Stratigraphy and geochemistry of pillow basalts within the ophiolitic mélange of the Izmir-Ankara-Erzincan suture zone: Implications for the geotectonic character of the northern branch of Neotethys

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 725-741

  Gökten, Ergun ^a   Floyd, P A ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basaltic pillow lavas; Eruptive environment; M lange; Seamounts; Suture zone

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PILLOW LAVA; SEAMOUNT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EURASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; TURKEY;

EID: 34447332205     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-006-0132-4     Document Type: Article

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