Geochemical characteristics of accreted material beneath the Pozanti-Karsanti ophiolite, Turkey: Intra-oceanic detachment, assembly and obduction

Tectonophysics

Volumn 263, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 249-276

  Polat, A ^a,b   Casey, J F ^a   Kerrich, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; OBDUCTION; OPHIOLITE;

TURKEY;

EID: 0030429761     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00026-1     Document Type: Article

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