Composite volcanoes in the south-eastern part of Izmir-Balikesir Transfer Zone, Western Anatolia, Turkey

Seghedi I., Helvaci C., Pecskay Z.

JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH, vol.291, pp.72-85, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 291
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.12.019
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.72-85
  • Keywords: Western Anatolia, Izmir-Balikesir Transfer Zone, Volcanology, K/Ar age, Geochemistry, Miocene volcanism, MIOCENE-QUATERNARY VOLCANISM, LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE, CALC-ALKALINE, EVOLUTION, BASIN, GEOCHRONOLOGY, NEOGENE, ROCKS, GEOCHEMISTRY, MAGMATISM
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

During the Early-Middle Miocene (Western Anatolia) several volcanic fields occur along a NE-SW-trending shear zone, known as Izmir-Balikesir Transfer Zone. This is a deformed crustal-scale sinistral strike-slip fault zone crossing the Bornova flysch and extending along the NW-boundary of the Menderes Massif by accommodating the differential deformation between the Cycladic and Menderes core complexes within the Aegean extensional system. Here we discuss the volcanic activity in Yamanlar and Yuntdagi fields that is closely related to the extensional tectonics of the Izmir-Balikesir Transfer Zone and in the same time with the episodic core complex denudation of the Menderes Massif.