Kinematic evidence for Late Mesozoic-Miocene emplacement of the Lycian Allochthon over the Western Anatolide Belt, SW Turkey

Geological Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 295-310

  Collins, Alan S ^a   Robertson, Alastair H F ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatolides; Kinematics; Lycian Thrust Sheets; Menderes Massif; Structural evolution; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; KINEMATICS; MESOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY; THRUST;

(SOUTHWEST); MENDERES MASSIF; TURKEY;

EID: 0141765623     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.957     Document Type: Article

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