Precise U-Pb ages of syn-extensional Miocene intrusions in the central Menderes Massif, western Turkey

Geological Magazine

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-246

  Glodny, Johannes ^a   Hetzel, Ralf ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extension; Granitoids; Menderes Massif; Turkey; U Pb

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ALLOYS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; TECTONICS;

CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; EXTENSION; GRANITOIDS; MENDERES MASSIF; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL DATA; TECTONIC EXHUMATION; TECTONIC SHORTENING; TURKEY;

URANIUM ALLOYS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; EXHUMATION; GRABEN; GRANITOID; GRANODIORITE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MIOCENE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EURASIA; MENDERES MASSIF; TURKEY;

EID: 33947282144     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756806003025     Document Type: Article

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