Geochemistry and tectonics of Cenozoic volcanism in the Lesser Caucasus (Azerbaijan) and the peri-Arabian region: Collision-induced mantle dynamics and its magmatic fingerprint

International Geology Review

Volumn 52, Issue 4-6, 2010, Pages 536-578

  Dilek, Yildirim ^a   Imamverdiyev, Nazim ^b   Altunkaynak, Şafak ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAKU STATE UNIVERSITY   (Azerbaijan)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lesser Caucasus (Azerbaijan); Lithospheric delamination; Peri Arabian region; Post collisional magmatism; Slab breakoff; Turkish Iranian high plateau

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DELAMINATION; EOCENE; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PROCESS; MIOCENE; OROGENIC BELT; PARTIAL MELTING; STRATOVOLCANO; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSTENSION; VOLCANISM;

AZERBAIJAN;

EID: 75249095334     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206810903360422     Document Type: Article

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