Yo-yo tectonics in a wrench zone, Central Anatolian fault zone, Turkey

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 434, Issue , 2007, Pages 35-57

  Umhoefer, Paul J ^a   Whitney, Donna L ^b   Teyssier, Christian ^b   Fayon, Annia K ^b   Casale, Gabriele ^b,d   Heizler, Matthew T ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin analysis; Exhumation; Strike slip fault; Transpression; Transtension; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DEPOSITION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

BASIN ANALYSIS; EXHUMATION; TRANSPRESSION; TRANSTENSION; TURKEY;

FAULT SLIPS;

BASEMENT ROCK; BASIN ANALYSIS; EXHUMATION; GREENSCHIST FACIES; OROGENY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSPRESSION; TRANSTENSION;

ANATOLIA; NIGDE; TURKEY;

EID: 75749090785     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2434(03)     Document Type: Article

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