Published January 1, 2015 | Version v1
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Neoproterozoic continental arc volcanism at the northern edge of the Arabian Plate, SE Turkey

  • 1. Univ Kansas, Dept Geol, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA
  • 2. Middle E Tech Univ, Cent Lab, TR-06531 Ankara, Turkey
  • 3. Mineral Res & Explorat Gen Directorate, Div Geol, Ankara, Turkey
  • 4. Middle E Tech Univ, Dept Geol Engn, TR-06531 Ankara, Turkey
  • 5. Turkish Petr Corp, Ankara, Turkey
  • 6. Istanbul Tech Univ, Dept Geol, TR-80626 Istanbul, Turkey

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New geochemical, Sr/Nd isotope and zircon U-Pb LA-ICP-MS data from the Derik Volcanics in the Southeast Anatolian Autochthone Belt of Turkey are consistent with an Andean-type Cadomian arc that developed along the northern edge of the Arabian Plate during the Late Neoproterozoic. The Derik Volcanics represent a volcanic complex including andesites, rhyolites and basalts, with volcanoclastic and fluvial sediments. They are unconformably overlain by playa sediments with Early Cambrian ichno-fossils, followed by Middle Cambrian-Silurian shallow marine deposits.

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