Gneiss domes, metamorphic core complexes, and wrench zones: Thermal and structural evolution of the Niǧde Massif, central Anatolia

Tectonics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Whitney, Donna L ^a   Teyssier, Christian ^a   Heizler, Matthew T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; GNEISS; METAMORPHISM; MIGMATITE; OVERPRINTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

ANATOLIA; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 37549044249     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006TC002040     Document Type: Article

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