tectonic implications

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 311, Issue , 2009, Pages 321-342

  Sen, Sevket ^a   Seyitoǧlu, Gürol ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRABEN; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ALASEHIR BASIN; TURKEY;

EID: 72049099077     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP311.13     Document Type: Article

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