Blueschists of the amassia-stepanavan suture zone (Armenia): Linking tethys subduction history from E-Turkey to W-Iran

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 533-550

  Rolland, Yann ^a   Billo, Sandra ^a,b   Corsini, Michel ^a   Sosson, Marc ^a   Galoyan, Ghazar ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Armenia)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Armenia; Blueschists; HP metamorphism; Lesser Caucasus

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BLUESCHIST; EXHUMATION; METAMORPHISM; SUBDUCTION; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ARMENIA; ASIA; CAUCASUS; EURASIA; WEST ASIA;

EID: 63749102521     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-007-0286-8     Document Type: Article

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