Quaternary syn-collision magmatism from the Iran/Turkey borderlands

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 182, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Kheirkhah, M ^a   Allen, M B ^b   Emami, M ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

basalt; collision; Iran; subduction; volcanic

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY COMPLEXES; CENOZOIC; COLLISION; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERES; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; EASTERN ANATOLIA; EASTERN TURKEYS; EURASIA; IRAN; LARGE ION LITHOPHILE ELEMENTS; MAGMATISM; MANTLE LITHOSPHERES; MESOZOIC; PARTIAL-MELTING; SUBDUCTION; TURKISHS; VOLCANIC; VOLCANIC FLOWS;

BASALT; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; NEODYMIUM; NIOBIUM; VOLCANOES;

TECTONICS;

BASALT; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; LAVA; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PARTIAL MELTING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TURKEY;

EID: 63749132658     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.01.026     Document Type: Article

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