Geology and correlation of the Ezine zone: A Rhodope fragment in NW Turkey?

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-176

  Beccaletto, Laurent ^a   Jenny, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Barremian; Denizg ren ophiolite; Ezine Group; Maliac Meliata Ocean; Metamorphic sole; Northwestern Turkey; Permo Triassic; Rhodope margin; Syn rift sequence

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; OPHIOLITE; OROGENY; PERMIAN; TRIASSIC;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 3342942050     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 13000985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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