Counterclockwise P-T-t trajectory from the metamorphic sole of a Neo-Tethyan ophiolite (Turkey)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 280, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 295-310

  Dilek, Yildirim ^a   Whitney, Donna L ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Mediterranean region; Geology of Turkey; Metamorphic sole; Neo Tethys; Ophiolite; P T t trajectory

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHISM; OPHIOLITE; P/T/T PATH;

TURKEY, BOLKAR MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0031409655     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00038-3     Document Type: Article

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