The uppermost Messinian-Quaternary evolution of the Anamur-Kormakiti zone: The transition between the Outer Cilicia and Antalya basins, northeastern Mediterranean

Aksu A. E., Hall J., Yaltirak C.

MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, vol.136, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 136
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105451
  • Journal Name: MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Aerospace Database, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Artic & Antarctic Regions, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, Geobase, INSPEC, Metadex, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Keywords: Positive flower structures, Strike-slip fault zones, Rotational stepover, Tectonics, Basin evolution, ANATOLIAN FAULT ZONE, INTRACONTINENTAL TRANSCURRENT STRUCTURE, FORE-ARC BASIN, TECTONIC EVOLUTION, ECEMIS FAULT, CYPRUS ARCS, ANAXIMANDER MOUNTAINS, NEOGENE EVOLUTION, SOUTHERN TURKEY, LATAKIA BASIN
  • Istanbul Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

ABSTR A C T A dense grid of high-resolution multichannel seismic reflection profiles are used to delineate the stratigraphic and structural architecture of the Anamur-Kormakiti zone which separates the Outer Cilicia Basin from the eastern Antalya Basin. The data showed that the uppermost Messinian-Quaternary structural framework of the region is characterized by two arcuate south-convex sinistral strike-slip fault zones in the northeast and east which converge to form a-70-80 km wide NW-SE trending zone, consisting of two internally-parallel dextral strike-slip fault zones in the northwest and west. A narrow NNW-SSE trending zone occupied by similarly trending positive flower structures across the Anamur-Kormakiti zone suggests that this region is probably a rotational stepover between two oppositely moving strike-slip fault zones. The regionally extensive strike-slip fault zones are largely developed during the Pliocene-Quaternary along the southern fringes of the Taurus Mountains in response to the westward escape of the Aegean-Anatolian Microplate following the collision and suturing of the Arabian Plate to the Eurasian Plate during the end of Miocene-Early Pliocene.