Jurassic arc volcanism on Crimea (Ukraine): Implications for the paleo-subduction zone configuration of the Black Sea region

Lithos

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 412-426

  Meijers, M J M ^a,b   Vrouwe, B ^b   van Hinsbergen, D J J ^a,c   Kuiper, K F ^a,b   Wijbrans, J ^b   Davies, G R ^b   Stephenson, R A ^d   Kaymakci, N ^e   Matenco, L ^b   Saintot, A ^f  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Arc volcanism; Black Sea region; Jurassic Cretaceous; Tethys; X ray fluorescence analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BACKARC BASIN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; GONDWANA; ISLAND ARC; JURASSIC; LAURENTIA; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANISM; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BLACK SEA; CRIMEA; UKRAINE;

EID: 77956930747     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

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