Aegean tectonics: Strain localisation, slab tearing and trench retreat

L Jolivet, C Faccenna, B Huet, L Labrousse… - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
We review the geodynamic evolution of the Aegean–Anatolia region and discuss strain
localisation there over geological times. From Late Eocene to Present, crustal deformation in …

From a bipartite Gondwanan shelf to an arcuate Variscan belt: The early Paleozoic evolution of northern Peri-Gondwana

T Stephan, UWE Kroner, RL Romer, D Rösel - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Paleozoic Variscan Orogen of Europe and North Africa comprises
reworked Neoproterozoic to Early Paleozoic crust of the northern Gondwanan shelf that …

Cenozoic geodynamic evolution of the Aegean

L Jolivet, JP Brun - International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2010 - Springer
The Aegean region is a concentrate of the main geodynamic processes that shaped the
Mediterranean region: oceanic and continental subduction, mountain building, high …

Menderes Massif (western Turkey): structural, metamorphic and magmatic evolution–a synthesis

E Bozkurt, R Oberhänsli - International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2001 - Springer
The Menderes Massif covers large areas in western Turkey. The better understanding of its
tectono-metamorphic history would provide insight for the Alpine evolution of western Turkey …

Origin of NE-trending basins in western Turkey

E Bozkurt - Geodinamica acta, 2003 - Elsevier
The origin of NE-trending basins and their relation to the E–W-trending grabens in western
Turkey have been the subject of long lasting debate. The stratigraphical and structural …

The geological signature of a slab tear below the Aegean

L Jolivet, A Menant, P Sternai, A Rabillard, L Arbaret… - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper we explore the geology of the Aegean region in the Miocene to identify the
geological signature of a first-order slab tear observed in all tomographic models. From 15 to …

Origin of the Eastern Mediterranean basin: a reevaluation

Z Garfunkel - Tectonophysics, 2004 - Elsevier
The origin of the Eastern Mediterranean basin (EMB) by rifting along its passive margins is
reevaluated. Evidence from these margins shows that this basin formed before the Middle …

Map view restoration of Aegean–West Anatolian accretion and extension since the Eocene

DJJ van Hinsbergen, SM Schmid - Tectonics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The Aegean region (Greece, western Turkey) is one of the best studied continental
extensional provinces. Here, we provide the first detailed kinematic restoration of the …

What caused the denudation of the Menderes Massif: Review of crustal evolution, lithosphere structure, and dynamic topography in southwest Turkey

K Gessner, LA Gallardo, V Markwitz, U Ring… - Gondwana …, 2013 - Elsevier
The deformation of Earth's lithosphere in orogenic belts is largely forced externally by the
sinking slab, but can also be driven by internal delamination processes caused by …

An active bivergent rolling-hinge detachment system: Central Menderes metamorphic core complex in western Turkey

K Gessner, U Ring, C Johnson, R Hetzel… - …, 2001 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Two symmetrically arranged detachment systems delimit the central Menderes metamorphic
core complex and define a bivergent continental breakaway zone in the Anatolide belt of …