An active composite pull-apart basin within the central part of the North Anatolian fault system: The merzifon-suluova basin, Turkey;Kuzey Anadolu fay sistemi'nin orta kesimi i̇çinde aktif bir birleşik çek-Ay?̇r havza: Merzifon-Suluova havzas?, Türkiye

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 473-496

  Rojay, Bora ^a   Koçyiǧit, Ali ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Composite pull apart basin; Merzifon suluova; North anatolian fault system; Plio quaternary

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EURASIAN PLATE; FAULT ZONE; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; INFILL; MARGINAL BASIN; MICROPLATE; NEOTECTONICS; NORMAL FAULT; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLIOCENE; PULL APART BASIN; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TRANSFORM FAULT; UNCONFORMITY;

ANATOLIA; TURKEY;

EID: 84856991780     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/yer-1001-36     Document Type: Article

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