An active bivergent rolling-hinge detachment system: Central Menderes metamorphic core complex in western Turkey

Klaus Gessner, U. Ring, C. Johnson, R. Hetzel, C.W. Passchier, T. Gungor

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    Abstract

    Two symmetrically arranged detachment systems delimit the central Menderes metamorphic core complex and define a bivergent continental breakaway zone in the Anatolide belt of western Turkey. Structural analysis and apatite fission-track thermochronology show that a large east-trending syncline within the Alpine nappe stack in the central part of the orogen is related to late Miocene-early Pliocene to recent core-complex formation. The syncline formed as a result of two opposite-facing rolling hinges in the footwalls of each of the two detachments. Back-rotation of the syncline limbs suggests that the detachments rotated from an initial dip of 50 degrees -60 degrees to a currently shallow orientation of 0 degrees -20 degrees.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)611-614
    JournalGeology
    Volume29
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2001

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