The Mississippian in the Central and Eastern Taurides (Turkey): Constraints on the tectonic setting of the Tauride-Anatolide Platform

Geologica Carpathica

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 427-442

  Göncüoǧlu, Mehmet Cemal ^a   Çapkinoǧlu, Şenol ^b   Gürsu, Semih ^c   Noble, Paula ^d   Turhan, Necati ^c   Tekin, Uǧur Kagan ^e   Okuyucu, Cengiz ^c   Göncüoǧlu, Yakut ^f  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mississippian; Paleontology; Southern Turkey; Stratigraphy; Taurides; Tectonic setting

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DOLOMITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; LIMESTONE; MISSISSIPPIAN; OLISTOLITH; OOLITE; RIFTING; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

EURASIA; TAURIDES; TURKEY;

EID: 36549060601     PISSN: 13350552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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