Early Miocene stratigraphy of Central West Anatolia, Turkey: implications for the tectonic evolution of the Eastern Aegean area

Kaya O., Uenay E., Goektas F., Sarac G.

GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL, vol.42, no.1, pp.85-109, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 42 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Doi Number: 10.1002/gj.1071
  • Journal Name: GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.85-109
  • Keywords: West Anatolia, rodents, Early Miocene, extension, lateral slab segmentation, palacosubduction, Aegean Arc, SOUTHERN MENDERES MASSIF, METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX, HELLENIC SUBDUCTION ZONE, EXTENSIONAL SHEAR ZONE, LATE ALPINE EVOLUTION, SW-TRENDING SELENDI, PULL-APART BASINS, KARAKAYA COMPLEX, ALASEHIR GRABEN, FIELD EVIDENCE
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Small-mammalian faunas enable the discrimination and correlation of uppermost Lower Miocene lacustrine sedimentary units in central western Anatolia. On the basis of sequential stratigraphic relationships, early Early Miocene and latest Early Miocene relative ages are suggested for the older lacustrine mass-flow deposits and younger paper shale units, respectively, which are devoid of age-diagnostic fossils.