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Journal

TÜBİTAK

2014

Western Turkey

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Structural Analyses Of Şaphane Relay Ramps And Fault Linkage Evolution In Active Extensional Regime, Western Turkey, Şule Gürboğa Jan 2014

Structural Analyses Of Şaphane Relay Ramps And Fault Linkage Evolution In Active Extensional Regime, Western Turkey, Şule Gürboğa

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Şaphane relay ramps (SAR-I and SAR-II) are well-developed structures formed by extensional tectonic settings in western Turkey. Their formation is controlled by the configuration of 2 different breaching faults located in between and the overlapping area of 3 normal faults, which are the Şaphane, Gürlek, and Yumrutaş faults. The relay ramps form within a ~3 km-wide and ~12 km-long interaction zone between 045° and 060° trending faults on the northern boundary of the Erdoğmuş-Yenigediz graben. Some variations in structural styles and its products (for example, overlapping slip-lines (slickenlines), fractures, and antithetic-synthetic faults) are observed along the breaching faults in …


Miocene Palynoflora Of The Kocaçay And Cumaovası Basins: A Contribution To The Synthesis Of Miocene Palynology, Palaeoclimate, And Palaeovegetation In Western Turkey, Mi̇ne Sezgül Kayseri̇ Özer, Hasan Sözbi̇li̇r, Funda Akgün Jan 2014

Miocene Palynoflora Of The Kocaçay And Cumaovası Basins: A Contribution To The Synthesis Of Miocene Palynology, Palaeoclimate, And Palaeovegetation In Western Turkey, Mi̇ne Sezgül Kayseri̇ Özer, Hasan Sözbi̇li̇r, Funda Akgün

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Palynofloras of the Kocaçay and Cumaovası basins in western Turkey that belong to a time-span from the late Early to late Middle Miocene (the late Burdigalian-Serravallian) are studied and compared with published palynofloras of Europe and Turkey. Palynological data and numerical climatic results obtained by the coexistence approach indicate palaeoclimate changed from warm subtropical to temperate during the late Burdigalian-Serravallian. Moreover, the palaeoclimates of the Kocaçay and Cumaovası basins are compared with continental palaeoclimatic records of coal-bearing sediments in western Turkey and current temperatures in the İzmir region. According to this comparison, palaeoclimatic results of these basins and other localities …


A 3d Model For The Formation Of Turtleback Surfaces: The Horzum Turtleback Of Western Turkey As A Case Study, Gürol Seyi̇toğlu, Veysel Işik, Korhan Esat Jan 2014

A 3d Model For The Formation Of Turtleback Surfaces: The Horzum Turtleback Of Western Turkey As A Case Study, Gürol Seyi̇toğlu, Veysel Işik, Korhan Esat

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Turtleback surfaces are common elements of highly extended terrains all over the world. This paper presents a 3D model explaining the formation of turtleback surfaces based on field observations made on the Horzum Turtleback of the Alaşehir graben, western Turkey. Three essential features have been determined as forming a turtleback surface. These are 1) the rolling hinge mechanism on a normal fault system, where the initial fault stays operational after forming second and third normal faults in its hanging wall; 2) relay ramps between initial fault segments; and 3) a synextensional intrusion on the shear zone of the initial normal …