Neotectonics of Turkey–a synthesis

E Bozkurt - Geodinamica acta, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
Turkey forms one of the most actively deforming regions in the world and has a long history
of devastating earthquakes. The belter understanding of its neotectonic features and active …

When did the western Anatolian grabens begin to develop?

Y Yilmaz, ŞC Genç, F Gürer, M Bozcu… - Geological Society …, 2000 - lyellcollection.org
To solve a long-lasting controversy on the timing and mechanism of generation of the
western Anatolian graben system, new data have been collected from a mapping project in …

Menderes Massif (western Turkey): structural, metamorphic and magmatic evolution–a synthesis

E Bozkurt, R Oberhänsli - International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2001 - Springer
The Menderes Massif covers large areas in western Turkey. The better understanding of its
tectono-metamorphic history would provide insight for the Alpine evolution of western Turkey …

Timing of extension on the Büyük Menderes Graben, western Turkey, and its tectonic implications

E Bozkurt - Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2000 - lyellcollection.org
The Büyük Menderes Graben is one of the most prominent structures of western Anatolia
(Turkey) and borders the Aegean. New structural and stratigraphic evidence demonstrates …

Geometry and origin of folding in the Neogene sediments of the Gediz Graben, western Anatolia, Turkey

H Sözbilir - Geodinamica Acta, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
A close relationship between formation of approximately upright folds with axes normal to
the extension direction and ramp/flat extensional geometries is established for well exposed …

A pulsed extension model for the Neogene–Recent E–W-trending Alaşehir Graben and the NE–SW-trending Selendi and Gördes Basins, western Turkey

M Purvis, A Robertson - Tectonophysics, 2004 - Elsevier
We have developed a significant body of new field-based evidence relating to the history of
crustal extension in western Turkey. We establish that two of the NE–SW-trending basins in …

Pliocene and Quaternary regional uplift in western Turkey: the Gediz River terrace staircase and the volcanism at Kula

R Westaway, M Pringle, S Yurtmen, T Demir… - Tectonophysics, 2004 - Elsevier
Along the upper reaches of the Gediz River in western Turkey, in the eastern part of the
Aegean extensional province, the land surface has uplifted by∼ 400 m since the Middle …

Sedimentation of the Neogene–Recent Alaşehir (Gediz) continental graben system used to test alternative tectonic models for western (Aegean) Turkey

M Purvis, A Robertson - Sedimentary Geology, 2005 - Elsevier
The Alaşehir (Gediz) Graben exemplifies clastic sedimentation in a long-lived continental
half-graben in a semi-arid setting, developed within relatively incompetent metamorphic …

Gravity data inversion for the basement relief delineation through global optimization: a case study from the Aegean Graben System, western Anatolia, Turkey

YL Ekinci, Ç Balkaya, G Göktürkler… - Geophysical Journal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
SUMMARY Aegean Graben System is a significant member of the complex geology of
western Turkey. The depths to the metamorphic basement reliefs in two major grabens have …

Early Miocene stratigraphy of Central West Anatolia, Turkey: implications for the tectonic evolution of the Eastern Aegean area

O Kaya, E Ünay, F Göktaş, G Saraç - Geological Journal, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Small‐mammalian faunas enable the discrimination and correlation of uppermost Lower
Miocene lacustrine sedimentary units in central western Anatolia. On the basis of sequential …