[HTML][HTML] Orogenic architecture of the Mediterranean region and kinematic reconstruction of its tectonic evolution since the Triassic

DJJ Van Hinsbergen, TH Torsvik, SM Schmid… - Gondwana …, 2020 - Elsevier
The basins and orogens of the Mediterranean region ultimately result from the opening of
oceans during the early break-up of Pangea since the Triassic, and their subsequent …

Tectonic units of the Alpine collision zone between Eastern Alps and western Turkey

SM Schmid, B Fügenschuh, A Kounov, L Maţenco… - Gondwana …, 2020 - Elsevier
We present a map that correlates tectonic units between Alps and western Turkey
accompanied by a text providing access to literature data, explaining the concepts used for …

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 …

Kinematic reconstructions and magmatic evolution illuminating crustal and mantle dynamics of the eastern Mediterranean region since the late Cretaceous

A Menant, L Jolivet, B Vrielynck - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
The relationship between subduction dynamics and crustal deformation in the
Mediterranean region has been recently studied using three-dimensional (3D) models. Such …

Reconciling the geological history of western Turkey with plate circuits and mantle tomography

DJJ van Hinsbergen, N Kaymakci, W Spakman… - Earth and Planetary …, 2010 - Elsevier
We place the geological history since Cretaceous times in western Turkey in a context of
convergence, subduction, collision and slab break-off. To this end, we compare the west …

Detailed tectonic reconstructions of the Western Mediterranean region for the last 35 Ma, insights on driving mechanisms

A Romagny, L Jolivet, A Menant… - Bulletin de la …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Slab retreat, slab tearing and interactions of slabs are first-order drivers of the deformation of
the overriding lithosphere. An independent description of the tectonic evolution of the back …

A key extensional metamorphic complex reviewed and restored: the Menderes Massif of western Turkey

DJJ van Hinsbergen - Earth-Science Reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper provides a review of the structure and metamorphism of the Menderes Massif in
western Turkey, and subsequently a map-view restoration of its Neogene unroofing history …

Exhumation with a twist: Paleomagnetic constraints on the evolution of the Menderes metamorphic core complex, western Turkey

DJJ van Hinsbergen, MJ Dekkers, E Bozkurt… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Much remains to be understood about the links between regional vertical axis rotations,
continental extension, and shortening. In western Turkey, Miocene vertical axis rotations …

The Fethiye–Burdur Fault Zone: a component of upper plate extension of the subduction transform edge propagator fault linking Hellenic and Cyprus Arcs, Eastern …

J Hall, AE Aksu, I Elitez, C Yaltırak, G Çifçi - Tectonophysics, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Hellenic and Cyprus Arcs, that mark the convergent boundary of the African
and Aegean–Anatolian plates, are offset along a subduction transform edge propagator …

Phylogeny and diversification of mountain vipers (Montivipera, Nilson et al., 2001) triggered by multiple Plio–Pleistocene refugia and high-mountain topography in the …

N Stümpel, M Rajabizadeh, A Avcı, W Wüster… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Near and Middle East is a hotspot of biodiversity, but the region remains
underexplored at the level of genetic biodiversity. Here, we present an extensive molecular …