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Tethyan evolution of Turkey: A plate tectonic approach
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The Karakaya marginal sea was already closed by earliest Jurassic times because early Jurassic sediments unconformably overlie its deformed lithologies as discussed by the authors, and it was closed by collision of the Bitlis-Poturge fragment with Arabia.About:
This article is published in Tectonophysics.The article was published on 1981-06-01. It has received 2899 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Ophiolite & Subduction.read more
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GPS constraints on continental deformation in the Africa-Arabia-Eurasia continental collision zone and implications for the dynamics of plate interactions
Robert Reilinger,Simon McClusky,Philippe Vernant,Shawn Lawrence,Shawn Lawrence,Semih Ergintav,R. Cakmak,Haluk Ozener,Fakhraddin Kadirov,Ibrahim Guliev,Ruben Stepanyan,Merab Nadariya,Galaktion Hahubia,Salah Mahmoud,K. Sakr,Abdullah ArRajehi,Demitris Paradissis,A. Al-Aydrus,Mikhail Prilepin,Tamara Guseva,Emre Evren,Emre Evren,Andriy Dmitrotsa,S. V. Filikov,Francisco Gomez,R. Al-Ghazzi,Gebran N. Karam +26 more
TL;DR: In this article, an elastic block model was developed to constrain present-day plate motions (relative Euler vectors), regional deformation within the interplate zone, and slip rates for major faults.
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Geological evolution of the tethys belt from the atlantic to the pamirs since the LIAS
J. Dercourt,L.P. Zonenshain,L. E. Ricou,V. G. Kazmin,X. Le Pichon,A. L. Knipper,C. Grandjacquet,I.M. Sbortshikov,J. Geyssant,Claude Lepvrier,D.H. Pechersky,J. Boulin,Jean-Claude Sibuet,L. A. Savostin,O. Sorokhtin,M. Westphal,Mikhail L. Bazhenov,J. P. Lauer,B. Biju-Duval +18 more
TL;DR: In this article, the evolution of the Tethys belt from the Pliensbachian (190 Ma) to the Tortonian (10 Ma) is depicted at 1 20,000,000 scale.
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Tethyan sutures of northern Turkey
Aral I. Okay,Okan Tüysüz +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the two main Tethyan sutures of Turkey, the İzmir-Ankara-Erzincan and the Intra-Pontide suture, are reviewed through several well-studied transects crossing the suture regions.
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Introduction: aspects of the geological evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean
TL;DR: In this paper, a new model of ophiolite genesis by asymmetrical spreading-ridge collapse was proposed to explain both arc-like ophiola chemistry prior to major volcanic arc edifice construction, and the synchroneity of sub-ophiolite metamorphic sole formation with Atlantic opening phases.
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Neotectonics of Turkey – a synthesis
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe Turkey as one of the most actively deforming regions in the world and has a long history of devastating earthquakes, and the belter understanding of its neotectonic features and active tectonics wou...
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Active tectonics of Mediterranean region
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined more than 100 fault plane solutions for earthquakes within the Alpide belt between the Mid-Atlantic ridge and Eastern Iran and found that the deformation at present occurring is the result of small continental plates moving away from Eastern Turkey and Western Iran.
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Active Tectonics of the Mediterranean Region
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined more than 100 fault plane solutions for earthquakes within the Alpide belt between the Mid-Atlantic ridge and Eastern Iran and found that the deformation at present occurring is the result of small continental plates moving away from Eastern Turkey and Western Iran.
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Tectonics of the Indonesian region
TL;DR: The plate-tectonic evolution of a region can be deduced by following the as-sumptions that subduction zones are characterized by ophiolite, melange, wildflysch, and blueschist, that intermediate and silicic calc-alkaline igneous rocks form above Benioff zones, and that truncations of orogenic belts indicate rifting as mentioned in this paper.
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Plate Tectonics and the Evolution of the Alpine System
TL;DR: A detailed assembly of the outlines of the continents around the North and central Atlantic, before the initial dispersion of Gondwanaland in Early Jurassic times, is presented in this paper.
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Tectonics of the Indonesian Region
TL;DR: The plate-tectonic evolution of a region can be deduced by following the as-sumptions that subduction zones are characterized by ophiolite, melange, wildflysch, and blueschist, that intermediate and silicic calc-alkaline igneous rocks form above Benioff zones, and that truncations of orogenic belts indicate rifting as discussed by the authors.