Eastern Turkish high plateau as a small Turkic-type orogen: Implications for post-collisional crust-forming processes in Turkic-type orogens

AMC Şengör, MS Özeren, M Keskin, M Sakınç… - Earth-Science …, 2008 - Elsevier
Post-collisional magmatism may be generated by extensive crustal melting in Tibet-type
collisional environments or by falling out of slabs from under giant subduction–accretion …

Spatial distribution and alignments of volcanic centers: clues to the formation of monogenetic volcanic fields

N Le Corvec, KB Spörli, J Rowland, J Lindsay - Earth-Science Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Monogenetic basaltic volcanic fields occur worldwide in tectonic environments ranging from
extensional to convergent. Understanding similarities and differences between these fields …

GPS constraints on continental deformation in the Africa‐Arabia‐Eurasia continental collision zone and implications for the dynamics of plate interactions

R Reilinger, S McClusky, P Vernant… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The GPS‐derived velocity field (1988–2005) for the zone of interaction of the Arabian,
African (Nubian, Somalian), and Eurasian plates indicates counterclockwise rotation of a …

Present-day crustal deformation and plate kinematics in the Middle East constrained by GPS measurements in Iran and northern Oman

P Vernant, F Nilforoushan, D Hatzfeld… - Geophysical Journal …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
A network of 27 GPS sites was implemented in Iran and northern Oman to measure
displacements in this part of the Alpine–Himalayan mountain belt. We present and interpret …

Subductions, obduction and collision in the Lesser Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia), new insights

M Sosson, Y Rolland, C Müller… - Geological Society …, 2010 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract In the Lesser Caucasus three main domains are distinguished from SW to NE:(1)
the autochthonous South Armenian Block (SAB), a Gondwana-derived terrane;(2) the …

Linking slab break-off, Hellenic trench retreat, and uplift of the Central and Eastern Anatolian plateaus

TF Schildgen, C Yıldırım, D Cosentino… - Earth-Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central and Eastern Anatolian plateaus are integral parts of the world's third
largest orogenic plateau. In the past decade, geophysical surveys have provided insights …

Active tectonics of the Turkish‐Iranian plateau

A Copley, J Jackson - Tectonics, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines how active faulting in the Turkey‐Iran‐Caucasus region
accommodates the Arabia‐Eurasia collision and the velocity field observed by GPS. The …

Long-term behaviour of Australian stable continental region (SCR) faults

D Clark, A McPherson, R Van Dissen - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
Australia boasts arguably the richest Late Neogene to Quaternary faulting record in stable
continental region (SCR) crust anywhere in the world. Variation in fault scarp length, vertical …

Tomographic Pn velocity and anisotropy structure beneath the Anatolian plateau (eastern Turkey) and the surrounding regions

AI Al‐Lazki, D Seber, E Sandvol… - Geophysical …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
We use Pn phase travel time residuals to invert for mantle lid velocity and anisotropy
beneath northern Arabia‐eastern Anatolia continent‐continent collision zone. The primary …

Active tectonics of central-western Caucasus, Georgia

N Tsereteli, A Tibaldi, V Alania, A Gventsadse… - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
This work contributes to a better knowledge of potentially seismogenic faults of the Georgia
Greater and Lesser Caucasus by evaluating the distribution of earthquake foci, active …