Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
TECTONOPHYSICS, cilt.234, sa.4, ss.305-327, 1994 (SCI-Expanded)
On the basis of comparative stratigraphic and paleontologic analysis, supported by some key paleomagnetic data and interpretations, it is shown that during the Mesozoic and the Cenozoic the Eurasian continent grew by accretion of microcontinents. These microcontinents separated basins with oceanic crust from the main ocean. During the Late Cretaceous and the early Cenozoic the collision of the microcontinents with Eurasia resulted in the closure of the basins, and Meso-Tethyan oceanic sutures originated. In the region under consideration, from the Carpathians to Tibet, there are two main Meso-Tethyan sutures: the Carpathian-Lesser Caucasus and the Afghan-Tibet suture. The above-mentioned main structures also had branches, which remained as sutures of small basins: the Kamennopotock, Interpontide, Nain-Baft basins and others.