U/Pb and Pb/Pb zircon ages for arc-related intrusions of the Bolu Massif (W Pontides, NW Turkey): Evidence for Late Precambrian (Cadomian) age

Terra Nova

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 215-223

  Ustaömer, P Ayda ^a   Mundil, Roland ^b   Renne, Paul R ^b,c  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISLAND ARC; PRECAMBRIAN;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; PONTIDES; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 20944452320     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2005.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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