The role of oroclinal bending in the structural evolution of the Central Anatolian Plateau: Evidence of a regional changeover from shortening to extension

Geologica Carpathica

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 345-359

  Åzsayin, Erman ^a   Dirik, Kadir ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Central Anatolian Plateau; extensional deformation; In n Eski ehir Fault System; Isparta Angle; neotectonics; oroclinal bending; orogenic plateau evolution; Tuzg l Basin

Indexed keywords

BENDING; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; GRABEN; NEOTECTONICS; NORMAL FAULT; PLATEAU; SHEAR ZONE;

ANATOLIA; TURKEY; TUZGOLU BASIN;

EID: 80052197135     PISSN: 13350552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10096-011-0026-7     Document Type: Article

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