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One Of The Mai̇n Neotectoni̇c Structures İn The Nw Central Anatoli̇a: Beypazari Bli̇nd Thrust Zone And Related Fault-Propagati̇on Folds, Gürol Seyi̇toğlu, Korhan Esat, Bülent Kaypak
One Of The Mai̇n Neotectoni̇c Structures İn The Nw Central Anatoli̇a: Beypazari Bli̇nd Thrust Zone And Related Fault-Propagati̇on Folds, Gürol Seyi̇toğlu, Korhan Esat, Bülent Kaypak
Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration
This paper suggests that the structure known as “Beypazarı flexure / monocline” in the Turkish geology literature should be named as “Beypazarı fault-propagation folds”. Beypazarı, Kilci and Başören blind thrusts together with Erenler back thrust constitute the Beypazarı Blind Thrust Zone which is an active neotectonic structure as indicated by earthquake activity. NW-SE contraction created by the interaction between the North Anatolian Fault Zone, the Kırıkkale-Erbaa Fault Zone and the Eskişehir Fault Zone produced the Eldivan-Elmadağ Pinched Crustal Wedge, the Abdüsselam Pinched Crustal Wedge and the Beypazarı Blind Thrust Zone. These structures take up the internal deformation of the Anatolian …
The Neotectonics Of Southeast Turkey, Northern Syria, And Iraq: The Internal Structure Of The Southeast Anatolian Wedge And Its Relationship With Recent Earthquakes, Gürol Seyi̇toğlu, Korhan Esat, Bülent Kaypak
The Neotectonics Of Southeast Turkey, Northern Syria, And Iraq: The Internal Structure Of The Southeast Anatolian Wedge And Its Relationship With Recent Earthquakes, Gürol Seyi̇toğlu, Korhan Esat, Bülent Kaypak
Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences
In southeastern Turkey, northern Syria, and Iraq, the Southeast Anatolian Wedge (SEAW) is recognized as lying between the high altitude Bitlis-Zagros Suture Zone and the Sincar Mountains on the Mesopotamian plain. This wedge narrows towards the south and contains several thrust and blind thrust zones merging with the basal thrust zone. These zones are determined mainly by locations of fault-propagation folding that generally limit the Plio-Quaternary/Quaternary plains in the region. The positions of these active thrust/blind thrust zones and their relationships to the right and left lateral faults may be used to explain the seismic activity of the region.