The cause of N-S extensional tectonics in western Turkey: Tectonic escape vs back-arc spreading vs orogenic collapse
JOURNAL OF GEODYNAMICS, cilt.22, sa.1-2, ss.145-153, 1996 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 22 Sayı: 1-2
- Basım Tarihi: 1996
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/0264-3707(96)00004-x
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF GEODYNAMICS
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.145-153
- Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
It is proposed that Late Cenozoic N-S extensional tectonics in western Turkey began in the latest Oligocene-Early Miocene (similar to 24-20 Ma) and has been related to the spreading and thinning of an over-thickened crust (i.e. orogenic collapse) created by an earlier Palaeogene (similar to 65-22 Ma) compressional regime. The occurrence of N-S extension immediately after the cessation of the compressional regime is attributed to hot lithosphere in western Turkey as indicated by pre- and syn-extensional magmatic activity.