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Graben Formation

Graben Formation is a geological structure characterized as a down-dropped block of a planet's crust bounded by two parallel normal faults, resulting from extensional tectonic forces that distinguish it from other fault-bounded structures such as horsts and tilted blocks.

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Continental stretching: An explanation of the Post‐Mid‐Cretaceous subsidence of the central North Sea Basin

John G. Sclater, P. A. F. Christie · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1980 · 2.1K citations

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Quaternary evolution of the Corinth Rift and its implications for the Late Cenozoic evolution of the Aegean

Rolando Armijo, Bertrand Meyer, G. C. P. King et al. · Geophysical Journal International · 1996 · 709 citations · Full text

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When Did the Western Anatolian Grabens Begin to Develop?

Yücel Yılmaz, Ş. Can Genç, Fevzi Gürer et al. · Geological Society London Special Publications · 2000 · 497 citations

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Extension in the graben systems around the Ordos (China), and its contribution to the extrusion tectonics of south China with respect to Gobi-Mongolia

Yue Qiao Zhang, J. L. Mercier, P. Vergély · Tectonophysics · 1998 · 383 citations

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Evidence from the Gediz graben for episodic two-stage extension in western Turkey

ALÝ KOÇYIĐIT, HALÝL YUSUFOĐLU, Erdi̇n Bozkurt · Journal of the Geological Society · 1999 · 295 citations · Full text

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  1. JW
    J. W. Head

    Brown University, United States

    8 publications · 885 citations

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  2. EB
    Erdi̇n Bozkurt

    Middle East Technical University, Türkiye

    6 publications · 649 citations

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  3. SC
    Sean C. Solomon

    Carnegie Institution for Science, United States

    6 publications · 583 citations

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  4. MH
    M. H. P. Bott

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 280 citations

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  5. YY
    Yücel Yılmaz

    Istanbul Technical University, Türkiye

    4 publications · 664 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    47 publications

    5.1K citations

  2. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    12 h-index

    28 publications

    984 citations

  3. Middle East Technical University

    Ankara, Türkiye

    10 h-index

    13 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    16 publications

    846 citations

  5. Shell (United Kingdom)

    London, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    29 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. University of Bergen

    Bergen, Norway

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    1K citations

  7. GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences

    Potsdam, Germany

    9 h-index

    22 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    9 h-index

    23 publications

    882 citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 36 publications · 5.1K citations

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  2. Tectonophysics

    36 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. Geological Society London Special Publications

    42 publications · 2K citations

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  4. Journal of the Geological Society

    JGS · 23 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. AAPG Bulletin

    23 publications · 1.3K citations

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