Tectonics and sedimentation in convergent margin basins: An example from the Tertiary Elaziǧ basin, Eastern Turkey

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 459-472

  Aksoy, E ^a   Turkmen I ^a   Turan, M ^b  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Eocene; Miocene; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ELAZIG [ELAZIG (PRV)]; ELAZIG [TURKEY]; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 19144368077     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Akgül B. 1987 Metamorphic investigations on Keban metamorphics in the Keban (Elaziǧ, E. Turkey) vicinity. Firat University Graduate School of Science and Technology, Elaziǧ-Turkey Master Thesis p. 60 (in Turkish with English abstract)
2. Akgül B. 1993 Petrographical and petrological features of magmatic rocks in the vicinity of Piran village (Keban-Elaziǧ, E. Turkey). Firat University Graduate School of Science and Technology, Elaziǧ-Turkey Ph.D. Thesis p. 128 (in Turkish with English abstract)
3. Akpinar M.C. 1988 Sedimentological investigation of the area of Çatalharman-Çömlek-Kurtoglu villages (Elaziǧ NW). Firat University Graduate School of Science and Technology, Elaziǧ-Turkey Master Thesis p. 63 (in Turkish with English abstract)
4. E. Aksoy Geological features of the western and southern area of the Elaziǧ Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 1 (1) 1993 113-123
5. E. Aksoy Geological features of Pertek (Tunceli) vicinity and Pertek thrust fault Journal of Firat University Science and Technology 6 (2) 1994 1-18
6. E. Aksoy M. Turan I. Türkmen M. Özkul Tertiary evolution of the Elaziǧ basin E. Turkey in: S. Korkmaz M. Akçay (Eds.) Proceedings of 30th Anniversary Symposium of Geology Department Karadeniz Technical University Trabzon-Turkey 1996 293-310 (in Turkish with English abstract)
7. E. Aksoy I. Türkmen M. Turan E. Meriç New findings on stratigraphic position and depositional environment of Harami Formation (Upper Campanian-Maastrichtian), south of Elaziǧ The Bulletin of Turkish Association of Petroleum Geologists 11 (1) 1999 1-15
8. G. Aktaş A.H.F. Robertson The Maden Complex, SE Turkey: Evolution of a Neo-Tethyan active margin In: J.E. Dixon A.H.F. Robertson (Eds.) The Geological Evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean 1984 Blackwell Scientific Publications Oxford 375-402
9. G. Aktaş A.H.F. Robertson Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary fore-arc tectonics and sedimentation: Maden Complex, SE Turkey In: M.Y. Savaşçin A.H. Eronat (Eds.) Proceedings of the International Earth Sciences Congress on Aegean Regions, İzmir-Turkey 1990 271-276
10. P. Anadon L. Cabrera R. Julia M. Marzo Sequantial arrangement andasymmetrical fill in the Miocene Rubielos de Mora Basin (Northern Spain) in: P. Anadon L. Cabrera K. Kelts (Eds.) Lacustrine Facies Analysis International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication 13 1991 257-275
11. Avşar N. 1996 Inner platform sediments with praebullalveoling afyonica Sirel and Acar around Elaziǧ region. Bulletin of the Mineral Research and exploration. Institute of Turkey 118 9-14
12. A.F. Bingöl Geology of the Elaziǧ area in the Eastern Taurus region in: O. Tekeli C. Göncüoǧlu (Eds.) Geology of the Taurus Belt Proceedings of International Tauride Symposium 1984 Mineral Research and Exploration Institute of Turkey Publications 209-216 (in Turkish with English abstract)
13. A.F. Bingöl M. Beyarslan The geochemistry and petrology of Elaziǧ magmatics in: S. Korkmaz M. Akçay (Eds.) Proceedings of 30th Anniversary Symposium of Geology Department Karadeniz Technical University Trabzon-Turkey 1996 208-224 (in Turkish with English abstract)
14. B.T. Cronin A.J. Hartley H. Çelik A. Hurst I. Türkmen I.E. Kerey Equilibrum profile development in graded deep-water slopes: Eocene, Eastern Turkey Journal of the Geological Society of London 157 2000 943-955
15. J.F. Dewey M.R. Hempton W.S.F. Kidd A.M.C. Şengör Shortening of continental litosphere: The neotectonics of Eastern Anatolia a young collision zone in: M.P. Coward A.C. Reis (Eds.) Collision Tectonics Geological Society of America Bulletin Special Publication 19 1986 3-36
16. L.A. Hardie J.P. Smoot H.P. Eugester Saline lakes and their deposits: A sedimentological approach In: A. Matter M.E. Tucker Eds. Modern and Ancient Lake Sediments International Association of Sedimentologist Special Publication 2 1978 7-41
17. M.R. Hempton Structure and deforniation history of the Bitlis Suture near Lake Hazar SE Turkey Geological Society of America Bulletin 96 1985 223-243
18. R.M. Hempton Contraints on Arabian plate motion and extensional history of the Red Sea Tectonics 6 (6) 1987 687-705
19. A.P. Heward Alluvial fan and lacustrine sediments from the Stephnian A and B (La Magdalena, Cinera-Matallana and sabero) coalfields, Northern Spain Sedimentology 25 1978 451-488
20. Inceöz M. 1994 Geological features of the northern and eastern vicinities of Harput (Elaziǧ). Firat University Graduate School of Science and Technology Elaziǧ-Turkey Ph.D. Thesis p. 112 (in Turkish with English abstract).
21. J. Jackson D. McKenzie Active tectonics of the Alpine-Himalayan Belt between W. Turkey and Pakistan Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 77 1984 185-264
22. I. Ketin Tectonic units of Anatolia General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA) Bulletin 66 1966 20-34 (in Turkish with English abstract)
23. I. Kerey I. Türkmen Sedimentological features of the Palu Formation (Pliocene-Quaternary) in the eastern Elaziǧ Geological Bulletin of Turkey 34 1991 21-26
24. T.H. Nilsen Alluvial fan deposits in: P.A. Scholle D. Spearing (Eds.) Sandstone Depositional Environments 1982 American Association of Petroleum Geologist Publication 49-86
25. Özkul, M., 1988. Sedimentological investigations on the Kirkgeçit Formation in the western Elaziǧ. Firat University Graduate School of Science and Technology, Elaziǧ-Turkey, Ph.D. Thesis, p. 186 (in Turkish with English abstract)
26. M. Özkul Paleocurrent directions in the deep marine facieses of Kirkgeçit Formation (Eocene) in the western Elaziǧ (Elaziǧ batisi) Journal of the Engineering and Architecture Faculty of Selcuk University 8 2 1993a 30-41 (in Turkish with English abstract)
27. M. Özkul Trace fossils and their environmental distribution on the flysch facies of Kirkgeçit Formation (Eocene) in the Elaziǧ area Journal of the Isparta Engineering Faculty of Akdeniz University 7 1993b 15-30 (in Turkish with English abstract)
28. M. Özkul I.E. Kerey Facies analysis on deep sea, shelf complex: Kirkgeçit Formation (Middle Eocene-Oligocene), Baskil-Elaziǧ Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 5 1996 57-70 (in Turkish with English abstract)
29. Perinçek, D., 1979. Geology and petroleum potential of the Palu-Karabegan-Elaziǧ-Sivrice-Malatya area. Turkish Petroleum Corparation report no 1361 (in Turkish, unpublished).
30. A.H.F. Robertson Mesozoic-Tertiary tectonic-sedimentary evolution of a south Tethyan oceanic basin and its margins in southern Turkey in: E. Bozkurt J.A. Winchester J.D.A. Piper (Eds.) Tectonics and Magmatism in Turkey and the Surrounding Area 173 2000 Geological Society London 97-138 (Special Publications)
31. B.R. Rust Coarse alluvial deposits in: R.G. Walker (Ed.) Facies Models Geoscience Canada Reprint Series 1 1979 9-21
32. R.J. Steel S.M. Aasheim Alluvial sand deposition in a rapidly subsiding basin (Devonian, Norway) in: A.D. Miall (Ed.) Fluvial Sedimentology Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists 5 1978 385-412
33. O. Sungurlu D. Perinçek G. Kurt E. Tuna S. Dülger E. Çelikdemir H. Naz Geology of the Elaziǧ-Hazar-Palu area The Bulletin of Turkish Association of Petroleum Geologists 29 1985 83-191
34. A.M.C. Şengör Principles of the neotectonics of Turkey 1980 Turkish Geological Society Publication p. 40 (in Turkish)
35. A.M.C. Şengör Y. Yilmaz Evolution of Neo-Tethyan in Turkey. Turkish Geological Society Special Publication 1983 75 (in Turkish)
36. Y. Tatar Tectonic structure of the Elaziǧ area and some observations on Landsat images Bulletin of Earth Sciences Application and Research Centre of Hacettepe University 14 1987 295-308 (in Turkish with English abstract)
37. Turan, M., 1984. The stratigraphy and tectonics of Baskil-Aydinlar (west of Elaziǧ, E. Turkey) area. Firat University Graduate School of Science and Technology, Elaziǧ-Turkey, Ph.D. Thesis, p. 180 (in Turkish with English abstract)
38. M. Turan Some important tectonic structures in the surroundings of Elaziǧ and their meaning in the geological evolution in the region in: N. Kazanci (Ed.) Proceedings of Suat Erk Symposium, Ankara University, Ankara-Turkey 1991 193-204 (in Turkish with English abstract)
39. M. Turan A.F. Bingöl Tectono-stratigrahic characteristics of the region between Kovancilar-Baskil (east of Elaziǧ, E. Turkey) in: C. Yetiş (Ed.) Proceedings of Ahmet Acar Symposium, Çukurova University, Adana-Turkey 1991 193-204 (in Turkish with English abstract)
40. M. Turan I. Türkmen Stratigraphy and sedimentological features of Kuşçular Formation (Lower Paleocene) Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 5 1996 109-121 (in Turkish with English abstract)
41. M. Turan E. Aksoy A.F. Bingöl Characteristics of the geodynamic evolution of Eastern Taurus in the Elaziǧ region Journal of Firat University, Science and Technology 7 2 1995 177-199 (in Turkish with English abstract)
42. I. Türkmen Stratigraphy and sedimentological features of Çaybaǧi Formation (Upper Miocene-Pliocene) in the eastern Elaziǧ Bulletin of Turkish Geological Society 34 1 1991 45-53 (in Turkish with English abstract)
43. I. Türkmen M. Inceöz I.E. Kerey Kirkgeçit Formation (Middle Eocene-Oligocene): An example of tidal flat and stormy shelf complex (NNW of Elaziǧ) Bulletin of Earth Sciences Application and Research Centre of Hacettepe University 21 1999 125-142 (in Turkish with English abstract)
44. I. Türkmen M. Inceöz E. Aksoy M. Kaya New findings on Eocene stratigraphy and paleogeography of Elaziǧ area Bulletin of Earth Sciences Application and Research Centre of Hacettepe University 24 2001 81-95 (in Turkish with English abstract)
45. E. Ünay H. De Bruijn Plio-Pleistocene rodents and lagomorhs from Anatolia Mededelingen Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO 60 1997
46. E. Ünay H. De Bruijn Plio-Pleistocene rodents and lagomorphs from Anatolia Mededelingen Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO 60 1998 431-465
47. E. Yazgan Geodynamic evolution of the eastern Taurus region in: O. Tekeli C. Göncüoǧlu (Eds.) Geology of the Taurus Belt. Proceedings of International Tauride Symposium Mineral Research and Exploration Institute of Turkey Publications 1984 199-208 (in Turkish with English abstract)
48. E. Yazgan R. Chessex Geology and tectonic evolution of the Southeastern Taurides in the region of Malatya The Bulletin of Turkish Association of Petroleum Geologists 3 1 1991 1-42
49. E. Yiǧitbaş Ş.C. Genç Y. Yilmaz Tectonic position and geological importance of Maden group in the southeastern Anatolia orogenic belt in: N. Kazanci (Ed.) Proceedings of Suat Erk Symposium, Ankara University, Ankara-Turkey 1993 251-264 (in Turkish with English abstract)