Morphologic and seismic features of the Gulf of Gökova, SW Anatolia: Evidence of strike-slip faulting with compression in the Aegean extensional regime

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-48

  İşcan, Yeliz ^a,c   Tur, Hüseyin ^a   Gökaşan, Erkan ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; SEISMOLOGY; SLIP FORMING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; SUBMARINES;

COMPRESSIONAL TECTONICS; GLACIAL PERIOD; HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC; PRESSURE RIDGE; REGIONAL TECTONICS; REVERSE FAULTS; SEAFLOOR MORPHOLOGIES; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING;

FAULT SLIPS;

FOLD; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMICITY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBMARINE RIDGE;

AEGEAN SEA; ANATOLIA; GOKOVA GULF; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 84872667756     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-012-0307-x     Document Type: Article

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