Was the Late Triassic orogeny in Turkey caused by the collision of an oceanic plateau?

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 173, Issue , 2000, Pages 25-41

  Okay, Aral I ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRIASSIC;

TURKEY;

EID: 0034091140     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.173.01.02     Document Type: Article

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