Late pleistocene and holocene uplift history of cyprus: Implications for active tectonics along the southern margin of the anatolian microplate

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 372, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 561-584

  Harrison, R W ^a   Tsiolakis, E ^b   Stone, B D ^a   Lord, A ^c   Mcgeehin, J P ^a   Mahan, S A ^a   Chirico, P ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Geological Survey Department of Cyprus   (Cayman Islands)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; HOLOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROPLATE; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; PLEISTOCENE; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC WEDGE; UPLIFT;

ANATOLIA; CYPRUS; TURKEY;

EID: 84883419009     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP372.3     Document Type: Article

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