Petrogenesis of the late Cretaceous Turnagöl intrusion in the eastern Pontides: Implications for magma genesis in the arc setting

A series of Cretaceous plutons is present in the eastern Pontides of northeastern Turkey. The Turnagöl intrusion is the least studied and, thus, the least understood plutons in the orogen. This intrusion consists of hornblende-biotite granodiorites emplaced at 78 Ma based on LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon da...

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Main Authors: Abdullah Kaygusuz, Ferkan Sipahi, Nurdane İlbeyli, Mehmet Arslan, Bin Chen, Emre Aydınçakır
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-07-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987112001235