Stratigraphy, correlations and palaeogeography of Palaeozoic terranes of Bulgaria and NW Turkey: A review of recent data

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 260, Issue , 2006, Pages 51-67

  Yanev, S ^a   Goncuoglu M C ^b   Gedik, I ^c   Lakova, I ^a   Boncheva, I ^a   Sachanski, V ^a   Okuyucu, C ^c   Ozgul N ^d   Timur, E ^c   Maliakov, Y ^a   Saydam, G ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION   (Turkey)

^d GEOMAR   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEVONIAN; ISLAND ARC; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; TERRANE;

ANATOLIA; ASIA; BALKAN; BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY; TURKMENISTAN; WEST ASIA; ZONGULDAK;

EID: 33748497651     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.260.01.04     Document Type: Review

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