Fission-track thermochronology, vertical kinematics, and tectonic development along the western extension of the North Anatolian Fault zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Hejl, E ^a   Bernroider, M ^a   Parlak, O ^b,c   Weingartner, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ADIYAMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; COOLING; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; FISSION TRACK DATING; KINEMATICS; MICROPLATE; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; OCEAN BASIN; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; TRANSTENSION; UPLIFT;

BALIKESIR [TURKEY]; CANAKKALE [TURKEY]; CENTRAL MACEDONIA; CHALKIDIKI PENINSULA; EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; EVROS; GALLIPOLI PENINSULA; GREECE; MARMARA ISLAND; SAMOTHRACE; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 77958129104     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007402     Document Type: Article

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