[HTML][HTML] Orogenic architecture of the Mediterranean region and kinematic reconstruction of its tectonic evolution since the Triassic

DJJ Van Hinsbergen, TH Torsvik, SM Schmid… - Gondwana …, 2020 - Elsevier
The basins and orogens of the Mediterranean region ultimately result from the opening of
oceans during the early break-up of Pangea since the Triassic, and their subsequent …

[HTML][HTML] Arabia-Eurasia convergence and collision control on Cenozoic juvenile K-rich magmatism in the South Armenian block, Lesser Caucasus

M Grosjean, R Moritz, H Rezeau, S Hovakimyan… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The South Armenian Block (SAB) belongs to the Lesser Caucasus, and it is located
where the Central Tethyan belt bends from an EW orientation in Turkey to the NW-oriented …

Diachronous initiation of Arabia–Eurasia collision from eastern Anatolia to the southeastern Zagros Mountains since middle Eocene time

MH Darin, PJ Umhoefer - International Geology Review, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The persistent debate over the timing of initial Arabia–Eurasia collision has eluded
consensus for decades, with most estimates ranging widely from~ 50 to 10 Ma along both …

Temporal, spatial and geochemical evolution of late Cenozoic post-subduction magmatism in central and eastern Anatolia, Turkey

F Rabayrol, CJR Hart, DJ Thorkelson - Lithos, 2019 - Elsevier
Indentation of the Arabian platform into the eastern domain of the Anatolide-Tauride Block
(ATB) led to sub-horizontal rupture and break-off of the Arabian segment of the subducting …

The temporal evolution of the active margin along the Southeast Anatolian Orogenic Belt (SE Turkey): Evidence from U–Pb, Ar–Ar and fission track chronology

F Karaoğlan, O Parlak, E Hejl, F Neubauer… - Gondwana …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Southeast Anatolian Orogenic Belt (SAOB) resulted from the north-dipping
subduction of the southern Neotethyan oceanic lithosphere in late Mesozoic and early …

[HTML][HTML] Thermochronology of the Miocene Arabia-Eurasia collision zone of southeastern Turkey

W Cavazza, S Cattò, M Zattin, AI Okay… - …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Bitlis-Pütürge collision zone of SE Turkey is the area of maximum indentation along
the> 2400-km-long Assyrian-Zagros suture between Arabia and Eurasia. The integration of …

The formation and inversion of the western Greater Caucasus Basin and the uplift of the western Greater Caucasus: Implications for the wider Black Sea region

SJ Vincent, W Braham, VA Lavrishchev… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The western Greater Caucasus formed by the tectonic inversion of the western
strand of the Greater Caucasus Basin, a Mesozoic rift that opened at the southern margin of …

The geomorphological regions of Turkey

C Kuzucuoğlu, A Çiner, N Kazancı - Landscapes and landforms of Turkey, 2019 - Springer
The core of Turkey's land is the Anatolian Peninsula, which is surrounded by several seas
(Mediterranean, Aegean, Marmara and Black Sea). Offering a high variety of morphological …

Transition from compression to strike-slip tectonics revealed by Miocene–Pleistocene volcanism west of the Karlıova triple junction (East Anatolia)

P Di Giuseppe, S Agostini, M Lustrino… - Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We report the results of a study on early Miocene to Pleistocene volcanic rocks cropping out
west of the Karlıova Triple Junction in Eastern Anatolia (Elazığ, Tunceli, and Bingöl …

[HTML][HTML] Testing alternative tectonic models for the Permian-Pleistocene tectonic development of the Kyrenia Range, N Cyprus: Implications for E Mediterranean …

AHF Robertson, O Parlak, K Taslı - Gondwana Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Three published alternative tectonic models of the Permian-Pleistocene development of the
Kyrenia Range, N Cyprus are tested, supported by new field, geochemical and …