Paleomagnetic rotations in the Late Miocene sequence from the Çankırı Basin (Central Anatolia, Turkey): The role of strike-slip tectonics

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 778-792

  Lucifora, Stella ^a   Cifelli, Francesca ^a   Rojay, F Bora ^b   Mattei, Massimo ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Central anatolia; Neogene; Oroclinal bending; Paleomagnetic rotations; Strike slip tectonics

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MIOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PETROFABRIC; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

CANKIRI BASIN; TURKEY;

EID: 84882999761     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/yer-1207-2     Document Type: Article

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