Early mesozoic subduction in the eastern Mediterranean: Evidence from triassic eclogite in northwest Turkey

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 595-598

  Okay, Aral I ^a   Monié, Patrick ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARBLE; SILICATE MINERALS;

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; LASER PROBES; LATE TRIASSIC; METAMORPHIC AGE; NORTHWEST TURKEY; SINGLE GRAINS; TECTONIC LENS; TRIASSIC-JURASSIC BOUNDARY; PALEO-TETHYS;

MAGNESITE;

ECLOGITE; GABBRO; JURASSIC; LASER METHOD; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SERPENTINITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRIASSIC; ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; SUBDUCTION;

TURKEY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0030731104     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0595:EMSITE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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