Apatite fission-track thermochronology of the Western Pontides (NW Turkey)

Geological Magazine

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 133-140

  Cavazza, William ^a   Federici, Ilaria ^a   Okay, Aral I ^b   Zattin, Massimiliano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cooling; exhumation; Istanbul terrane; low temperature thermochronology; Sakarya terrane

Indexed keywords

APATITE; COOLING; TECTONICS; TEMPERATURE;

APATITE FISSION TRACK THERMOCHRONOLOGY; APATITE FISSION-TRACK ANALYSIS; EXHUMATION; ISTANBUL; SAKARYA TERRANE; TECTONIC ACTIVITY; TECTONIC EVENTS; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

FISSION REACTIONS;

EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRANE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ANKARA [TURKEY]; IZMIR [TURKEY]; PONTIDES; TURKEY;

EID: 82955205826     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756811000525     Document Type: Article

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