North Marmara Trough architecture of basin infill, basement and faults, from PSDM reflection and OBS refraction seismics

Tectonophysics

Volumn 490, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Bécel, Anne ^a   Laigle, Mireille ^a   de Voogd, Béatrice ^b   Hirn, Alfred ^a   Taymaz, Tuncay ^c   Yolsal Cevikbilen, Seda ^c   Shimamura, H ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active faults imaging; North Anatolian fault; Pre stack depth migration; Sea of Marmara; Seismic reflection; Seismic refraction

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ARRIVAL TIME; CENTRAL BASIN; CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; DEEP BASIN; DEEP PENETRATION; DEPTH MIGRATION; FAULT ACTIVITY; FINITE DEFORMATIONS; FORWARD MODELING; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; REFRACTION SEISMICS; SEA BOTTOM; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEISMIC LINES; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SEISMIC REFLECTORS; SPACE AND TIME; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TILTED BLOCKS; TIME AND SPACE;

BUILDINGS; DEFORMATION; REFLECTION; REFRACTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACTIVE FAULT; ARRIVAL TIME; BASEMENT ROCK; BASIN FILL; DEFORMATION; IMAGING METHOD; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PRESTACK MIGRATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 77954035577     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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