Structural correlation of the southern Transcaucasus (Georgia)-eastern Pontides (Turkey)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 173, Issue , 2000, Pages 171-182

  Yilmaz, Ali ^a   Adamia, Shota ^b   Chabukiani, Alexander ^c   Chkhotua, Tamara ^c   Erdoǧan, Kemal ^d   Tuzcu, Sevim ^d   Karabiyikoǧlu, Mustafa ^d  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

^d GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OROGENY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

GEORGIA; TURKEY;

EID: 0034043691     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.173.01.08     Document Type: Article

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