The ophiolite-related Mersin Melange, southern Turkey: Its role in the tectonic-sedimentary setting of Tethys in the Eastern Mediterranean region

Geological Magazine

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-286

  Parlak, Osman ^a   Robertson, Alastair ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

East Mediterranean; Melange; Ophiolite; Tethys; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; GRANITE; LIME; LITHOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

EAST MEDITERRANEAN; MELANGE; OPHIOLITE; TETHYS; TURKEY;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; MELANGE; MESOZOIC; OPHIOLITE; TETHYS;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 3242696365     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756804009094     Document Type: Article

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