Linking slab break-off, Hellenic trench retreat, and uplift of the Central and Eastern Anatolian plateaus

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 147-168

  Schildgen, T F ^a   Yildirim, C ^b   Cosentino, D ^c,d   Strecker, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anatolian plateau; Eratosthenes Seamount; Hellenic trench; North Anatolian Fault; Slab break off; Surface uplift

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MIOCENE; OROGENIC BELT; PLATEAU; PLIOCENE; TECTONIC SETTING; TOMOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

ANATOLIA; CYPRUS; TURKEY;

EID: 84890045988     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.11.006     Document Type: Review

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