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Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 1984; v. 17; p. 241-249;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1984.017.01.18
© 1984 Geological Society of London

3. Neotethys: Turkey

The extension of the Ionian trough into southwestern Turkey

A. Poisson

Laboratoire de Géologie Historique, Université de Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 504, 91405 Orsay, France

During Mesozoic time the Ionian trough in Greece shows a relatively complex and distinctive geodynamic evolution compared to the adjacent platforms. A similar evolution is found in several series of the Western Taurides in Turkey. The existence of a Mesozoic intra-Tauric trough (previously named ‘Kizilca-Çorak göl trough’), is established and interpreted as an homologue of the Ionian trough.

This situation, external with respect to the Helleno-Tauric belt, is used as a basis for a reconstruction of the general evolution of the eastern part of the Aegean ‘curvature’ that seems to have been initiated during the mid-Miocene (after Langhian but prior to Tortonian). The recent (neotectonic) evolution of the arc started after the Tortonian, possibly as late as the Lower Pliocene.





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