Evidence for two episodes of volcanism in the Bigadiç borate basin and tectonic implications for western Turkey

Geological Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 545-570

  Erkül, Fuat ^a   Helvaci, Cahit ^a   Sözbilir, Hasan ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bigadi borate basin; Geochemistry; Lower miocene; Stratigraphy; Structural geology; Volcano sedimentary succession; Western Turkey

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANISM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 27644496078     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1026     Document Type: Review

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