Uniform basin growth over the last 500ka, North Anatolian Fault, Marmara Sea, Turkey

Tectonophysics

Volumn 518-521, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-16

  Sorlien, Christopher C ^a,e   Akhun, Selin D ^b   Seeber, Leonardo ^c   Steckler, Michael S ^c   Shillington, Donna J ^c   Kurt, Hülya ^d   Çifçi, Günay ^b   Poyraz, Duygu Timur ^d   Gürçay, Savaş ^b   Dondurur, Derman ^d   Imren, Caner ^d   Perinçek, Emre ^d   Okay, Seda ^b   Küçük, H Mert ^b   Diebold, John B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution strike slip fault; Marmara sea Turkey; North anatolian fault; Seismic stratigraphy; Transform basins

Indexed keywords

MARMARA SEA; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSFORM BASINS;

BATHYMETRY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SEPARATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; BATHYMETRY; DEFORMATION; EUSTACY; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; NORMAL FAULT; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

ANATOLIA; CINARCIK BASIN; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 84855851518     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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