Early Paleozoic evolution of the NW Gondwanaland: Data from southern Turkey and surrounding regions

2000-07-01
The Lower Paleozoic rock-units in the Eastern Mediterranean can be separated into two distinct zones: the Northern Zone (Carpathian-Balkan, Istanbul, Zonguldak and Main Range terranes) acid the Southern Zone (Tauride-Anatolide, SE Anatolian-Arabian, and Central Iranian terranes). A Gondwanan /Perigondwanan origin can only be properly indicated for the Southern Zone, whereas the Early Paleozoic paleogeographic positions of smaller terranes (e.g. Istanbul Terrane) of the Northern Zone remains questionable.
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M. C. Göncüoğlu, “Early Paleozoic evolution of the NW Gondwanaland: Data from southern Turkey and surrounding regions,” GONDWANA RESEARCH, pp. 315–324, 2000, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/31864.