Implications of Late Cretaceous U–Pb zircon ages of granitic intrusions cutting ophiolitic and volcanogenic rocks for the assembly of the Tauride allochthon in SE Anatolia (Helete area, Kahramanmaraş Region, SE Turkey)

Nurlu, Nusret; Parlak, Osman; Robertson, Alastair H.F.; Quadt, Albrecht von

doi:10.1007/s00531-015-1211-1

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“…The Late Cretaceous limestones and marls in the Bulgurkaya sedimentary mélange can be correlated with a thrust sheet of similar rocks beneath the Malatya metamorphic unit, directly east of our study area (Erdoğan 1975;Nurlu et al 2015). These Late Cretaceous carbonate rocks have been correlated with the Harami Formation, for which the type area is in the Elazığ area of SE Turkey, c. 200 km to the east of our study area.…”

Section: Bulgurkaya Sedimentary Mélangementioning

confidence: 95%

“…This is based mostly on mineralogical and geochemical evidence from more widely exposed and intensively studied outcrops further east (Nurlu et al 2015). Geochemical studies of the correlative Koçali ophiolite further east in the Adıyaman area indicate a supra-subduction zone origin (Yıldırım et al 2012).…”

Section: Oceanic-derived Unitsmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…The ophiolite-related rocks are undated in our study area but are inferred to be of Late Cretaceous age in the type area (Nurlu et al 2015). (iii) Meydan ophiolite Ophiolitic rocks, which are exposed c. 2 km north of Çağlayancerit (Fig.…”

Section: Tectono-stratigraphymentioning

confidence: 98%

“…The igneous rocks represent a dismembered ophiolite, which is locally cut by tiny (0.5-2 m) granitic intrusions. Much larger granitic intrusions cut more intact ophiolitic rocks of inferred Late Cretaceous age directly east of the study area (Nurlu et al 2015). There are also numerous blocks of pelagic limestone, redeposited limestone (calcarenite), neritic limestone, marble, volcanogenic sandstone and matrix-supported conglomerate.…”

Section: Late Cretaceous(?) Meydan Ophiolite-related Mélangementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the type area of c. 15 km east of Çağlayancerit, similar ophiolitic rocks are inferred to be Late Cretaceous, based on the radiometrically determined ages of crosscutting granitic intrusives (Nurlu et al 2015). The Meydan ophiolite includes extrusive rocks (basaltic, andesite, silicic rocks), sheeted dykes, both massive and layered gabbro and serpentinised ultramafic rocks (Fig.…”

Section: Late Cretaceous(?) Meydan Ophiolitementioning

confidence: 99%

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Tectonics of the Southeast Anatolian Orogenic Belt

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The tectonic development of the Southeast Anatolian Orogenic Belt (SAOB) is closely related to the demise of the NeoTethys Ocean, which was located between the Arabian and Eurasian plates from the late Cretaceous to Late Miocene. The ocean contained several continental slivers and intra-oceanic magmatic arcs. The continental slivers represent narrow tectonic belts rifted off and drifted away from the Arabian Plate while the NeoTethyan Ocean and the back-arc basins were opened. Later they collided with one another during the branches of the oceans were eliminated. In these periods, the continental slivers were involved in the subduction zone and turned into metamorphic massifs. During the Late Cretaceous, the first collision occurred when an accretionary complex was thrust over the Arabian Plate's leading edge. Despite the collision, the ocean survived in the North and Its northward subduction generated a new intra oceanic arc, which collided later with the northerly located continental slivers. In this period, the metamorphic massifs and the intra-oceanic arc front migrated to the South. The new magmatic arc collided with the southerly transported nappe package during the Late Eocene. The amalgamated nappe pile eventually obducted onto the Arabian Plate during the Late Miocene. The collision produced escape structures during the Neotectonic period.

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Implications of Late Cretaceous U–Pb zircon ages of granitic intrusions cutting ophiolitic and volcanogenic rocks for the assembly of the Tauride allochthon in SE Anatolia (Helete area, Kahramanmaraş Region, SE Turkey)

Cited by 23 publications

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Late Cretaceous–Cenozoic subduction–collision history of the Southern Neotethys: new evidence from the Çağlayancerit area, SE Turkey

Late Cretaceous–Cenozoic subduction–collision history of the Southern Neotethys: new evidence from the Çağlayancerit area, SE Turkey

Tectonics of the Southeast Anatolian Orogenic Belt

Tectonics of the Southeast Anatolian Orogenic Belt

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