Eocene Granitic Magmatism in NW Anatolia (Turkey) revisited: New implications from comparative zircon SHRIMP U-Pb and 40Ar-39Ar geochronology and isotope geochemistry on magma genesis and emplacement

Lithos

Volumn 155, Issue , 2012, Pages 289-309

  Altunkaynak, Şafak ^a   Sunal, Gürsel ^a   Aldanmaz, Ercan ^b   Genç, Can Ş ^a   Dilek, Yildirim ^c,d   Furnes, Harald ^e   Foland, Kenneth A ^f   Yang, Jingsui ^g   Yildiz, Merve ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Eocene granitoids; NW Anatolia; SHRIMP U Pb zircon ages; Sr Nd isotopes; Syn convergent extension

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARGON-ARGON DATING; EMPLACEMENT; EOCENE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; MAGMATISM; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLUTON; SHRIMP DATING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ANATOLIA; TURKEY;

EID: 84869872937     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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