Geochemistry of Quaternary basalts erupted along the east Anatolian and Dead Sea fault zones of southern Turkey: Implications for mantle sources

Lithos

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-68

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; Lithosphere; Strike slip fault; Transtension

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; PETROGENESIS; STRIKE SLIP FAULT; TRANSTENSION;

TURKEY, CEYHAN-OSMANIYE PLAIN; TURKEY, HASSA GRABEN;

EID: 0030801619     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0024-4937(96)00027-8     Document Type: Article

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