PALEOMAGNETIC STUDY OF BLOCK ROTATIONS IN THE NIKSAR OVERLAP REGION OF THE NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT ZONE, CENTRAL TURKEY

TATAR O., PIPER J., PARK R., GURSOY H.

TECTONOPHYSICS, cilt.244, sa.4, ss.251-266, 1995 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 244 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 1995
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/0040-1951(94)00241-z
  • Dergi Adı: TECTONOPHYSICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.251-266
  • Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This palaeomagnetic study investigates crustal deformation within, and adjacent to, the Niksar overlap area of the North Anatolian Fault Zone (NAFZ) in central-east Turkey. The studied rock formations comprise: (1) red limestones of Late Cretaceous age (3 sites); (2) mafic lavas of Eocene age on the north side (13 sites) and south side (9 sites) of the NAFZ; and (3) volcanic rocks of Pliocene-Quaternary age from the Niksar pull-apart basin within the NAFZ (8 sites). Comparisons with reference palaeofield directions computed from apparent polar wander paths of the Eurasian and Afro-Arabian plates identify two scales of regional and local tectonic rotation: