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Late Cenozoic crustal extension and basin formation in west Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Gürol Seyitoǧlu  and
Barry Scott
Gürol Seyitoǧlu
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester LEI 7RH, U.K.
Barry Scott
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester LEI 7RH, U.K.
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Abstract

It is proposed that north–south crustal extension and related sedimentary basin formation commenced in the early Miocene. This extension is believed to be related to a spreading of a thickened crust as a result of Palaeogene compression. That such spreading commenced virtually immediately after the cessation of this compression is considered to be due to the high thermal profile of the crust in that area at the end of the Palaeogene.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 128 , Issue 2 , March 1991 , pp. 155 - 166
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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