The Black Sea region comprises Gondwana-derived continental blocks and oceanic
subduction complexes accreted to Laurasia. The core of Laurasia is made up of an …

Abstract The Pontides in northern Turkey constituted part of the southern active margin of
Eurasia during the Mesozoic. In the Early Cretaceous, a large submarine turbidite fan …

Abstract The Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous is an interval of unstandardized stages and
includes the only Mesozoic system boundary without a Global Boundary Stratotype Section …

The geodynamic evolution of Turkey is mainly controlled by drift and collision of a number
oceanic and continental plates or terranes. This can be ascribed to four orogenic episodes …

Jurassic subduction initiation in the Neo‐Tethys Ocean eventually led to the collision of the
Adria‐Africa and Eurasia continents and the formation of an~ 6,000 km long Alpine orogen …

Abstract Before the Late Cretaceous opening of the Black Sea, the Central Pontides
constituted part of the southern margin of Laurasia. Two features that distinguish the Central …

The eastern Mediterranean region within the Tethyan realm shows a high concentration of
ophiolites with contrasting times of formation and emplacement along the belt: In the …

U–Pb dating, Hf-isotope, and trace-element studies on two detrital zircon samples from
sandstone interlayers in the Upper Jurassic conglomerates of the Southern coast of the …

Abstract In northern Turkey, the Intra-Pontide suture zone is represented by an east–west
trending belt of deformed and/or metamorphic units located at the boundary between the …

The Anatolian peninsula is a key location to study the central portion of the Neotethys Ocean
(s) and to understand how its western and eastern branches were connected. One of the …