Structural and thermal history of poly-orogenic basement: U-Pb geochronology of granitoid rocks in the southern Menderes Massif, Western Turkey

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-101

  Gessner, Klaus ^a   Collins, Alan S ^b   Ring, Uwe ^c   Güngör, Talip ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

238U 206Pb; Alpine Orogeny; Pan African Orogeny; Polyphase processes; Tectonics; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EURASIA; MENDERES MASSIF; TURKEY;

EID: 0742288000     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764902-166     Document Type: Article

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