Plio-Quaternary extensional tectonics of the Central Anatolian Plateau: A case study from the Tuz Gölü Basin, Turkey

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 691-714

  Özsayin, Erman ^a   ÇINER, T Attila ^a   Rojay, F Bora ^b   Dirik, R Kadir ^a   Melnick, Daniel ^c   Fernández Blanco, David ^d   Bertotti, Giovanni ^d,e   Schildgen, Taylor F ^c   Garcin, Yannick ^c   Strecker, Manfred R ^c   Sudo, Masafumi ^c  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basin; Central anatolia; Extensional tectonics; Kinematic analysis; Lake shoreline; Orogenic plateau evolution; Tuz g l

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BASIN EVOLUTION; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; KINEMATICS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MICROPLATE; OROGENY; PLATEAU; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

ANATOLIA; ESKISEHIR [TURKEY]; TURKEY; TUZ LAKE;

EID: 84883007894     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/yer-1210-5     Document Type: Article

References (108)

1. Altunel, E. & Barka, A. 1998. Neotectonic activity of Eskişehir fault zone between İnönü and Sultandere. Geological Bulletin of Turkey 41, 41-52 [in Turkish with English abstract].
2. Angelier, J. 1991. Inversion of field data in fault tectonics to obtain regional stress. III: A new rapid direct inversion method by analytical means. Geophysical Journal International 103, 63-76.
3. Angelier, J. 1994. Fault slip analysis and paleostress reconstruction. In: Hancock, P.L. (ed), Continental Deformation. Pergamon, Oxford, 101-120.
4. Arikan, Y. 1975. The geology and petroleum prospects of the Tuz Gölü basin. Mineral Research and Exploration Institute of Turkey (MTA) Bulletin 85, 17-38.
5. Armijo, R., Tapponnier, P., Mercier, J.L. & Han, T.L. 1986. Quaternary extension in southern Tibet: field observations and tectonic implications. Journal of Geophysical Research 91, 13803-13872.
6. Aydar, E., Schmitt, A.K., Çubukçu, H.E., Akin, L., Ersoy, O., Sen, E., Duncan, R.A. & Atici, G. 2012. Correlation of ignimbrites in the central Anatolian volcanic province using zircon and plagioclase ages and zircon compositions. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 213-214, 83-97.
7. Barka, A.A. 1992. The North Anatolian fault zone. Annales Tectonicae 6, 164-195.
8. Barka, A.A. & Reilinger, R. 1997. Active tectonics of the Mediterranean region: deduced from GPS, neotectonic and seismicity data. Annali di Geophisica 11, 587-610.
9. Beker, K. 2002. Biostratigraphic and Chronostratigraphic Investigation of Ostracoda assemblage of İnsuyu limestone (Karapi{dotless}nar/ Konya). MSc Thesis, Hacettepe University, Ankara-Turkey [in Turkish with English abstract, unpublished].
10. Besang, C., Eckhardt, F.J., Harre, W., Kreuzer, G. & Muller, P. 1977. Radiometrische Alterbestimmungen an neogenenen Eruptivgesteinen der Turkei. Geologisches Jahrbuch 25, 3-36.
11. Biryol, C.B., Beck, S.L., Zandt, G. & Özacar, A.A. 2011. Segmented African lithosphere beneath the Anatolian region inferred from teleseismic P-wave tomography. Geophysical Journal International 184, 1037-1057.
12. Boschi, L., Faccenna, C., & Becker, T.W. 2010. Mantle structure and dynamic topography in the Mediterranean Basin. Geophysical Research Letters 37, L20303, doi:10.1029/2010GL045001
13. Butzer, K.W. 1971. Recent history of an Ethiopian delta: the Omo River and the level of Lake Rudolf. University of Chicago Department of Geography, Paper No. 136.
14. Çemen, I. & Dirik, K. 1992. Tuzgölü havzasi{dotless}ni{dotless}n kuzeydoǧu ki{dotless}smi{dotless}ni{dotless}n stratigrafisi, yapi{dotless}sal jeolojisi ve jeoloji tarihi. Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO), Report No. 3115 [in Turkish, unpublished].
15. Çemen, I., Göncüoǧlu, M.C. & Dirik, K. 1999. Structural evolution of the Tuzgölü basin in Central Anatolia, Turkey. Journal of Geology 107, 693-706.
16. Cosentino, D., Schildgen, T.F., Cipollari, P., Faranda, C., Gliozzi, E., Hudáčková, N., Lucifora, S. & Strecker, M.R. 2012. Late Miocene surface uplift of the southern margin of the Central Anatolian Plateau, Central Taurides, Turkey. Geological Society of America Bulletin 124, 133-145.
17. Dellaloǧlu, A. & Aksu, R. 1984. Kulu-Şereflikoçhisar-Aksaray dolayi{dotless}ni{dotless}n jeolojisi ve petrol olanaklari{dotless}. Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO), Report No. 2020 [in Turkish, unpublished].
18. Delvaux, D., Moeys, R., Stapel, G., Petit, C., Levi, K., Miroshnichenko, A., Ruzhich, V. & San'kov, V. 1997. Paleostress reconstruction and geodynamics of the Baykal region. Tectonophysics 282, 1-38.
19. De Mets, C., Gordon, R.G., Argus, D.F. & Stein, S. 1990. Current plate motions, Geophysical Journal International 102, 425-478.
20. Derman, S., Rojay, B., Güney, H. & Yildiz, M. 2003. New sedimentological data on the evolution of Şereflikoçhisar- Aksaray fault zone. Turkish Association of Petroleum Geologists Special Publication 5, 47-70 [in Turkish with English abstract].
21. Dhont, D., J. Chorowicz, J., Yürür, T., Froger, J.L., Köse, O. & Gündoǧdu, N. 1998. Emplacement of volcanic vents and geodynamics of Central Anatolia, Turkey. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 85, 33-54.
22. Dilek, Y. & Whitney, D.L. 2000. Cenozoic crustal evolution in Central Anatolia: extension, magmatism and landscape development. In: Panayides, I., Xenophontos, C., and Malpas, J. (eds), Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Geology of the Eastern Mediterranean, September 1998, Nicosia, Cyprus Geological Survey, 183-192.
23. Dilek, Y., Whitney, D.L. & Tekeli, O. 1999. Links between tectonic processes and landscape morphology in an alpine collision zone, south-central Turkey. Annals of Geomorphology (Z. Geomorph. N.F.) 118, 147-164.
24. Dirik, K. & Erol, O. 2003. Tectonomorphologic evolution of Tuzgölü and surrounding area, central Anatolia-Turkey. Turkish Association of Petroleum Geologists Special Publication 5, 27-46 [In Turkish with English abstract].
25. Dirik, K. & Göncüoǧlu, M.C. 1996. Neotectonic characteristics of Central Anatolia. International Geology Review 38, 807-817.
26. Dirik, K., Göncüoǧlu, M.C. & Kozlu, H. 1999. Stratigraphy and preMiocene tectonic evolution of the southwestern part of the Sivas Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey. Geological Journal 34, 303-319.
27. Dirik, K., Akil, B. & Özsayin, E., 2005. Eskişehir-Sultanhani{dotless} Fay Sistemi'nin Sivrihisar-Cihanbeyli Kesimi'nin Özellikleri, Orta Anadolu-Türkiye. Eskişehir Fay Zonu ve İlişkili Sistemlerin Depremselliǧi Çali{dotless}ştayi{dotless}, 28-30 April 2005, Eskişehir, Extended abstracts, 9-10 [in Turkish].
28. Doǧan, U. 2011. Climate-controlled river terrace formation in the Ki{dotless}zi{dotless}li{dotless}rmak Valley, Cappadocia section, Turkey: inferred from Ar-Ar dating of Quaternary basalts and terraces stratigraphy. Geomorphology 126, 66-81.
29. DSI. 1998. Van gölü ve çevresindeki sulari{dotless}n izotopik ve kimyasal içeriklerinin belirlenmesi ve su dengesinin incelenmesi. T.C. Enerji ve Tabii Kaynaklar Bakanli{dotless}ǧi{dotless}, Ankara [in Turkish].
30. Duru, M. & Gökçen, N. 1985. The Lower Paleogene ostracoda fauna of south of Polatli{dotless} (SW Ankara) including five new species, and its stratigraphic evaluation. Bulletin of Geological Society of Turkey 28, 147-158 [in Turkish with English abstract].
31. Ebinger, C. & Scholz, C.A. 2011. Continental Rift Basins: The East African Perspective, Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins. John Wiley & Sons, pp. 183-208.
32. Erol, O. 1969. Tuzgölü Havzasi{dotless}ni{dotless}n jeolojisi ve jeomorfolojisi. Mineral Research and Exploration Institute of Turkey (MTA) Report No. 4220 [in Turkish, unpublished].
33. Faccenna, C. & Becker, T.W. 2010. Shaping mobile belts by smallscale convection. Nature 465, 602-605.
34. Faccenna, C., Funiciello, F., Giardini, D. & Lucente, P. 2001. Episodic back-arc extension during restricted mantle convection in the Central Mediterranean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 187, 105-116.
35. Faccenna, C., Bellier, O., Martinod, J., Piromallo, C. & Regard, V. 2006. Slab detachment beneath eastern Anatolia: a possible cause for the formation of the North Anatolian fault. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 242, 85-97.
36. Fernández-Blanco, D., Bertotti, G. & Çiner, A. 2012. Cenozoic tectonics of the Tuz Gölü Basin (Central Anatolia Plateau, Turkey). In: Çiner, A., Strecker, M. & Bertotti, G. (eds), Central Anatolian Plateau Uplift since Miocene. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, this volume.
37. Gans, C.R., Beck, S.L., Zandt, G., Biryol, C.B. & Ozacar, A.A. 2009. Detecting the limit of slab break-off in central Turkey: new high-resolution Pn tomography results. Geophysical Journal International 179, 1566-1577.
38. Garcin, Y., Junginger, A., Melnick, D., Olago, D.O., Strecker, M.R. & Trauth, M.H. 2009. Late Pleistocene-Holocene rise and collapse of Lake Suguta, northern Kenya Rift. Quaternary Science Reviews 28, 911-925.
39. Garcin, Y., Melnick, D., Strecker, M.R., Olago, D., & Tiercelin, J.J. 2012. East African mid-Holocene wet-dry transition recorded in palaeo-shorelines of Lake Turkana, northern Kenya Rift. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 331-332, 322-334.
40. Genç, Y. & Yürür, M.T. 2010. Coeval extension and compression in Late Mesozoic -Recent thin-skinned extensional tectonics in central Anatolia, Turkey. Journal of Structural Geology 32, 623-640.
41. Glover, C. & Robertson, A. 1998. Neotectonic intersection of the Aegean and Cyprus tectonic arcs: extensional and strike-slip faulting in the Isparta Angle, SW Turkey. Tectonophysics 298, 103-132.
42. Göncüoglu, M.C., Toprak, V., Kuscu, I., Erler, A. & Olgun E. 1991. Geology of the Western Part of the Central Anatolian Massif, Part 1: Southern Section. Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) Report No 2909 [in Turkish, unpublished].
43. Göncüoǧlu, M.C., Erler, A., Toprak, V., Yaliniz, K., Olgun, E., & Rojay, B. 1992. Orta Anadolu Masifinin Bati{dotless} Bölümünün Jeolojisi. Bölüm 2: Orta Kesim. Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) Report No. 3535 [in Turkish, unpublished].
44. Göncüoǧlu, M.C., Dirik, K., Erler, A., Yaliniz, K., Özgül, L. & Çemen, I. 1996. Tuzgölü Havzasi{dotless} Bati{dotless} Ki{dotless}smi{dotless}ni{dotless}n Temel Jeolojik Sorunlari{dotless}. Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) Report No. 3753 [in Turkish, unpublished].
45. Görür, N. & Derman, A.S. 1978. Tuzgölü-Haymana Havzasi{dotless}ni{dotless}n Stratigrafik ve Tektonik Analizi. Turkish PetroleumCorporation (TPAO) Report No. 1514 [in Turkish, unpublished].
46. Görür, N., Oktay, F.Y., Seymen, I. & Şengör, A.M.C. 1984. Paleotectonic evolution of the Tuzgölü basin complex, Central Turkey: sedimentary record of a Neo-Tethyan closure. In: Dixon, J.E. & Robertson, A.H.F. (eds), The Geological Evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean. Journal of the Geological Society of London Special Publication, 17, 467-482.
47. Gülen, L., Barka, A.A. & Toksöz, M.N. 1987. Continental collision and related complex deformation: Maraş triple junction and surrounding structures, SE Turkey. Earthsciences 14, 319-336 [in Turkish with English abstract].
48. Hess, J.C. & Lippolt H.J. 1994. Compilation of K-Ar measurements on HD-B1 standard biotite, 1994 status report. In: Odin, G.S. (ed), Phanerozoic Time Scale, Bulletin of Liaison and Information, IUGS Subcommission on Geochronology, Paris, pp.19-23.
49. Innocenti, F., Mazzuoli, R., Pasquarè, G. Radicati di Brozolo, F. & Villari, L. 1975. The Neogene calc-alkaline volcanism of Central Anatolia: geochronological data on Kayseri-Nigde area. Geological Magazine 112, 349-360.
50. Ishizuka, O., Yuasa M. & Uto K. 2002. Evidence of porphyry coppertype hydrothermal activity from a submerged remnant back-arc volcano of the Izu-Bonin arc: implication for the volcanotectonic history of back-arc seamounts. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 198, 381-399.
51. Jaffey, N. & Robertson, A.H.F. 2001. New sedimentological and structural data from the Ecemiş fault zone, southern Turkey: implications for its timing and offset of the Cenozoic tectonic escape of Anatolia. Journal of the Geological Society 158, 367- 378.
52. Jaffey, N. & Robertson, A. 2005. Non-marine sedimentation associated with Oligocene - recent exhumation and uplift of the Central Taurus Mountains, S Turkey. Sedimentary Geology 173, 53-89.
53. Karabiyikoǧlu, M., Çiner, A., Monod, O., Deynoux, M., Tuzcu, S. & Örçen, S. 2000. Tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Miocene Manavgat Basin, Western Taurids, Turkey. In: Bozkurt, E., Winchester, J.A. & Piper, J.A.D. (eds), Tectonics and Magmatism in Turkey and the Surrounding Area. Geological Society of London Special Publication 173, 271-294.
54. Kashima, K. 2002. Environmental and climatic changes during the last 20,000 years at Lake Tuz, central Turkey. Catena 48, 3-20.
55. Koçyiǧit, A. 1991. Changing stress orientation in progressive intracontinental deformation as indicated by the neotectonics of the Ankara region (NW of Central Anatolia). Turkish Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 3, 48-55.
56. Koçyiǧit, A. 1992. Southward-vergent imbricate thrust zone in Yuvaköy: a record of the latest compressional event related to the collisional tectonic regime in Ankara-Erzincan suture zone. Turkish Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 4, 111-118.
57. Koçyiǧit, A. 2003. General neotectonic characteristics and seismicity of Central Anatolia. Turkish Association of Petroleum Geologists Special Publication 5, 1-26 [in Turkish with English abstract].
58. Koçyiǧit, A. & Beyhan, A. 1998. A new intracontinental transcurrent structure: the Central Anatolian fault zone, Turkey. Tectonophysics 284, 317-336.
59. Koçyiǧit, A., Ünay, E. & Saraç, G. 2000. Episodic graben formation and extensional neotectonic regime in west Central Anatolia and the Isparta angle: a case study in the Akşehir-Afyon Graben, Turkey. In: Bozkurt, E., Winchester, J.A. & Piper, J.D.A. (eds), Tectonics and Magmatism in Turkey and the Surrounding Area. Geological Society of London Special Publication 173, 405-421.
60. Koçyiǧit, A., Rojay, B., Cihan, M. & Özacar, A. 2001. The June 6, 2000, Orta (Çanki{dotless}ri{dotless}, Turkey) earthquake: sourced from a new antithetic sinistral strike-slip structure of the North Anatolian fault system, the Dodurga fault zone. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 10, 69-82.
61. Kutluay, A., Dirik, K., Çiner, A. & Bertotti, G. 2010. 3D architecture and Miocene evolution of the Tuz Gölü Basin in Central Anatolian Plateau, Turkey. EGU General Assembly, Geophysical Research Abstracts 12, 15042.
62. Kuzucuoǧlu, C., Christol, A., Mouralis, D., Doǧu, A.F., Akköprü, E., Fort, M., Brunstein, D., Zorer, H., Fontugne, M., Karabiyikoǧlu, M., Scaillet, S., Reyss, J.L. & Guillou, H. 2010. Formation of the upper Pleistocene terraces of Lake Van (Turkey). Journal of Quaternary Science 25, 1124-1137.
63. Küçükuysal, C., Engin, B., Türkmenoǧlu, A.G., & Aydaş, C. 2011. ESR dating of calcrete nodules from Bala, Ankara (Turkey): preliminary results. Applied Radiation Isotopes 69, 492-499.
64. th Geological Congress of Turkey, Abstracts Book, 7-8.
65. Kürçer, A. & Gökten, E. 2012. Paleoseismological three dimensional virtual photography method; a case study: Baǧlarkayasi{dotless}-2010 trench, Tuz Gölü fault zone, Central Anatolia, Turkey. In: Sharkov, E. (ed), Tectonics - Recent Advances), InTech, pp. 201- 228. DOI: 10.5772/48194
66. th Meeting of Active Tectonics Research Group), 19-22 October 2011, Abstracts, 13-14 [in Turkish].
67. Le Pennec, J.L., Bourdier, J.L., Froger, J.L., Temel, A., Camus, G. & Gourgaud, A. 1994. Neogene ignimbrites of the Nevşehir plateau (Central Turkey): stratigraphy, distribution and source constraints. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 63, 59-87.
68. Le Pennec, J.L., Temel, A., Froger, J.L., Şen, S., Gourgaud, A. & Bourdier, J.L. 2005. Stratigraphy and age of the Cappadocia ignimbrites, Turkey: reconciling field constraints with paleontologic, radiochronologic, geochemical and paleomagnetic data. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 141, 45-64.
69. Mart, Y. & Woodside, J. 1994. Preface: tectonics of the Eastern Mediterranean. Tectonophysics 234, 1-3.
70. McKenzie, D. 1978. Active tectonics of the Alpine-Himalayan belt: the Aegean Sea and surrounding regions. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 55, 217-254.
71. Melnick, D., Garcin, Y., Quinteros, J., Strecker, M.R., Olago, D. & Tiercelin, J.J. 2012. Steady rifting in northern Kenya inferred from deformed Holocene lake shorelines of the Suguta and Turkana basins. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 331-332, 335-346.
72. Meulenkamp, J.E, Wortel, W.J.R., Van Wamel, W.A., Spakman, W. & Hoogerduyn Strating, E. 1988. On the Hellenic subduction zone and geodynamic evolution of Crete in the late middle Miocene. Tectonophysics 146, 203-215.
73. Montero Lopez, M.C., Hongn, F.D., Strecker, M.R., Marrett, R., Seggiaro, R. & Sudo, M. 2010. Late Miocene-early Pliocene onset of N-S extension along the southern margin of the Central Andean Puna Plateau: evidence from magmatic, geochronological and structural observations. Tectonophysics 494, 48-63.
74. Naruse, T., Kitagawa, H. & Hisashi, M. 1997. Lake level changes and development of alluvial fans in Lake Tuz and the Konya basin during the last 24000 years on the Anatolian plateau, Turkey. Japan Review 8, 65-84.
75. Ocakoǧlu F. & Açikalin S. 2009. Late Pleistocene fault-induced uplift and consequent fluvial response in Eskişehir fault zone, NW Anatolia. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie 53, 121-136.
76. Ogg, J.G., Ogg, G. & Gradstein, F.M. 2008. The Concise Geologic Time Scale. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
77. Özcan, A., Göncüoǧlu, M.C. & Turhan, N. 1989. Kütahya-ÇiftelerBayat-İhsaniye Yöresinin Temel Jeolojisi. Mineral Research and Exploration Institute of Turkey (MTA) Report No. 8118 [in Turkish, unpublished].
78. Özcan, A., Göncüoǧlu, M.C., Turhan, N., Uysal, Ş. & Şentürk, K. 1990a. Paleozoic evolution of the Kütahya-Bolkardaǧi{dotless} Belt. METU Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences 21, 211-220.
79. Özcan, A., Göncüoǧlu, M.C., Turhan, N., Şentürk, K., Uysal, Ş. & Işik, A. 1990b. Konya-Kadi{dotless}nhani{dotless}-Ilgi{dotless}n Dolayi{dotless}ni{dotless}n Temel Jeolojisi. Mineral Research and Exploration Institute of Turkey (MTA) Report No. 9535 [in Turkish, unpublished].
80. Özsayin, E. 2007. Neogene-Quaternary structural evolution of İnönüEskişehir fault system between Yeniceoba-Cihanbeyli (KonyaTurkey). PhD Thesis, Hacettepe University, Ankara-Turkey [in Turkish with English abstract].
81. th Meeting of Active Tectonics Research Group), 22-24 September 2005, Abstracts, p. 41 [in Turkish].
82. Özsayin, E. & Dirik, K. 2007. Quaternary activity of the Cihanbeyli and Yeniceoba fault zones: İnönü-Eskişehir fault zystem, Central Anatolia. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 16, 471-492.
83. Özsayin, E. & Dirik, K. 2011. The role of oroclinal bending in the structural evolution of the Central Anatolian plateau: evidence from a regional changeover of shortening to extension. Geologica Carpathica 62, 345-359.
84. Papazachos, B.C. & Comninakis, P.E. 1971. Geophysical and tectonic features of the Aegean arc. Journal of Geophysical Research 76, 8517-8533.
85. Reilinger, R.E, McClusky, S.C., Oral, M.B., King, W. & Toksöz, M.N. 1997. Global positioning system measurements of presentday crustal movements in the Arabian-Africa-Eurasia plate collision zone. Journal of Geophysical Research 102, 9983-9999.
86. Rigo de Righi, M. & Cortesini, A. 1959. Regional Studies of the Central Anatolian Basin. Petrol İşleri Report No. 11 [unpublished].
87. Roberts, N., Black, S., Boyer, P., Eastwood, W.J., Griffiths, H.I., Lamb, H.F., Leng, M.J., Parish, R., Reed, J.M., Twigg, D. & Yiǧitbaşoǧlu, H. 1999. Chronology and stratigraphy of Late Quaternary sediments in the Konya Basin, Turkey: results from the KOPAL Project. Quaternary Science Reviews 18, 611-630.
88. Rojay, B. & Karaca, A. 2008. Post-Miocene deformation in the south of the Galatean Volcanic Province, NW of Central Anatolia (Turkey). Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 17, 653-672.
89. Sarikaya, M.A., Zreda, M., Çiner, A. & Zweck, C. 2008. Cold and wet Last Glacial Maximum on Mount Sandi{dotless}ras, SW Turkey, inferred from cosmogenic dating and glacier modeling. Quaternary Science Reviews 27, 769-780.
90. 36Cl cosmogenic dating and glacier modeling. Quaternary Science Reviews 28, 2326-2341.
91. Schemmel, F., Mikes, T., Rojay, B. & Mulch, A. 2013. The impact of topography on isotopes in precipitation across the Central Anatolian Plateau (Turkey). American Journal of Science 313: 61-80.
92. Schildgen, T.F., Cosentino, D., Bookhagen, B., Niedermann, S., Yildirim, C., Echtler, H.P., Wittmann, H. & Strecker, M.R. 2012a. Multi-phase uplift of the southern margin of the Central Anatolian plateau: a record of tectonic and upper mantle processes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 317-318, 85-95.
93. Schildgen, T.F., Cosentino, D., Caruso, A., Buchwaldt, R., Yildirim, C., Rojay, B., Bowring, S.A., Echtler, H. & Strecker, M.R. 2012b. Surface expression of Eastern Mediterranean slab dynamics: neogene topographic and structural evolution of the southwest margin of the Central Anatolian plateau, Turkey. Tectonics 31, TC2005, doi: 10.1029/2011TC003021.
94. Schoenbohm, L., & Strecker, M. 2009. Extension within the PunaAltiplano plateau: evidence from the plateau margin, NW Argentina. Tectonics 28, TC5008, doi: 10.1029/2008TC002341.
95. Şengör, A.M.C. 1979. The North Anatolian transform fault: its age, offset and tectonic significance. Journal of the Geological Society of London 136, 269-282.
96. Şengör, A.M.C. & Yilmaz, Y. 1981. Tethyan evolution of Turkey: a plate tectonic approach. Tectonophysics 75, 181-241.
97. Şengör, A.M.C., Görür, N. & Şaroǧlu, F. 1985. Strike-slip faulting and related basin formation in zones of tectonic escape: Turkey as a key study. In: Biddle, K.T. & Christie-Blick, N. (eds), Strikeslip Deformation, Basin Formation, and Sedimentation. SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology Special Publications 37, 227264.
98. Sudo, M., Uto, K., Anno, K., Ishizuka, O. & Schiumi, S. 1998. SORI93 biotite: a new mineral standard for K-Ar dating. Geochemical Journal 32, 49-58.
99. th International Ostracoda Symposium, Rotterdam-Netherlands, pp. 265-275.
100. Ünalan, G., Yüksel, V., Tekeli, T., Gönenç, O., Seyirt, Z. & Hüseyin, S. 1976. The stratigraphy and paleogeographical evolution of the Upper Cretaceous-Lower Tertiary sediments in the HaymanaPolatli{dotless} region (SW of Ankara). Bulletin of the Geological Society of Turkey 19, 159-176 [in Turkish with English abstract].
101. Uto, K., Ishizuka, O., Matsumoto, A., Kamioka H., & Togashi S. 1997. Laser-heating 40Ar/39Ar dating system of the Geological Survey of Japan: system outline and preliminary results. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan 48, 23-46.
102. Uygun, A., Yaşar, M., Erkan, M.C., Bas, H., Çelik, E., Aygün, M., Bilgiç, T., Kayakiran, S. & Ayok, F. 1982. Tuzgölü Havzasi{dotless} Projesi [Tuzgölü Basin Project]. Mineral Research and Exploration Institute of Turkey (MTA) Report No. 2 [unpublished].
103. Whitney, D.L. & Dilek, Y. 1997. Core complex development in Central Anatolia, Turkey. Geology 25, 1023-1026.
104. Yetiş, C. 1978. Geology of the Çamardi{dotless} (Niǧde) region and the characteristics of the Ecemiş fault zone between Madenboǧaz and Kami{dotless}şli{dotless}. İstanbul University Faculty of Science Bulletin B43, 41-61.
105. Yetiş, C. 1984. New observations on the age of the Ecemiş fault. In: Tekeli, O. & Göncüoǧlu, M.C. (eds), Geology of the Taurus Belt. Mineral Research and Exploration Institute of Turkey (MTA) Special Publications, pp. 386-394.
106. Yetiş, C. & Demirkol, C., 1984. Geotectonic evolution of the Ecemiş fault zone. Earth Sciences 11, 1-12.
107. Yildirim, C., Schildgen, T.F., Echtler, H., Melnick, D. & Strecker, M.R. 2011. Late Neogene orogenic uplift in the Central Pontides associated with the North Anatolian fault - implications for the northern margin of the Central Anatolian plateau, Turkey. Tectonics 30, TC5005, doi: 10.1029/2010TC002756.
108. Zreda, M., çiner, A. Sarikaya, M.A., Zweck, C. & Bayari, S. 2011. Remarkably extensive Early Holocene glaciation in Aladaǧlar, Central Turkey. Geology 39, 1051-1054.