TIMING OF CENOZOIC EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS IN WEST TURKEY

SEYİTOĞLU G., SCOTT B., RUNDLE C.

JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, vol.149, pp.533-538, 1992 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 149
  • Publication Date: 1992
  • Doi Number: 10.1144/gsjgs.149.4.0533
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.533-538
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The timing of the transition from compressional to extensional tectonics in the late Cenozoic evolution of west Turkey has been constrained by K-Ar geochronology from acidic volcanic rocks and tourmaline leucogranite dykes in the central and east margin respectively of the Gordes basin.