Latest Miocene and Pleistocene ages of faulting, determined by 40Ar/39Ar single-crystal dating of airfall tuff and silicic extrusives of the Erciyes Basin, central Turkey: Evidence for intraplate deformation related to the tectonic escape of Anatolia

Terra Nova

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 45-53

  Jaffey, Noah ^a   Robertson, Alastair ^b   Pringle, Malcolm ^c  

^a Osbourne House   (United Kingdom)

^b Grant Institute of Geology   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FAULTING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MIOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; TUFF;

ANATOLIA; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 2142825764     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2003.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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