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.
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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