Granitoid rocks of the southern Menderes Massif (southwestern Turkey): Field evidence for Tertiary magmatism in an extensional shear zone

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-71

  Bozkurt, Erdin ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alpine deformation; Exhumation; Extensional shear zone; Granite; Menderes massif; Tertiary; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; ORTHOGNEISS; SHEAR ZONE; TERTIARY;

EURASIA; MENDERES MASSIF; TURKEY;

EID: 1642423735     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-003-0369-0     Document Type: Article

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