The South Caspian Basin: a review of its evolution from subsidence modelling

MF Brunet, MV Korotaev, AV Ershov, AM Nikishin - Sedimentary geology, 2003 - Elsevier
The basement surface of the South Caspian depression lies at a depth of 20–25 km, making
it one of the deepest basins in the world. It occupies the southern, deep-water, part of the …

Gold in Turkey—a missing link in Tethyan metallogeny

O Yigit - Ore Geology Reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
The gold metallogeny of Turkey constitutes a sector of the Tethyan Eurasian Metallogenic
Belt (TEMB) within the Alpine–Himalayan orogenic system that formed from Jurassic …

Generation of the Early Cenozoic adakitic volcanism by partial melting of mafic lower crust, Eastern Turkey: implications for crustal thickening to delamination

O Karsli, A Dokuz, İ Uysal, F Aydin, R Kandemir… - Lithos, 2010 - Elsevier
Early Cenozoic (48–50 Ma) adakitic volcanic rocks from the Eastern Pontides, NE Turkey,
consist of calc-alkaline and high-K calc-alkaline andesite and dacite, with SiO2 contents …

Geochemical and Sr–Nd–Pb isotopic compositions of the Eocene Dölek and Sariçiçek Plutons, Eastern Turkey: implications for magma interaction in the genesis of …

O Karsli, B Chen, F Aydin, C Şen - Lithos, 2007 - Elsevier
The major and trace elements and Sr–Nd–Pb isotopes of the host rocks and the mafic
microgranular enclaves (MME) gathered from the Dölek and Sariçiçek plutons, Eastern …

Mineralogy, petrography and whole-rock geochemistry of the Tertiary granitic intrusions in the Eastern Pontides, Turkey

M Arslan, Z Aslan - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2006 - Elsevier
Granitic intrusions in Eocene and post-Eocene volcanic rocks outcrop in the Northern and
Southern Zones of the Eastern Pontides, NE Turkey. Intrusions in the Northern Zone extend …

Post-collisional plutonism with adakite-like signatures: the Eocene Saraycık granodiorite (Eastern Pontides, Turkey)

G Topuz, R Altherr, WH Schwarz, W Siebel… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2005 - Springer
The post-collisional Saraycık granodiorite intruded into a late Paleocene to early Eocene
nappe pile that formed during collision of the Pontides in the North and the Anatolide …

Geochronological evidence and tectonic significance of Carboniferous magmatism in the southwest Trabzon area, eastern Pontides, Turkey

A Kaygusuz, M Arslan, W Siebel, F Sipahi… - International Geology …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The northern and southern zones of the eastern Pontides (northeast Turkey) contain
numerous plutons of varying ages and compositions. Geochemical and isotopic results on …

U–Pb zircon chronology and petrogenesis of Carboniferous plutons in the northern part of the Eastern Pontides, NE Turkey: Constraints for Paleozoic magmatism and …

A Kaygusuz, M Arslan, F Sipahi, İ Temizel - Gondwana Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Numerous intrusive rocks of varying ages and compositions exist in the Paleozoic to Tertiary
periods in the Eastern Pontides. Carboniferous intrusive rocks are commonly observed in …

Petrochemistry and petrology of I-type granitoids in an arc setting: the composite Torul pluton, Eastern Pontides, NE Turkey

A Kaygusuz, W Siebel, C Şen, M Satir - International Journal of Earth …, 2008 - Springer
Abstract The Upper Cretaceous Torul pluton, located in the Eastern Pontides, is of sub-
alkaline affinity and displays features typical of volcanic arc granitoids. It is a composite …

Relative contributions of crust and mantle to generation of Campanian high-K calc-alkaline I-type granitoids in a subduction setting, with special reference to the Harşit …

O Karsli, A Dokuz, I Uysal, F Aydin, B Chen… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2010 - Springer
We present elemental and Sr–Nd–Pb isotopic data for the magmatic suite (~ 79 Ma) of the
Harşit pluton, from the Eastern Pontides (NE Turkey), with the aim of determining its magma …