Geochronological evidence and tectonic significance of Carboniferous magmatism in the southwest Trabzon area, eastern Pontides, Turkey

International Geology Review

Volumn 54, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1776-1800

  Kaygusuz, Abdullah ^a   Arslan, Mehmet ^b   Siebel, Wolfgang ^c   Sipahi, Ferkan ^a   Ilbeyli, Nurdane ^d  

^a GUMUSHANE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carboniferous magmatism; eastern Pontides; high K; southwest Trabzon; Sr Nd Pb isotope; Turkey; U Pb zircon dating

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; I-TYPE ROCK; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; S-TYPE ROCK; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

PONTIDES; TRABZON [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 84867826439     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2012.676371     Document Type: Article

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