Rockfall avalanche deposits associated with normal faulting in the NW of Cankiri basin: implications for the postcollisional tectonic evolution of the Neo-Tethyan suture zone

SEYİTOĞLU G., Kazanci N., Karadenizli L., Sen S., Varol B., Karabiyikoglu T.

TERRA NOVA, cilt.12, sa.6, ss.245-251, 2000 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2000
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2000.00291.x
  • Dergi Adı: TERRA NOVA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.245-251
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The NNE-trending Neo-Tethyan suture zone between Ankara and Cankiri, thrusts eastward onto different stratigraphic levels of the Neogene succession; however, its western side shows a normal fault relationship. This E-vergent tectonic sliver was inactive during the accumulation of the Miocene-Lower Pliocene sedimentary succession and was created by the movement of the North Anatolian Fault Zone and its splay after the late Pliocene, indicating internal deformation of the Anatolian plate. These results are inconsistent with the previous suggestion that intracontinental convergence related to Neo-Tethyan orogeny continued until the Pliocene (Ankara Orogenic Phase).