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MARINE GEOLOGY, vol.351, pp.91-107, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)
Interpretation of high-resolution multichannel seismic reflection profiles shows that the Kozan Fault Zone is characterized by northeast-southwest-striking and mainly southeast-dipping planar faults which show significant normal-sense dip separations. Traced toward the southeast these faults progressively swing to assume an east-west trend along the northern margin of the Outer Cilicia Basin. The Kozan Fault Zone initially occupied a wide zone of distributed strike-slip translation in the Early Pliocene, but was subsequently concentrated into a narrowly focused strike-slip fault zone in the Late Pliocene and Quaternary. During the Late Pliocene, the Kozan Fault Zone propagated toward the southwest creating a restraining bend in the Cilicia Basin, and a new east-west oriented strike-slip fault (i.e., Silifke-Anamur Fault) in the Outer Cilicia Basin.