2006
DOI: 10.1144/gsl.sp.2006.260.01.01
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Tectonic development of the Eastern Mediterranean region: an introduction

Abstract: Abstract:The Eastern Mediterranean is one of the key regions for the understanding of fundamental tectonic processes, including continental rifting, passive margins, ophiolites, subduction, accretion, collision and post-collisional exhumation. It is also ideal for understanding the interaction of tectonic, sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic processes through time that eventually lead to the development of an orogenic belt. Below, we will outline some milestones in the development of tectonic-related research… Show more

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“…Pearce & Robinson, 2010; Dilek & Furnes, Figure 1. Location of the Zagros Ophiolitic Belt as part of the 3000 km long Upper Cretaceous ophiolite belt of SW Asia between Cyprus and Oman (modified after Blome & Irwin, 1985). 2009; Dilek, Furnes & Shallo, 2007;Garfunkel, 2006;Robertson & Mountrakis, 2006;Godard, Dautria & Perrin, 2003;Godard, Bosch & Einaudi, 2006;Robertson, 2002Robertson, , 1998Floyd, Yaliniz & Goncuoglu, 1998;Sengor, 1990;Alabaster, Pearce & Malpas, 1982, among others). In contrast, the Upper Cretaceous ophiolites of the Iranian Zagros (Fig.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Pearce & Robinson, 2010; Dilek & Furnes, Figure 1. Location of the Zagros Ophiolitic Belt as part of the 3000 km long Upper Cretaceous ophiolite belt of SW Asia between Cyprus and Oman (modified after Blome & Irwin, 1985). 2009; Dilek, Furnes & Shallo, 2007;Garfunkel, 2006;Robertson & Mountrakis, 2006;Godard, Dautria & Perrin, 2003;Godard, Bosch & Einaudi, 2006;Robertson, 2002Robertson, , 1998Floyd, Yaliniz & Goncuoglu, 1998;Sengor, 1990;Alabaster, Pearce & Malpas, 1982, among others). In contrast, the Upper Cretaceous ophiolites of the Iranian Zagros (Fig.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As shown on the 1:500,000 geologic map of Turkey (General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, 2000), volcanic-dominated successions associated with this back-arc or intraoceanic-arc setting during the Oligocene-middle Miocene are preserved across central-eastern Turkey along a narrow and intermittently exposed east-west arcuate belt (Yılmaz, 1993;Kuşcu and others, 2010;Robertson and Mountrakis, 2006;Bozkurt and Mittweide, 2001). Thus, in contrast to the Oligocene-Miocene postsubduction extensional setting in northern Iran and the Lesser Caucasus, structural relations in the Oligocene-Miocene belt of eastern Turkey show that units were emplaced during a still active subduction-related setting (Kaymakci and others, 2010).…”
Section: Magmatismmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…4F) by the onset of oblique collision between the Arabian Platform and the Eurasian margin (Ghasemi and Talbot, 2006;Robertson and Mountrakis, 2006;Berberian and others, 1982;Agard and others, 2005). Collision and closure of the Southern Neotethys Ocean Branch in this region occurred earlier than in the west and east, because of the impinging geometry of the Arabian Platform.…”
Section: Late Eocene To Middle Miocenementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Pelagonian zone, in fact, has recently been interpreted as a Hercynian continental fragment of Gondwanan affinity (Robertson and Mountrakis 2006;Himmerkus et al 2007), covered by a thick and widespread Mesozoic carbonate platform.…”
Section: Conclusive Remarksmentioning
confidence: 99%