Late cretaceous-early eocene tectonic development of the tethyan suture zone in the erzincan area, Eastern Pontides, Turkey

Geological Magazine

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 567-590

  Rice, Samuel P ^a   Robertson, Alastair H F ^b   Ustaömer, Timur ^c   Inan, Nurdan ^d   Tasli, Kemal ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pontides; Stratigraphy; Suture zone; Tethys; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BASALT; COARSENING; LIME; LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; MAGNESITE; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

ANGULAR UNCONFORMITY; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PONTIDES; SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITES; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT; TETHYS; TURKEY;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONGLOMERATE; CRETACEOUS; EOCENE; FOREARC BASIN; LIMESTONE; LITHOFACIES; LITHOLOGY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OPHIOLITE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SERPENTINIZATION; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

ERZINCAN [TURKEY]; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 70349402252     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756809006360     Document Type: Article

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