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Tectonics and Tethyan Evolution of SE Anatolian Orogen. Dr. Nuretdin Kaymakcı Middle East Technical University 06531-Ankara, Turkey kaymakci@metu.edu.tr. Tools Remote sensing Landsat ASTER SPOT 5 and QUICKBIRD (from Google Earth) Aerial Photos Field observations and data collection
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Tectonics and Tethyan Evolution of SE Anatolian Orogen Dr. Nuretdin KaymakcıMiddle East Technical University06531-Ankara, Turkey kaymakci@metu.edu.tr
Tools • Remote sensing • Landsat • ASTER • SPOT 5 and QUICKBIRD (from Google Earth) • Aerial Photos • Field observations and data collection • Stratigraphy (bio-, litho-) • Paleomagnetism (rotations about vertical axes, partly completed) • Stratigraphy • Paleostress analysis • Mapping • Ar-Ar dating (Rolland et al. 2011, in press) • Geochemistry (Rolland et al. 2011, in press & Kuscu et al. 2011)
Stratigraphy N of Arabian Block Arabian Block
UPPER CRET.-PALEOCENE Dating PALEOSTRESS events
LATE PALEOCENE – MID EOCENE Dating PALEOSTRESS events
Dating PALEOSTRESS events OLIGOCENE-MIOCENE
STRATIGRAPHY PALEOSTRESS PLIOCENE
110 Sample locations RESULTS
RESULTS PALEOCENE-EOCENE
RESULTS OLIGOCENE
LATE OLIGOCENE MID MIOCENE RESULTS
RESULTS LATE MIOCENE
RESULTS PLIO-QUATERNARY
EVOLUTIONARY SCENARIOS Westwards younging of detachment Hafkenscheid et al. 2006
EVOLUTIONARY SCENARIOS Biryol et al. 2011
EVOLUTIONARY SCENARIOS Sutures and magmatic associations