Türkiye Jeoloji Bülteni

Geochemical Characteristics and Geotectonic Implications of the Upper Cretaceous SarafTepe (Trabzon) Basanite, NE Turkey

Abstract: A subalkaline volcanism of Upper Cretaceous age is extensively dominated in the eastern Pontides. However, the volcanism is changed to an alkaline and shoshonitic character at its terminal stages.