Detailed geochemistry and K-Ar geochronology of the metamorphic sole rocks and their mafic dykes from the Mersin ophiolite, southern Turkey

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 685-708

  Çelik, Ömer Faruk ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dyke; East Mediterranean; Geochemistry; Metamorphic rock; Neotethys; Ophiolite

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIKE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAFIC ROCK; MANTLE SOURCE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; OPHIOLITE; PERIDOTITE; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 53349142270     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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