The geology and morphology of the Antakya Graben between the Amik Triple Junction and the Cyprus Arc

Geodinamica Acta

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 27-55

  Tari, Ufuk ^a   Tüysüz, Okan ^a   Can Genc S ^a   Imren, Caner ^a   Blackwell, Bonnie A B ^b,c   Lom, Nalan ^a   Tekeşin, Özge ^a   Üsküplü, Sibel ^a   Erel, Levent ^d   Altiok, Savaş ^e,f   Beyhan, Murat ^e,f  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c RFK Science Research Institute Williams College   (United States)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency   (Turkey)

^f Hasan Ali Yücel Faculty of Education Istanbul University ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

active tectonics; Dead Sea Fault; Eastern Mediterranean; geomorphology; marine and fluvial terraces

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRABEN; NORMAL FAULT; PLATE TECTONICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSTENSION; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ANTAKYA; DEAD SEA RIFT; HATAY; TURKEY;

EID: 84907140848     PISSN: 09853111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09853111.2013.858962     Document Type: Article

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