Geological development of Anatolia and the easternmost Mediterranean Region
By: edited by A. H. F. Robertson, University of Edinburgh, UK, O. Parlak, Çukurova University, Turkey,  and U. C. Ünlügenç, Çukurova University, Turkey
Series: Geological Society special publication -- no. 372; Geological Society special publication -- no. 372.
Publisher: Geological Society
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 649
ISBN-13: 9781862393530
Subjects: Geology
Description: Anatolia and the easternmost Mediterranean region, especially Turkey, Cyprus and northern Syria, represent an excellent natural laboratory for the study of fundamental geological processes (e.g. rifting, seafloor spreading, ophiolite genesis and emplacement, subduction, exhumation and collision). Their interaction has created an intriguing array of deep-sea basins, microcontinents and suture zones.The volume's 22 papers include a large amount of new field-based information (much of it multidisciplinary and the product of teamwork). After an overview, the volume is divided into four sections: Late Palaeozoic--Early Cenozoic of the Pontides (northern Turkey); Late Palaeozoic--Early Cenozoic of the Taurides--Anatolides (central and southern Turkey); Late Cretaceous--Pliocene sedimentary basins and structural development (central Anatolia to the Mediterranean); Late Miocene--Recent Neotectonics (southern Turkey, Cyprus and northern Syria). The volume will interest numerous academic researchers, those concerned with resources (e.g. hydrocarbons; mineral deposits) and also hazards (e.g. earthquakes), as well as advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students -- P. 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Editorial introduction to Geological development of Anatolia and the easternmost Mediterranean Region / A.H.F. Robertson, O. Parlak & U.C. Ünlügenç; title: Late Paleozoic-early Cenozoic tectonic development of southern Turkey and the easternmost Mediterranean region: evidence from the inter-relations of continental and oceanic units / A.H.F. Robertson, O. Parlak & T Ustaömer; title: Constraints on variscan and cimmerian magmatism and metamorphism in the Pontides (Yusufeli - Artvin area), NE Turkey from U-Pb dating and granite geochemistry / T.Ustaömer, A.H.F. Robertson, P.A Ustaömer, A. Gerdes & I. Peytcheva; title: Geochemistry and tectonic significance of ophiolites along the Izmir - Ankara - Erzincan Suture Zone in northeastern Antaolia / O. Parlak, A. Çolakoğlu, C. Donmez, H. Sayak, N. Yildirim, A. Türkel & Ĭ. Odabaş; title: A post-collision slab-breakoff model for the orgin of the middle Eocene magmatic rocks of the Armutlu - Almacık belt, NW Turkey and its regional implications /  F. Gülmez, Ş.C. Genç, M. Keskin & O. Tüysüz; title: Mesozoic magmatic and sedimentary development of the Tavşanlı Zone (NW Turkey): implications for rifting, passive margin development and ocean crust emplacement / Z. Özbey, T. Ustaömer & A.H.F. Robertson; title: Late Paleozoic - Cenozoic tectonic development of carbonate platform, margin and oceanic units in the Eastern Taurides, Turkey / A.H.F. Robertson, O. Parlak, Y. Metin, Ö. Vergili, K. Tasili, N. Inan & H. Soycan; title: Petrology of the İspendere (Malatya) ophiolite from the southeast Anatolia: implications for the late mesozoic evolution of the southern Neotethyan Ocean / O. Parlak, F. Karaoğlan, T. Rizaoğlu, N. Nurlu, U. Bağci, V. Höck, A.Ö. Önal, S. Kürüm & Y. Topak; title: Evidence of Eocene high-pressure metamorphism of ophiolitic rocks and granitoid intrusion related to Neotethyan subduction processes (Doğanşehir area, SE Anatolia) / F. Karaoğlan, O. Parlak, A. Robertson, M. Thöni, U. Klötzlı, F. Koller & A.İ. Okay; title: Field relations, geochemistry and origin of the Upper Cretaceous volcaniclastic Kannaviou Formation in western Cyprus: evidence of a southerly Neotethyan volcanic arc / M.F. Gilbert & A.H.F. Robertson; title: Sedimentary and structural evidence for two-phase Upper Cretaceous and Eocene emplacement of the Tauride thrust sheets in central southern Turkey / P.W. Mackintosh & A.H.F. Robertson; title: Cenozoic pure-shear collapse of the southern Menderes Massif, Turkey / L.J. Iredale, C. Teyssier & D.L. Whitney; title: Tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Upper Cretaceous-Cenozoic central Anatolian basins: an integrated study of diachronous ocean basin closure and continental collision / S.P. Nairn, A.H.F. Robertson, U.C. Ünlügeniç, K. Tasli, & N. İnan; title: Two-stage development of the Late Cretaceous to Late Eocene Darende Basin: implications for closure of Neotethys in central eastern Anatolia (Turkey) / M.G. Booth, A.H.F. Robertson, K. Tasli, N. İnan, U.C. Ünlügeniç & S. Vincent; title: Upper Miocene-Pleistocene deformation of the Girne (Kyrenia) Range and Dar Dere (Ovgos) lineaments, northern Cyprus: role in collision and tectonic escape in the easternmost Mediterranean region / G.A. McCay, & A.H.F. Robertson; title: Role of the Paleogene-recent sinistral El-Caber Lineament and the associated transtensional Neogene - recent El-Kabir Basin (northern Syria) in distributed deformation between the African and Eurasian plates / M.F. Hardenberg & A.H.F. Robertson; title: Easternmost Mediterranean evidence of the Zanclean flooding event and subsequent surface uplift: Adana Basin, southern Turkey / P. Cipollari, D. Cosentino, G. Radeff, T.F. Schildgen, C. Faranda, F. Grossi, E. Gliozzi, A. Smedile, R. Gennari, G. Darbaş, F.Ö Dudas, K. Gürbüz, A. Nazik & H. Echtler; title: The East Anatolian Fault: geometry, segmentation and jog characteristics / T.Y. Duman & Ö. Emre; title: Tectonic development of the southern Karasu Valley, Turkey: successive structural events during basin formation / S.J. Boulton; title: Plio-quaternary stress regime in Eşen Çay Basin, SW Turkey / S. Över, S. Özden, H. Yilmaz, A. Pinar, U.C. Ünlügeniç  & Z. Kamaci; title: Late Pleistocene and Holocene uplift history of Cyprus: implications for active tectonics along the southern margin of the Anatolian microplate / R.W. Harrison, E. Tsiolakis, B.D. Stone, A. Lord, J.P. McGeehin, S.A. Mahan & P. Chirico; title: Tectonic and sedimentary response to subduction and incipient continental collision in southern Cyprus, easternmost Mediterranean region / T. Kinnaird & A. Robertson; title: Cenozoic tectonics and evolution of the Euphrates valley in Syria / V.G. Trifonov, D.M. Bachmanov, O. Ali, A.E. Dodonov, T.P. Ivanova, A.A. Syas̕'ko, A.V. Kachaev, N.N. Grib, V.S. Imaev, M. Ali & A.M. Al-Kafri.