Spatiotemporal evolution of brittle normal faulting and fluid infiltration in detachment fault systems: A case study from the Menderes Massif, western Turkey

Tectonics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 364-376

  Hetzel, Ralf ^a   Zwingmann, Horst ^b,c,d   Mulch, Andreas ^e,f   Gessner, Klaus ^c   Akal, Cüneyt ^g   Hampel, Andrea ^h   Güngör, Talip ^g   Petschick, Rainer ^f   Mikes, Tamás ^e,f   Wedin, Francis ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^f GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

ⁱ CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brittle faulting; fault gouge; hydrogen isotopes; K Ar dating

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; DEFORMATION; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; MICA;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; FAULT GOUGE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; K-AR DATING; NORMAL FAULTING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ACTIVITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

FAULTING;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; FAULT GOUGE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NORMAL FAULT; PLIOCENE; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; SHEAR ZONE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

GEDIZ; KUTAHYA [TURKEY]; MENDERES MASSIF; SIMAV PLAIN; TURKEY;

EID: 84877122811     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: 19449194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tect.20031     Document Type: Article

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