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A. Seyrek, T. Demir, M. S. Pringle, S. Yurtmen, R. W. C. Westaway, A. Beck, and G. Rowbotham
Kinematics of the Amanos Fault, southern Turkey, from Ar/Ar dating of offset Pleistocene basalt flows; transpression between the African and Arabian plates (in Tectonics of strike-slip restraining and releasing bends)
Geological Society Special Publications (2007), 290 255-284

Index Terms/Descriptors:
absolute age; African Plate; Alan Formation; Almacik Formation; Amanos Fault; Amanos Mountains; Ar/Ar; Arabian Plate; Arilik Formation; Asia; basalts; basement; basins; Cambrian; Cenozoic; Ceylanli Basalt; chemical ratios; Cretaceous; crust; dates; Dead Sea Rift; deformation; displacements; East Hatay Fault; Egrek Formation; Egribucak Formation; Esmisek Formation; faults; geochemistry; Hatay Ophiolite; igneous rocks; Karasu Valley; Karayuce Formation; kinematics; lava flows; lithostratigraphy; Mekersin Formation; Mesozoic; Middle East; movement; Paleozoic; plate tectonics; Pleistocene; Quaternary; slip rates; spectra; strike-slip faults; Syria; systems; tectonics; trace elements; transform faults; transpression; Turkey; volcanic rocks; X-ray fluorescence spectra

Latitude & Longitude:
N36°00'00" - N38°00'00" and E35°30'00" - E37°30'00" (Search for maps and images at Alexandria Digital Library)

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