Palaeomagnetic evolution of the Cankiri Basin (central Anatolia, Turkey): implications for oroclinal bending due to indentation

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2003-05-01

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Kaymakcı, Nuretdin
Langereis, Cor
White, Stan
van Dijk, Paul

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Palaeomagnetic data in combination with palaeostress data and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility orientations are utilized to develop a tectonic evolutionary model for the Early Tertiary part of the Omega(omega)-shaped Cankiri Basin (Turkey). The results reveal clockwise rotations in the northeast and anticlockwise rotations in the west and southeastern corner of the basin. The magnetic inclinations indicate a northward drift of the Cankiri Basin and support an indentation model for the Kirsehir Block. It is proposed that the Omega-shape of the Cankiri Basin was the result of indentation of the Kirsehir Block into the Sakarya Continent during northwards migration accompanying closure of Neotethys. It appears that the indentation started prior to Eocene and ended before Middle Miocene times.

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Geology

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/49122

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GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE

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https://doi.org/10.1017/s001675680300757x

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N. Kaymakcı, C. Langereis, S. White, and P. van Dijk, “Palaeomagnetic evolution of the Cankiri Basin (central Anatolia, Turkey): implications for oroclinal bending due to indentation,” GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE, pp. 343–355, 2003, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/49122.