Late Triassic subduction-related ultramafic-mafic magmatism in the Amasya region (eastern Pontides, N. Turkey): Implications for the ophiolite conundrum in Eastern Mediterranean

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 234-257

  Eyuboglu, Yener ^a   Santosh, M ^b   Bektas, Osman ^c   Chung, Sun Lin ^d  

^a GUMUSHANE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alaskan type mafic ultramafic complex; Eastern Pontides orogenic belt; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Petrology; Subduction; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHIC ROCK; OPHIOLITE; OROGENIC BELT; PETROLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRIASSIC; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; WEHRLITE;

AMASYA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PONTIDES; TOKAT MASSIF; TURKEY;

EID: 79959865223     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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