Tectonic significance of synextensional ductile shear zones within the Early Miocene Alaçamdaǧ granites, northwestern Turkey

Geological Magazine

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 611-637

  Erkül, Fuat ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aegean subduction; Crystal plastic processes; Exhumation; Metamorphic core complex; Synextensional granitoids; Transfer zone

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; KINEMATICS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; TOOLS;

AEGEAN SUBDUCTION; EXHUMATION; GRANITOIDS; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; TRANSFER ZONES;

FAULTING;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DISPLACEMENT; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOLDING; GRANITE; MIOCENE; OROGENIC BELT; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

MENDERES MASSIF; TURKEY;

EID: 77953612374     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756809990719     Document Type: Article

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