Palaeomagnetic study of Tertiary volcanic domains in Southern Turkey and Neogene anticlockwise rotation of the Arabian Plate

Tectonophysics

Volumn 465, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 114-127

  Gursoy H ^a   Tatar, O ^a   Piper, J D A ^b   Heimann, A ^c   Kocbulut F ^a   Mesci, B L ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anatolides; Arabian Plate; Miocene; Neotectonics; Palaeomagnetism; Red Sea; Southern Turkey; Tectonic rotation; Volcanic rocks

Indexed keywords

ANATOLIDES; ARABIAN PLATE; MIOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; PALAEOMAGNETISM; RED SEA; SOUTHERN TURKEY; TECTONIC ROTATION;

DEMAGNETIZATION; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMANENCE; ROTATION; SEAWATER; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ARABIAN PLATE; BRUNHES CHRON; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GPS; MATUYAMA CHRON; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONIC ROTATION; TERTIARY; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ARABIAN SHIELD; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; TURKEY;

EID: 60849123903     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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