[HTML][HTML] Orogenic architecture of the Mediterranean region and kinematic reconstruction of its tectonic evolution since the Triassic

DJJ Van Hinsbergen, TH Torsvik, SM Schmid… - Gondwana …, 2020 - Elsevier
The basins and orogens of the Mediterranean region ultimately result from the opening of
oceans during the early break-up of Pangea since the Triassic, and their subsequent …

Aegean tectonics: Strain localisation, slab tearing and trench retreat

L Jolivet, C Faccenna, B Huet, L Labrousse… - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
We review the geodynamic evolution of the Aegean–Anatolia region and discuss strain
localisation there over geological times. From Late Eocene to Present, crustal deformation in …

Exhumation of oceanic blueschists and eclogites in subduction zones: timing and mechanisms

P Agard, P Yamato, L Jolivet, E Burov - Earth-Science Reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
High-pressure low-temperature (HP–LT) metamorphic rocks provide invaluable constraints
on the evolution of convergent zones. Based on a worldwide compilation of key information …

Tectonic evolution of the southern margin of Laurasia in the Black Sea region

AI Okay, AM Nikishin - International Geology Review, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The Black Sea region comprises Gondwana-derived continental blocks and oceanic
subduction complexes accreted to Laurasia. The core of Laurasia is made up of an …

Formation of HP–LT rocks and their tectonic implications in the western Tianshan Orogen, NW China: geochemical and age constraints

J Gao, R Klemd - Lithos, 2003 - Elsevier
The Western Tianshan high-pressure/low-temperature metamorphic belt in northwestern
China formed within a Paleozoic accretionary wedge on the south side of the Yili–Central …

Excess argon in K–Ar and Ar–Ar geochronology

S Kelley - Chemical Geology, 2002 - Elsevier
The K–Ar and Ar–Ar dating techniques occasionally produce anomalously old ages
attributed to excess argon, and such data is often rejected as not offering any insight into the …

The Hellenic subduction system: high-pressure metamorphism, exhumation, normal faulting, and large-scale extension

U Ring, J Glodny, T Will… - Annual Review of Earth …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
The Cenozoic history of the retreating Hellenic subduction system in the eastern
Mediterranean involves subduction, accretion, arc magmatism, exhumation, normal faulting …

Menderes Massif (western Turkey): structural, metamorphic and magmatic evolution–a synthesis

E Bozkurt, R Oberhänsli - International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2001 - Springer
The Menderes Massif covers large areas in western Turkey. The better understanding of its
tectono-metamorphic history would provide insight for the Alpine evolution of western Turkey …

Obduction, subduction and collision as reflected in the Upper Cretaceous–Lower Eocene sedimentary record of western Turkey

AI Okay, I Tansel, O TUeYSUeZ - Geological Magazine, 2001 - cambridge.org
Late Cretaceous–Early Eocene Tethyan evolution of western Turkey is characterized by
ophiolite obduction, high-pressure/low-temperature metamorphism, subduction, arc …

Overview of the Palaeozoic–Neogene evolution of neotethys in the Eastern Mediterranean region (southern turkey, cyprus, Syria)

AHF Robertson, O Parlak, T Ustaömer - Petroleum Geoscience, 2012 - lyellcollection.org
Valid palaeotectonic and palaeogeographical reconstructions of the easternmost
Mediterranean and adjacent region involve a long-lived Tethys (Rheic, Palaeotethyan and …