Mantle flow uplift of western Anatolia and the Aegean: Interpretations from geophysical analyses and geodynamic modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Komut, Tolga ^a   Gray, Robert ^b   Pysklywec, Russell ^b   Göǧüş, Oǧuz H ^a,c  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULT; OLIGOCENE; TECTONIC SETTING; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; ANATOLIA; TURKEY;

EID: 84870572940     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009306     Document Type: Article

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