Neogene anticlockwise rotation of central Anatolia (Turkey): Preliminary palaeomagnetic and geochronological results

Tectonophysics

Volumn 299, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 175-189

  Platzman, E S ^a   Tapirdamaz, C ^b   Sanver, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Geochronology; Neogene; Palaeomagnetism; Rotation

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; NEOGENE; PALEOMAGNETISM;

TURKEY;

EID: 0032553810     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00204-2     Document Type: Article

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