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An extensional and transtensional origin of elongated magmatic domes and localised transfer faults in the northern Menderes metamorphic core complex, western Turkey

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Pages 139-159 | Received 11 Aug 2016, Accepted 14 Jun 2017, Published online: 03 Jul 2017

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