Morphotectonic development of the Marmara Region

Tectonophysics

Volumn 488, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 51-70

  Yülmaz, Yücel ^a   Gökaşan, Erkan ^b   Erbay, A Yücel ^c  

^a KADIR HAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NIK System   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bosporus; Marmara Region; Morphotectonics; North Anatolian Transform Fault

Indexed keywords

AEGEAN SEA; BALIKESIR; BLACK SEA; BOSPORUS; BOUNDARY FAULTS; FAULT ZONE; GRABEN SYSTEMS; INITIAL STAGES; ISTANBUL; LATE MIOCENE; LATERAL SHEAR; MARMARA SEA; MORPHOTECTONICS; NORTHWEST TURKEY; OLIGOCENE; PLATE BOUNDARIES; RUGGED TOPOGRAPHY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL BOUNDARY; SURROUNDING REGIONS; TRANSFORM FAULT;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

TECTONICS;

DENUDATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; GRABEN; HORST; MIOCENE; MORPHOGENESIS; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; OLIGOCENE; PENEPLAIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BOSPORUS STRAIT; MARMARA [TURKEY]; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 77953807833     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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