Distributed neotectonic deformation in the Anatolides of Turkey: A palaeomagnetic analysis

Tectonophysics

Volumn 488, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 31-50

  Piper, J D A ^a   Gursoy H ^b   Tatar, O ^b   Beck, M E ^c   Rao, A ^a   Kocbulut F ^b   Mesci, B L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aegean; Anatolia; Magnetic inclination; Neotectonics; Palaeomagnetism; Tectonic escape; Tectonic rotation; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANATOLIA; COUNTER-CLOCKWISE; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; FAULT ZONE; FULL SPECTRUM; HIGH STRAINS; INDENTERS; LONG TERM; NEOTECTONIC DEFORMATION; NEOTECTONICS; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT ZONE; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PLIO-PLEISTOCENE; RED SEA; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STUDY AREAS; TECTONIC ROTATIONS; TIME PERIODS; WESTERN ANATOLIA;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOMAGNETISM; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLES; TECTONICS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ROTATION;

BLOCK ROTATION; DEFORMATION; MAGNETIC INCLINATION; NEOTECTONICS; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC ROTATION; UPLIFT;

ANATOLIA; TURKEY;

EID: 77953806860     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.05.026     Document Type: Article

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