Discovery of the Late Triassic (Middle Carnian-Rhaetian) radiolarians in the volcano-sedimentary sequences of the Kocali Complex, SE Turkey: Correlation with the other Tauride units

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 180-200

  Uzuncimen, Seda ^a   Tekin, Ugur Kagan ^a   Bedi, Yavuz ^b   Perincek, Dogan ^c   Varol, Elif ^a   Soycan, Havva ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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

^c ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Correlation; Dating; Kocali complex; Late Triassic; Radiolaria

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; DEPOSITION; LITHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; RADIOLARIA; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

TAURIDES; TURKEY;

RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 78449269057     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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