Evidence for widespread creep on the flanks of the sea of Marmara transform basin from marine geophysical data

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 439-442

  Shillington, D J ^a   Seeber, L ^a   Sorlien, C C ^b   Steckler, M S ^a   Kurt, H ^c   Dondurur, D ^d   Cifci G ^d   Imren, C ^c   Cormier, M H ^e   McHugh, C M G ^a   Gurcay S ^d   Poyraz, D ^c   Okay, S ^d   Atgin, O ^d   Diebold, J B ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETING MODELS; DOWNSLOPE; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; HIGH RESOLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MULTICHANNEL SEISMIC; REFLECTION DATA; SEDIMENT WAVES; SPATIAL EVOLUTION; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TECTONIC SHORTENING; TIME-PERIODS;

BATHYMETRY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CREEP;

ACTIVE FAULT; CREEP; FOLDING; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSFORM FAULT;

SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 84861436040     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32652.1     Document Type: Article

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