Late Jurassic amphibolite-facies metamorphism in the Intra-Pontide Suture Zone (Turkey): an eastward extension of the Vardar Ocean from the Balkans into Anatolia? M. Marroni C. Frassi M. C. Göncüoğlu G. Di Vincenzo L. Pandolfi G. Rebay A. Ellero G. Ottria 10.6084/m9.figshare.3453755.v1 https://geolsoc.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Late_Jurassic_amphibolite-facies_metamorphism_in_the_Intra-Pontide_Suture_Zone_Turkey_an_eastward_extension_of_the_Vardar___Ocean_from_the_Balkans_into_Anatolia_/3453755 <p>The palaeogeography of Neotethys during its closure is still a matter of debate. This study provides new insights into the Neotethys closure by the discovery in the Intra-Pontide Suture Zone (Turkey) of an accretionary complex that recorded a Late Jurassic (<em>c</em>. 163 Ma) amphibolite-facies metamorphism. Results are discussed in the framework of the accretionary events that occurred at the southern margin of Laurasia. The resulting picture supports a new model in which the Vardar suture zone, in the Balkans, and the Intra-Pontide Suture Zone, in Anatolia, represent remnants of the same elongate oceanic basin. </p> 2016-06-21 11:39:47 Anatolia metamorphism Jurassic Vardar Ocean Balkan oceanic basin Suture Neotethys closure 163 Ma accretionary events Vardar suture zone Geology