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Izmit
Izmit or Kocaeli , city (1990 pop. 254,768), capital of Kocaeli prov., NW Turkey, on the Bay of Izmit, at the eastern end of the Sea of Marmara. A port, it is the center of a rich tobacco- and olive-growing region. Manufactures include paper, petrochemicals, textiles, beer, and cement. Founded c.712 BC, it was rebuilt in 264 BC by Nicomedus I of Bithynia, who made it his capital, Nicomedia . It was shattered by an earthquake in 1999.
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Formation of the Late Palaeozoic-Early Mesozoic Karakaya Complex and related ophiolites in NW Turkey by Palaeotethyan subduction-accretion
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 11/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Several pre-Jurassic tectonic units in NW Turkey are crucial to the current debate regarding...widespread in the Aegean coastal region of NW Turkey, the area discussed in this paper. The...timing of Palaeotethyan subduction in NW Turkey and its wider regional significance...
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Cloudbreak Commences Drilling on its Ikiztepe-Sarp Property, NW Turkey
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 7/11/2007; 261 words
; ...Turkey, Romania and Nevada is pleased to announce the mobilization of 2 Diamond Drilling rigs on its Ikiztepe-Sarp licenses in NW Turkey. In conjunction with the current Geophysical program underway drilling has begun on the Derekoy target. The objective is to...
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Neotethyan ophiolitic rocks of the Anatolides of NW Turkey and comparison with Tauride ophiolites
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...ophiolitic rocks in the mountains of the Alpine chain (Fig. 1). In NW Turkey, a complete ophiolite sequence has not been found. Peridotites...emplacement, and the origin of underlying metamorphic soles. In NW Turkey, the major Tethyan suture, the Izmir-Ankara-Erzincan suture...
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Fronteer Continues to Expand Agi Dagi Gold Project, NW Turkey
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 1/9/2007; 700+ words
; VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIACCNMatthews - Jan. 9, 2007) - Fronteer Development Group Inc. ("Fronteer") (TSX:FRG)(AMEX:FRG) is pleased to announce that Teck Cominco's Turkish subsidiary ("TCAM who has the property under option, continues to intersect significant new gold mineralization at Fronteer's
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Fronteer Continues to Expand its Kirazli Gold Deposit, NW Turkey
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 4/19/2007; 700+ words
; VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIACCNMatthews - April 19, 2007) - Fronteer Development Group Inc. ("Fronteer") (TSX:FRG)(AMEX:FRG) is pleased to announce that Teck Cominco Limited's Turkish subsidiary ("TCAM as operator, has reported several new, significant gold and silver intersections at Fronteer's
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Fronteer Intersects 4 Grams Per Tonne Gold Over 111 Metres at Agi Dagi Deposit, NW Turkey
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 9/26/2006; 700+ words
; VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIACCNMatthews - Sept. 26, 2006) - Fronteer Development Group Inc. ("Fronteer") (TSX:FRG)(AMEX:FRG) is pleased to announce that Teck Cominco's Turkish subsidiary, as operator, has reported to Fronteer that a new drill hole (AD-212) located 150 metres to the west of the
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Fronteer Development Group Inc.: Drilling to Commence on Two New Gold Projects in NW Turkey
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 9/21/2006; 700+ words
; VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIACCNMatthews - Sept. 21, 2006) - Fronteer Development Group Inc. ("Fronteer") (TSX:FRG)(AMEX:FRG) is pleased to announce that drilling is scheduled to commence shortly on the Pirentepe and Halilaga gold projects in north western Turkey. These projects collectively form the
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Fronteer Makes New Gold Discovery at Pirentepe Project, NW Turkey
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 11/9/2006; 700+ words
; VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIACCNMatthews - Nov. 9, 2006) - Fronteer Development Group Inc. ("Fronteer") (TSX:FRG)(AMEX:FRG) is pleased to announce that the first round of drilling on its new Pirentepe Gold Project, in northwestern Turkey, has intersected thick intervals of near surface gold
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Drilling Expands Fronteer's Porphyry Copper-Gold Discovery at Halilaga, NW Turkey
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 3/8/2007; 700+ words
; VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIACCNMatthews - March 8, 2007) - Fronteer Development Group Inc. ("Fronteer") (TSX:FRG)(AMEX:FRG) is pleased to report that four new drill holes from the Central Zone of its Halilaga Project in northwestern Turkey have all intersected wide intervals of economically
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Fronteer Development Group Inc.: Porphyry Copper-Gold Mineralization Expands Significantly at Halilaga, NW Turkey
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 4/25/2007; 700+ words
; VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIACCNMatthews - April 25, 2007) - Fronteer Development Group Inc. ("Fronteer") (TSX:FRG)(AMEX:FRG) is pleased to report that encouraging porphyry copper-gold mineralization at Halilaga has been extended by an additional 800 metres along strike. Mineralization has now been
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Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names
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Orkhan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the Ottoman Turks. He defeated Byzantine Emperor Andronicus III and conquered large parts of Asia Minor, including Nicaea and Izmit. In 1345 the Ottomans first crossed into Europe to aid Byzantine Emperor John VI (John Cantacuzene). Orkhan married John's daughter...
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Nicomedia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...replace Astacus as his capital, it flourished for centuries. The Goths sacked the city in AD 258. Diocletian chose it for the eastern imperial capital, but it was soon superseded by Byzantium (Constantinople). The modern city on its site is Izmit.
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Richter scale
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...of 1906 was 7.8 on the Richter scale; the Alaskan earthquake of 1964 was 8.4; the Kobe, Japan, quake of 1995 was 6.9; and the Izmit, Turkey, earthquake of 1999 was 7.4. Like ripples formed when a pebble is dropped into water, earthquake waves travel outward...
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earthquake
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Guatemala (1976); Hebei, China (1976); Mexico (1985); Armenia (1988); Luzon, Philippines (1990); N Japan (1993); Kobe, Japan (1995); Izmit, Turkey (1999); central Taiwan (1999); Oaxaca state, Mexico (1999); Bam, Iran (2003); NW Sumatra, Indonesia (2004); and Sichuan...
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