Geochemical evidence used to test alternative plate tectonic models for pre-Upper Jurassic (Palaeotethyan) units in the Central Pontides, N Turkey

Geological Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 25-53

  Ustaömer, Timur ^a   Robertson, Alastair H F ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central Pontides; Late Jurassic; N Turkey; Palaeotethyan

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; JURASSIC; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TETHYS; VOLCANISM;

PONTIDES; TURKEY;

EID: 0342980293     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1034(199901/06)34:1/2<25::AID-GJ813>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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