Palaeomagnetic study of the Galatean Volcanic Province, north-central Turkey: Neogene deformation at the northern border of the Anatolian Block

Geological Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 7-23

  Gürsoy, Halil ^a   Piper, John D A ^b   Tatar, Orhan ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Cenozoic; Galatea; Palaeomagnetism; Tectonic rotation; Turkey; Volcanic rocks

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; CENOZOIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANIC ROCK;

GALATEA; TURKEY;

EID: 0343851585     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1034(199901/06)34:1/2<7::AID-GJ812>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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