Mantle lithosphere delamination driving plateau uplift and synconvergent extension in eastern Anatolia

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 723-726

  Göǧüş, Oǧuz H ^a   Psyklywec, Russell N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delamination; Eastern Anatolian plateau; Lithospheric thinning; Synconvergent extension

Indexed keywords

CONSISTENT; EASTERN ANATOLIA; EASTERN ANATOLIAN PLATEAU; LITHOSPHERIC THINNING; MANTLE LITHOSPHERES; PLATE CONVERGENCES; PLATEAU UPLIFTS; SURFACE CONTRACTIONS; SYNCONVERGENT EXTENSION; SYNCONVERGENT EXTENSIONS; THINNING; TOPOGRAPHIC PROFILES;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SHRINKAGE; STEEL SHEET;

DELAMINATION;

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENING; CRUSTAL THINNING; DELAMINATION; GEODYNAMICS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; UPLIFT;

ANATOLIA; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 54949153403     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24982A.1     Document Type: Article

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