Tectono-stratigraphy of the Neogene basins in Western Turkey: Implications for tectonic evolution of the Aegean Extended Region

ERSOY E. Y., Cemen I., Helvaci C., Billor Z.

TECTONOPHYSICS, vol.635, pp.33-58, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 635
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.09.002
  • Journal Name: TECTONOPHYSICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.33-58
  • Keywords: Aegean-West Anatolia, Neogene basins, Menderes Extensional Metamorphic Complex (MEMC), Supra-detachment basins, Extensional tectonics
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The western part of the Aegean region includes several Neogene basins containing volcano-sedimentary successions. The Neogene basins, located along the northern Menderes Extensional Metamorphic Complex (MEMC) were developed during the Miocene as supra-detachment basins. They contain two distinct volcano-sedimentary successions, separated by a regional unconformity. The basins located to the west of the MEMC were developed as strike-slip basins and contain volcanic and sedimentary units getting younger from NE to SW with no remarkable unconformity.