Petrogenesis of the refahiye ophiolite and its tectonic significance for neotethyan ophiolites along the Izmir-Ankara-Erzincan Suture Zone

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-207

  Sarifakioǧlu, Ender ^a   Özen, Hayrettin ^a   Winchester, John A ^b  

^a GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION   (Turkey)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forearc; Izmir Ankara Erzincan Suture Zone; Ophiolite; Refahiye (Erzincan); Suprasubduction

Indexed keywords

DIABASE; DIKE; FOREARC BASIN; GREENSCHIST FACIES; MAFIC ROCK; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OPHIOLITE; PETROGENESIS; SUBDUCTION; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSITION ZONE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ANKARA [TURKEY]; ERZINCAN [TURKEY]; EURASIA; IZMIR [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 66949161617     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/yer-0702-4     Document Type: Article

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