The evolution of the southern Menderes Massif in SW Turkey as revealed by zircon dating

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1021-1030

  Loos, Steffen ^a   Reischmann, Thomas ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Menderes Massif; Metamorphic core complexes; Pan African Orogeny; U Pb,

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

TURKEY;

EID: 0032702497     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.5.1021     Document Type: Article

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