Multistage exhumation of the Menderes Massif, Western Anatolia (Turkey)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 781-792

  Lips, Andor L W ^a   Cassard, Daniel ^b   Sözbilir, Hasan ^c   Yilmaz, Huseyin ^d   Wijbrans, J R ^e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Exploration Division   (Turkey)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar laser probe dating; Aegean region; Basement kinematics; Menderes Massif; Orogenic collapse

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOGENE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

TURKEY;

EID: 0035007498     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005310000101     Document Type: Article

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