What caused the denudation of the Menderes Massif: Review of crustal evolution, lithosphere structure, and dynamic topography in southwest Turkey

Gessner, Klaus; Gallardo, Luis A.; Markwitz, V.; Ring, Uwe; Thomson, S. N.

doi:10.1016/j.gr.2013.01.005

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“…We will use this suture zone as our marker and describe the tectonic units below it from the Hellenide Orogen in the Aegean Sea region and the Anatolide belt in west Turkey. We will show that the nappe piles in both regions are characterized by nappes with different lithologies, PTt history and have different crustal architectures (Gessner et al, 2013).…”

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“…The Dilek Nape is overlain by the Selcuk melange, an assemblage of ophiolitic rocks embedded in a serpentinitic and shaly matrix. The Cycladic Blueschist Unit in west Turkey rests along the out-of-sequence Cyclades-Menderes Thrust above the Menderes Nappes (Gessner et al, 2013). The Menderes Nappes consists of four individual nappes, which, and this is an important point of our review, do not show any signs for a high-pressure overprint (Ring et al, 2001).…”

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“…The differences in orogenic structure are reflected in a different morphologic development of both regions (Gessner et al, 2013). The Hellenide Orogen in the Aegean is largely under water and the islands either represent updomed footwalls of metamorphic core complexes or are horst structures due to post-core-complex high-angle normal faulting.…”

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“…the changeover from the Aegean Sea basin into the Turkish mainland ( Figure 1) (Gessner et al, 2013). Recent fieldbased studies show that differences in pre-orogenic paleogeography caused the Hellenide Orogen of eastern Greece and the Anatolide Belt of western Turkey to evolve in different ways (Gessner et al, 2011).…”

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“…Fay›n farkl› bölümlerinde bask›n bileflenlerin de¤iflmesi nedeniyle farkl› fay karakterlerinin görülmesi, bölgede yürütülen çal›flmalar›n k›s›tl› alanlarda yürütülmesinin bir sonucu olmal›d›r. Bu farkl› bulgulardan birisi de, fay›n Simav Grabeni içerisindeki bölümünde yer yer do¤rultu at›m bileflenlerinin gözlenmesidir (Gessner, 2013). …”

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Geophysical Analysis and Modelling of the Si̇mav Basin, Western Anatolia

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2014

Bull.Min.Res.Exp.

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The various data processing techniques, to illuminate the parameters of the geological structure which are applied in gravity and magnetic potential field methods. Also edge detection procedures are in data processing techniques. In this study, 2D, 3D, inversion and asta technique is one of the new edge detection procedures were applied to clarify correlation between the Simav half graben's deep position and geometry of the tectonic lineaments. The Asta is obtained using the tilt angle. Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Explorationhttp://bulletin.mta.gov.tr

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A regional-scale discontinuity in western Sicily revealed by a multidisciplinary approach: A new piece for understanding the geodynamic puzzle of the southern Mediterranean

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The results of an integrated stratigraphic, structural, geophysical, and geochemical study reveal the presence of a crustal discontinuity in western Sicily that, at present, runs roughly N-S along a band from San Vito Lo Capo to Sciacca. The boundary between the two zones of this discontinuity is nearly orthogonal to the main thrust propagation of the Sicilian thrust-and-fold belt. The different Permian to Tertiary sedimentary evolution recorded by the two zones appears related to this discontinuity, with thick carbonate platforms in the western sector facing deepwater successions in the eastern one. The presence of Upper Triassic reefs, huge megabreccia bodies, and widespread submarine volcanisms along the transition zone suggests the presence of a long-lasting weakness zone. This zone has been reactivated episodically as transpressional and/or transtensional faults in relation to the different geodynamic stress acting in central Mediterranean area in different epochs. We speculate that this transition zone has represented a segment of the passive margin of the Ionian Tethys. During the Maghrebian convergence a different style of deformation has affected the two sectors floored by different sedimentary multilayers. The orthogonal-to-oblique differential convergence between the two sectors has resulted in right-lateral transpressional motions, leading to oblique thrusting of deepwater-derived thrusts onto platform-derived thrusts associated with clockwise rotations. The oblique convergence is still ongoing as demonstrated by the seismicity of the area, by the geothermal field with high mantle-derived helium fluxes and by the GPS measurements collected by different authors.According to Casero and Roure [1994], in western Sicily a NW-SE regional trending shear zone (Segesta Fault) runs across the Sicilian fold-and-thrust belt (SFTB), from San Vito Lo Capo to the Sciacca area. The authors consider the Segesta Fault to be a first-order crustal structure, as it is observed in seismic lines offshore of Sciacca. However, the field evidence of this strike-slip fault is weak.

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What caused the denudation of the Menderes Massif: Review of crustal evolution, lithosphere structure, and dynamic topography in southwest Turkey

Cited by 141 publications

References 172 publications

Along-strike variations in the Hellenide Anatolide orogen: A tale of different lithospheres and consequences

Along-strike variations in the Hellenide Anatolide orogen: A tale of different lithospheres and consequences

Geophysical Analysis and Modelling of the Si̇mav Basin, Western Anatolia

A regional-scale discontinuity in western Sicily revealed by a multidisciplinary approach: A new piece for understanding the geodynamic puzzle of the southern Mediterranean

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