Recent volcanism, tectonics and plate kinematics near the junction of the African, Arabian and Anatolian plates in the eastern Mediterranean

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 1-15

  Yürür, M Tekin ^a   Chorowicz, Jean ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Alkaline volcanism; East Anatolian fault; Fault movements; Neotectonics; Plate kinematics; SE Turkey

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; GEODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; NEOTECTONICS; PLATE MOTION; VOLCANISM;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TURKEY;

EID: 0032194802     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(98)00046-8     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Arpat E., Saroglu F. The East Anatolian fault System: thoughts on its development. Bull. Miner. Res. Explor. Inst., Ankara. 78:1972;33-39.
2. Arpat E., Saroglu F. On some important young tectonic events in Turkey. Bull. Miner. Res. Explor. Inst., Ankara. 18:1975;91-110. in Turkish.
3. Barka A.A., Kadinsky-Cade K. Strike-slip fault geometry in Turkey and its influence on earthquake activity. Tectonics. 7(3):1988;663-684.
4. Chorowicz J., Luxey P., Lyberis N., Carvalho J., Parrot J.-F., Yürür T., Gündogdu M.N. The Maras Triple Junction (southern Turkey) based on digital elevation model and satellite imagery interpretation. J. Geophys. Res. 99(B10):1994;20225-20242.
5. Chorowicz J., Koffi B., Chalah C., Chotin P., Collet B., Poli J.-T., Rudant J.-P., Sykioti O., Vargas G. Possibilités et limites de l'interprétation géologique des images (SAR) ERS-1. Bull. Soc. Fr. Photogramm. Télédétection. 138(2):1995;82-95.
6. Çapan U.Z., Vidal P., Cantagrel J.M. K-Ar, Nd, Sr and Pb isotopic study of Quaternary volcanism in Karasu Valley (Hatay), N-end of Dead Sea Rift zone in SE Turkey. Yerbilimleri, Bull. Earth Sci. Center, Hacettepe Univ., Ankara. 14:1987;165-178.
7. DeMets C., Gordon R.G., Argus D.F., Stein S. Current plate motions. Geophys. J. Int. 101:1990;425-478.
8. Dewey J.F., Pitman W.C., Ryan W.B.F., Bonin J. Plate tectonics and the evolution of the Alpine system. Bull. Geol. Soc. Am. 84:1973;3137-3180.
9. Dewey, J.F., Hempton, M.R., Kidd, W.S.F, Saroglu, F., Sengör, A.M.C., 1986. Shortening of continental lithosphere: the neotectonics of Eastern Anatolia - a young collision zone. In: Coward, M.P., Ries, A.C. (Eds.), Collision Tectonics. Geol. Soc. London, Spec. Publ. 19, 3-36.
10. Dubertret, L., 1955. Géologie des roches vertes du Nord-Ouest de la Syrie et du Hatay (Turquie), Notes et Mémoires sur le Moyen-Orient, t. VI: 1-224.
11. e. I.G.N., Paris.
12. Gülen L., Barka A., Toksöz M.N. Continental collision and related complex deformation: Maras triple junction and surrounding structures. Yerbilimleri, Bull. Earth Sci. Center, Hacettepe Univ., Ankara. 14:1987;319-336. in Turkish, with English abstract.
13. Herece, E., Akay, E., 1992. The East Anatolian fault between Karliova and Çelikhan. Proc. 9th Petroleum Congress. Chamber of Pet. Eng. and Turk. Assoc. of Pet. Geol., Ankara., pp. 361-372., in Turkish.
14. Jackson J.A., McKenzie D.P. Active tectonics of the Alpine-Himalayan belt between western Turkey and Pakistan. Geophys. J. R. Astron. Soc. 77:1984;185-264.
15. Jackson J.A., McKenzie D.P. The relationship between plate motions and seismic moment tensors, and the rates of active deformation in the Mediterranean and Middle East. Geophys. J. 93:1988;45-73.
16. Karig D.E., Kozlu H. Late Palaeogene-Neogene evolution of the triple junction near Maras, south-central Turkey. J. Geol. Soc. London. 147:1990;1023-1034.
17. Kelling G., Gökçen S.L., Floyd P.A., Gökçen N. Neogene tectonics and plate convergence in the eastern Mediterranean: new data from southern Turkey. Geology. 15:1987;425-429.
18. Kempler D., Garfunkel Z. Structures and kinematics in the northeastern Mediterranean: a study of an irregular plate boundary. Tectonophysics. 234:1994;19-32.
19. Kiratzi A.A. A study on the active crustal deformation of the North and East Anatolian fault zones. Tectonophysics. 225:1993;191-203.
20. Le Pichon X., Angelier J. The Hellenic arc and trench system: a key to the neotectonic evolution of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Tectonophysics. 60:1979;1-42.
21. Le Pichon, X., Gaulier, J.-M., 1988. The rotation of Arabia and the Levant fault system. In: Le Pichon, X., Cochran, J.R. (Eds.), The Gulf of Suez and Red Sea Rifting. Tectonophysics 153, 271-294.
22. Le Pichon X., Chamot-Rooke N., Lallemant S., Noomen R., Veis G. Geodetic determination of the kinematics of central Greece with respect to Europe: implications for Eastern Mediterranean tectonics. J. Geophys. Res. 100(B7):1995;12675-12690.
23. Lyberis N., Yürür T., Chorowicz J., Kasapoglu E., Gündogdu N. The East Anatolian fault: an oblique collisional belt. Tectonophysics. 204:1992;1-15.
24. McKenzie D.P. Plate tectonics of the Mediterranean Region. Nature. 226:1970;239-248.
25. McKenzie D.P. Active tectonics of the Mediterranean region. Geophys. J. R. Astron. Soc. 30:1972;109-185.
26. McKenzie D.P. The East Anatolian fault: a major structure in the Eastern Turkey. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 29:1976;189-193.
27. MTA, 1962a. Geological map of Turkey, scale 1/500 000, Hatay sheet. MTA (Ins. of Min. Res. Explor.), Ankara.
28. MTA, 1962b. Geological map of Turkey, scale 1/500 000, Adana sheet. MTA (Ins. of Min. Res. and Explor.), Ankara.
29. Muehlberger W.R. The splintering of the Dead Sea fault zone in Turkey. Yerbilimleri, Bull. Earth Sci. Center, Hacettepe Univ., Ankara. 8:1981;123-130.
30. Muehlberger W.R., Gordon M.B. Observations on the complexity of the East Anatolian Fault, Turkey. J. Struct. Geol. 9(7):1987;899-903.
31. Oral, M.B., Reilinger, R., Toksöz, M.N., King, R.W., Barka, A.A., Lenk, O., 1994. GPS measurements of crustal deformation in Turkey (1988-1992): coherent rotation of the Anatolian plate, Abstract. Eos Trans., AGU, 75(16), Spring Meeting Suppl., 116.
32. Perinçek, D., 1979. Geological investigation of the Çelikhan-Sincik-Koçali area (Adiyaman Province), Ist. Üniv. Fen Fak. Mec., Istanbul, Serie B44, 127-147.
33. Perinçek D., Çemen I. The structural relationship between the East Anatolian and Dead Sea fault zones in southeastern Turkey. Tectonophysics. 172:1990;331-340.
34. Perinçek, D., Günay, Y., Kozlu, H., 1987. New observations on strike-slip-slip faults in east and southeast Anatolia. Proc. 7th Biannual Petroleum Congress of Turkey, Chamber of Pet. Eng. and Turk. Assoc. of Pet. Geol. Ankara, pp. 89-103, in Turkish.
35. Ponicarov, V.P. (editor-in-chief), 1967. The geological map of Syria, Explanatory notes: I. Stratigraphy, Igneous rocks and Tectonics, with geological maps at scale 1/500 000. V.O. Technoexport, Moscow, 230 pp.
36. Seymen I., Aydin A. The Bingöl Earthquake fault and its relation to the North Anatolian fault zone. Bull. Miner. Res. Explor. Inst., Ankara. 79:1972;1-8.
37. Sengör A.M.C. The North Anatolian transform fault: its age, offset and tectonic significance. J. Geol. Soc. London. 136:1979;269-282.
38. Sengör, A.M.C., Görür, N., Saroglu, F., 1985. Strike-slip-slip faulting and related basin formation in zones of tectonic escape: Turkey as a case study. In: Biddle, T.R., Christie-Blick (Eds.), Strike-slip-slip Deformation, Basin Formation and Sedimentation. Soc. Econ. Palaeontol. Miner., Spec. Publ. 37, 227-264.
39. Yalçin N. Characters of the East Anatolian fault between Türkoglu and Karaagaç (K. Maras) in relation to settlement problems. Bull. Geol. Soc. Doc., Turkey. 9:1979;49-55. in Turkish, abstract in English.
40. Yilmaz Y., Gürpinar O., Yigitbas E. Tectonic evolution of the Miocene Basins at the Amanos mountains and the Maras region. Turkish Assoc. Pet. Geol. 1(1):1988;52-72. Ankara; in Turkish, abstract in English.
41. Yürür, T., 1992. La jonction de la faille du Levant avec la chaîne du Taurus oriental. Unpublished PhD Thesis, no. 92-32. Académie de Paris, Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, 120 p.