Crust-mantle mechanical coupling in Eastern Mediterranean and Eastern Turkey

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 8429-8433

  Özeren, Mehmet Sinan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Lithosphere

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CRUST MANTLE COUPLING; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EARTH (PLANET); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TURKEY;

EID: 84861896949     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1201826109     Document Type: Article

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