Exhumation of blueschists along a Tethyan suture in northwest Turkey

Tectonophysics

Volumn 285, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 275-299

  Okay, Aral I ^a   Harris, Nigel B W ^b   Kelley, Simon P ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ar Ar dating; Blueschists; Exhumation; Metamorphic soles; Ophiolite; Suture; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BLUESCHIST; EXHUMATION; METAMORPHISM;

TURKEY;

EID: 0031833964     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00275-8     Document Type: Article

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