Devonian radiolarian ribbon cherts from the Karakaya Complex, Northwest Turkey: Implications for the Paleo-Tethyan evolution;Cherts rubanés à radiolaires du Dévonien du complexe de Karakaya, Turquie nord-occidentale: implications pour l'évolution de la Paléo-Téthys

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Okay, Aral I ^a   Noble, Paul J ^b   Tekin, Ugur Kagan ^c  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chert; Devonian; Karakaya Complex; Paleo Tethys; Pontides; Radiolaria; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CHERT; DEVONIAN; MICROFOSSIL; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; RADIOLARIA; SANDSTONE; SHALE; TETHYS;

TURKEY;

EID: 79951674294     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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