Aegean tectonics: Strain localisation, slab tearing and trench retreat

L Jolivet, C Faccenna, B Huet, L Labrousse… - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
We review the geodynamic evolution of the Aegean–Anatolia region and discuss strain
localisation there over geological times. From Late Eocene to Present, crustal deformation in …

Granitic record of the assembly of the Asian continent

T Wang, Y Tong, H Huang, H Zhang, L Guo, Z Li… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Asian continent consists of many continental blocks that assembled during the
Phanerozoic, accompanied by widespread granitoids. By compiling a series of digital maps …

Ultrapotassic mafic rocks as geochemical proxies for post-collisional dynamics of orogenic lithospheric mantle: the case of southwestern Anatolia, Turkey

D Prelević, C Akal, SF Foley, RL Romer… - Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
High-Mg ultrapotassic volcanic rock occurrences of lamproitic affinity are exposed in
southwestern Anatolia, mostly within the Menderes Massif. From north to south the lamproitic …

[图书][B] Geochemical and temporal evolution of Cenozoic magmatism in western Turkey: mantle response to collision, slab break-off, and lithospheric tearing in an …

Y Dilek, Ş Altunkaynak - 2009 - lyellcollection.org
Post-collisional magmatism in western Anatolia began in the Eocene, and has occurred in
discrete pulses throughout the Cenozoic as it propagated from north to south, producing …

What caused the denudation of the Menderes Massif: Review of crustal evolution, lithosphere structure, and dynamic topography in southwest Turkey

K Gessner, LA Gallardo, V Markwitz, U Ring… - Gondwana …, 2013 - Elsevier
The deformation of Earth's lithosphere in orogenic belts is largely forced externally by the
sinking slab, but can also be driven by internal delamination processes caused by …

[图书][B] The geodynamics of the Aegean and Anatolia: introduction

T Taymaz, Y Yilmaz, Y Dilek - 2007 - lyellcollection.org
The complexity of the plate interactions and associated crustal deformation in the Eastern
Mediterranean region is reflected in many destructive earthquakes that have occurred …

Cenozoic crustal evolution and mantle dynamics of post-collisional magmatism in western Anatolia

Y Dilek, Ş Altunkaynak - International Geology Review, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Post-collisional magmatism in western Anatolia followed a continental collision event in the
Early Eocene, and occurred in discrete pulses that appear to have propagated from north to …

Kinematic reconstructions and magmatic evolution illuminating crustal and mantle dynamics of the eastern Mediterranean region since the late Cretaceous

A Menant, L Jolivet, B Vrielynck - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
The relationship between subduction dynamics and crustal deformation in the
Mediterranean region has been recently studied using three-dimensional (3D) models. Such …

Reconciling the geological history of western Turkey with plate circuits and mantle tomography

DJJ van Hinsbergen, N Kaymakci, W Spakman… - Earth and Planetary …, 2010 - Elsevier
We place the geological history since Cretaceous times in western Turkey in a context of
convergence, subduction, collision and slab break-off. To this end, we compare the west …

Geology and thermochronology of Tertiary Cordilleran-style metamorphic core complexes in the Saghand region of central Iran

C Verdel, BP Wernicke, J Ramezani… - Geological …, 2007 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
An∼ 100-km-long north-south belt of metamorphic core complexes is localized along the
boundary between the Yazd and Tabas tectonic blocks of the central Iranian micro …