Tectonic evolution of the Söke Basin: Extension-dominated transtensional basin formation in western part of the Büyük Menderes Graben, Western Anatolia, Turkey

2013 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 148-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ökmen Sümer ◽  
Uğur İnci ◽  
Hasan Sözbilir
Keyword(s):  
Tectonic Evolution ◽  
Western Anatolia ◽  
Basin Formation

scholarly journals Lithospheric weakening during “retroforeland” basin formation: Tectonic evolution of the central South Alpine foredeep

Tectonics ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Bertotti ◽  
Vincenzo Picotti ◽  
Sierd Cloetingh
Keyword(s):  
Tectonic Evolution ◽  
Basin Formation ◽  
Central South

scholarly journals The tectonic evolution of Lake Eğirdir, West Turkey

Geologos ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 223-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Karaman
Keyword(s):  
Fresh Water ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Tectonic Evolution ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Lacustrine Sediments ◽  
Central Anatolia ◽  
Normal Faults ◽  
Western Anatolia ◽  
Isparta Angle ◽  
Topographic Condition

The tectonic evolution of Lake Eğirdir, West Turkey Lake Eğirdir is one of the most important fresh-water lakes of Turkey. It has a tectonics-related origin. The area formed under a roughly N-S compressional tectonic regime during the Middle Miocene. The stresses caused slip faults west and east of Isparta Angle, and the lake formed at the junction of these faults. The area subsided between normal faults, thus creating the topographic condition required for a lake. The lacustrine sediments have fundamentally different lithologies. After the Late Miocene, central Anatolia started to move westwards, but western Anatolia moved in a SW direction along the South-western Anatolian Fault, which we suggest to have a left lateral slip, which caused that the Hoyran Basin moved t7 km towards the SW and rotated 40° counterclockwise relative to Lake Eğirdir.

scholarly journals Crustal structure and tectonic evolution of the Tornquist Fan region as revealed by geophysical methods

1999 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 145-160
Author(s):  
Hans Thybo
Keyword(s):  
Crustal Structure ◽  
Tectonic Evolution ◽  
Geophysical Methods ◽  
Fault Zones ◽  
Early Permian ◽  
Geophysical Investigations ◽  
Basin Formation ◽  
Velocity Anomalies ◽  
Seismic Reflections ◽  
Early Cenozoic

Crustal structure derived primarily from geophysical investigations reveals features that may be related to the complex tectonic evolution of the Tornquist Fan region. This northwestwards widening splay of Late Carboniferous – Early Permian fault zones in the Danish region emanates from the Teisseyre-Tornquist Zone in northern Poland. Seismic reflections and velocity anomalies image collisional fault zones that formed during the Proterozoic and Palaeozoic amalgamation of the crust. Re-equilibration of Moho appears to have taken place before late Palaeozoic rifting and magmatism initiated the main phase of basin formation that continued into the Mesozoic. The resulting, strong Moho topography, with variation between depths of 26 and 48 km, has been practically “frozen in” since then, although the late Cretaceous – early Cenozoic inversion tectonics may have formed a crustal keel underneath part of the Sorgenfrei-Tornquist Zone which cuts across the Proterozoic crust of the Tornquist Fan region.

Middle and Late Miocene Cricetidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Denizli Basin (Southwestern Turkey) and a New Species ofMegacricetodon

2014 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 504-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hüseyin Erten ◽  
Sevket Sen ◽  
Muhittin Görmüş
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Tectonic Evolution ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Time Range ◽  
Western Anatolia ◽  
Geological Features ◽  
Siliciclastic Sediments ◽  
Stratigraphic Succession ◽  
A New Species

The occurrences of Cricetidae and the description of a new species,Megacricetodon yenicekentensisnew species from the Denizli terrestrial Neogene Basin are considered herein. The Miocene sediments of the area mainly include terrestrial siliciclastic sediments and have a significant mammal fauna. Fieldwork was carried out in the six localities in the basin and the following rodents were identified:Cricetodon candirensis,Cricetulodon hartenbergeri,Megacricetodon minorandMegacricetodon yenicekentensisn. sp. This is the first study of rodent faunas from the Denizli Basin, which is still poorly documented. This study contributes to a better understanding of the stratigraphic and geological features of the Denizli Basin, which is one of the grabens formed within the Neotectonic period of Western Anatolia and has a significant role in explaining the tectonic evolution of the region. Its sedimentary units are, in stratigraphic order, the Kızılburun, Sazak, Kolankaya and Ulubey formations. Based on the systematics and biochronological implications of cricetids and the bulk faunas from six localities, the time range of these formations is discussed, and an age between the early middle Miocene (MN 6) and late Miocene (MN 10) is proposed for this stratigraphic succession. In addition, the dating of the Ulubey Formation, which is observed both in the Denizli and Uşak-Selendi basins, provides new data about the time of connection between these two basins.

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