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Dear all, I am currently in the final stages of a PhD on strike slip processes and crustal extrusion in central Turkey. The trans- tensional fault zone which I am particularly interested in (The Ecemis Fault Zone) shows a peculiar feature along part of its length. In this area (about 10km long) Pliocene–Quaternary strain appears to be partitioned into pure normal-slip along an eastern lineament, and dominantly strike-slip along a western lineament 5km away. Along the majority of the fault zone (which is >100km long) both normal and strike-slip motion are taken up by the same faults (data includes river offsets, structural and straitigraphic piercing points and slikenline populations). Does anyone know whether such outcrop-scale strain- partitioning has previously been documented in trans-tensional fault zones? I’ve found a few references for partitioning in transpressive regimes but only on a much larger scale. Any comments would be most appreciated. Thanks, Noah Jaffey Edinburgh University. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%