Supradetachment basin evolution during continental extension: The aegean province of Western Anatolia, Turkey

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 2115-2141

  Oner, Zeynep ^a   Dilek, Yildirim ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; ACCUMULATION RATES; ANGULAR UNCONFORMITY; BASIN EVOLUTION; CLASTIC SEDIMENTS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CORE COMPLEX; DEPOCENTERS; DETACHMENT FAULT; DETACHMENT FAULTING; DRAINAGE PATTERNS; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; FAULT BLOCKS; FAULT SYSTEM; FOOTWALL UPLIFT; HALF GRABEN; LATERAL VARIATIONS; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; SEDIMENTARY STRATA; SEDIMENTARY UNITS; SHEAR ZONE; SHORT DISTANCES; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS; STRUCTURAL ARCHITECTURE; SUBBASINS; TECTONIC FEATURES; WESTERN ANATOLIA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; DRAINAGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CATCHMENTS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; DETACHMENT FAULT; FACIES; GEOACCUMULATION; GRABEN; NEOGENE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ALASEHIR BASIN; ANATOLIA; TURKEY;

EID: 84255168838     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30468.1     Document Type: Article

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