Discovery of the oldest (upper Ladinian to middle Carnian) radiolarian assemblages from the Bornova Flysch Zone in western Turkey: Implications for the evolution of the Neotethyan Izmir-Ankara ocean
OFIOLITI, vol.32, no.2, pp.131-150, 2007 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 32 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2007
- Journal Name: OFIOLITI
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.131-150
- Keywords: radiolarians, biostratigraphy, ophiolitic melange, Neotethys, late Ladinian, middle Carnian, Turkey, BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC DATA, ARGOLIS PENINSULA, KOSEYAHYA NAPPE, CENTRAL SAKARYA, COMPLEX, OMAN, GEOCHEMISTRY, PELOPONNESE, MOUNTAINS, TAURIDES
- Middle East Technical University Affiliated: No
Abstract
Diverse upper Ladinian to middle Carnian radiolarian faunas have been obtained from different ribbon cherts blocks and tectonic slices of the Izmir-Ankara Suture Complex and the marginal sediments of the Tauride-Anatolide platform within the Bornova Flysch Zone, western Turkey.