[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] Atlas of the underworld: Slab remnants in the mantle, their sinking history, and a new outlook on lower mantle viscosity

DG Van der Meer, DJJ Van Hinsbergen, W Spakman - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
Across the entire mantle we interpret 94 positive seismic wave-speed anomalies as
subducted lithosphere and associate these slabs with their geological record. We document …

Tectonic units of the Alpine collision zone between Eastern Alps and western Turkey

SM Schmid, B Fügenschuh, A Kounov, L Maţenco… - Gondwana …, 2020 - Elsevier
We present a map that correlates tectonic units between Alps and western Turkey
accompanied by a text providing access to literature data, explaining the concepts used for …

Tectonic evolution of the southern margin of Laurasia in the Black Sea region

AI Okay, AM Nikishin - International Geology Review, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Europe from the Variscan to the Alpine cycles

GM Stampfli, HW Kozur - 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The time span between the Variscan and Alpine cycles is not devoid of any major tectonic
activity, and corresponds to the Cimmerian cycle. Between the Early Permian and Late …

Overview of the Palaeozoic–Neogene evolution of neotethys in the Eastern Mediterranean region (southern turkey, cyprus, Syria)

AHF Robertson, O Parlak, T Ustaömer - Petroleum Geoscience, 2012 - lyellcollection.org
Valid palaeotectonic and palaeogeographical reconstructions of the easternmost
Mediterranean and adjacent region involve a long-lived Tethys (Rheic, Palaeotethyan and …

A new classification of the Turkish terranes and sutures and its implication for the paleotectonic history of the region

P Moix, L Beccaletto, HW Kozur, C Hochard, F Rosselet… - Tectonophysics, 2008 - Elsevier
The Turkish part of the Tethyan realm is represented by a series of terranes juxtaposed
through Alpine convergent movements and separated by complex suture zones. Different …

The African Plate: A history of oceanic crust accretion and subduction since the Jurassic

C Gaina, TH Torsvik, DJJ van Hinsbergen, S Medvedev… - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
We present a model for the Jurassic to Present evolution of plate boundaries and oceanic
crust of the African plate based on updated interpretation of magnetic, gravity and other …

Pre-Alpide Palaeozoic and Mesozoic orogenic events in the Eastern Mediterranean region

AI Okay, M Satir, W Siebel - Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 2006 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract We review the Palaeozoic-Early Mesozoic evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean-
Balkan region with special reference to Anatolia, and provide new isotopic data on the …

Tectonic evolution and paleogeography of the Kırşehir Block and the Central Anatolian Ophiolites, Turkey

DJJ Van Hinsbergen, M Maffione, A Plunder… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In Central and Western Anatolia two continent‐derived massifs simultaneously
underthrusted an oceanic lithosphere in the Cretaceous and ended up with very contrasting …