Evidence from the Kyrenia Range, Cyprus, of the northerly active margin of the Southern Neotethys during Late Cretaceous-Early Cenozoic time

Geological Magazine

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 264-290

  Robertson, Alastair H F ^a   Tasli, Kemal ^b   Inan, Nurdan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

biostratigraphy; Cyprus; Kyrenia Range; Neotethys; sedimentology; Upper Cretaceous Palaeogene

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PETROLOGY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

CARBONATE PLATFORMS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CYPRUS; GEOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; KYRENIA RANGE; NEOTETHYS; PALAEOGENE; VOLCANOGENIC ROCKS;

CARBONATES;

ACTIVE MARGIN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARBONATE PLATFORM; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; GREENSCHIST FACIES; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; LAVA FLOW; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; PALEOGENE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; RHYOLITE; RIFTING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TETHYS;

CYPRUS; KYRENIA; KYRENIA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84857064166     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756811000677     Document Type: Article

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