Prof. FUAT BORA ROJAY

Education Information

1985 - 1993

Doctorate

Middle East Technical University, Faculty Of Engineering, Department Of Geological Engineering, Turkey

1982 - 1985

Postgraduate

Middle East Technical University, Faculty Of Engineering, Department Of Geological Engineering, Turkey

1977 - 1982

Undergraduate

Middle East Technical University, Faculty Of Engineering, Department Of Geological Engineering, Turkey

Dissertations

1993

Doctorate

Tectonostratigraphy and neotectonic characteristics of the southern margin of Merzifon-Suluova basın (central pontides, Amasya)

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Geological Engineering

1985

Postgraduate

tectonostratigraphic characteristics of the Kelkit valley subzone of the North Anatolian Fault Zone

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Geological Engineering

Research Areas

General Geology, Areal Geology (general,maps and charts), Stratigraphy, Tectonics (Paleotectonics, Neotectonics, Seismotectonics), Structural Geology, Geology

Academic Titles / Tasks

2013 - Continues

Professor

Middle East Technical University, Faculty Of Engineering, Department Of Geological Engineering

2001 - 2013

Associate Professor

Middle East Technical University, Faculty Of Engineering, Department Of Geological Engineering

1997 - 2001

Assistant Professor

Middle East Technical University, Faculty Of Engineering, Department Of Geological Engineering

1993 - 1997

Lecturer PhD

Middle East Technical University, Faculty Of Engineering, Department Of Geological Engineering

1983 - 1993

Research Assistant

Middle East Technical University, Faculty Of Engineering, Department Of Geological Engineering

Advising Theses

2019

Postgraduate

Post miocene tectonic of çeltikçi graben, southern margin of galatian volcanic province, Central Anatolia

ROJAY F. B. (Consultant)

U.Berberoğlu(Student)

2019

Postgraduate

Morphotectonic analysis and kinematic evolution of the Central Gediz Alaşehir graben, Western Anatolia, Turkey

ROJAY F. B. (Consultant)

T.Dönmezoğulları(Student)

2017

Postgraduate

Post-paleogene stress distribution in the Bartin-Ulus-Safranbolu basins, western pontides, Turkey

ROJAY F. B. (Consultant)

E.BENGÜ(Student)

2010

Postgraduate

Post-paleocene deformation in Kalecik region, East of Ankara, Turkey

ROJAY F. B. (Consultant)

P.Kasımoğlu(Student)

2009

Postgraduate

Post-paleogene deformation in northernmost tip of Tuzgolu fault zone (Pasadag, South of Ankara), Turkey

ROJAY F. B. (Consultant)

G.Dilara(Student)

2008

Postgraduate

Post-miocene tectonic evolution of Alidağ anticline, Adiyaman, Turkey

ROJAY F. B. (Consultant)

E.Seyrek(Student)

2004

Postgraduate

Post miocene deformation of the area between Alibey (Kızılcahamam) and Karalar (Kazan) villages, nw Ankara (Turkey)

ROJAY F. B. (Consultant)

A.Karaca(Student)

Articles Published in Journals That Entered SCI, SSCI and AHCI Indexes

2021

Age and mantle sources of Quaternary basalts associated with "leaky" transform faults of the migrating Anatolia-Arabia-Africa triple junction

Cosca M. A. , Reid M., Delphi J. R. , Kuşcu G., Blichert-Toft J., Premo W., et al.

GEOSPHERE, vol.17, no.1, pp.69-94, 2021 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2020

Tectonic geomorphology and Plio-Quaternary structural evolution of the Tuzgolu fault zone, Turkey: Implications for deformation in the interior of the Central Anatolian Plateau

Krystopowicz N. J. , Schoenbohm L. M. , Rimando J., Brocard G., Rojay B.

GEOSPHERE, vol.16, no.5, pp.1107-1124, 2020 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2019

Early Miocene insectivores of Gokler (Kazan Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey)

Ostende L. W. v. d. H. , Joniak P., Rojay B. , Aten C., Bilgin M., Pelaez-Campomanes P.

PALAEOBIODIVERSITY AND PALAEOENVIRONMENTS, vol.99, no.4, pp.701-722, 2019 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2019

Early Miocene rodents of Gokler (Kazan Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey)

Joniak P., Pelaez-Campomanes P., Ostende L. W. V. D. H. , Rojay B.

HISTORICAL BIOLOGY, vol.31, no.8, pp.982-1007, 2019 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2019

A new early Pliocene locality Tepe Alagoz (Turkey) reveals a distinctive tooth phenotype of Trischizolagus (Lagomorpha, Leporidae) in Asia Minor

Cermak S., Joniak P., Rojay B.

PALAEONTOLOGIA ELECTRONICA, vol.22, no.1, 2019 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2017

Noble gases and rock geochemistry of alkaline intraplate volcanics from the Amik and Ceyhan-Osmaniye areas, SE Turkey

Italiano F., YÜCE G., Di Bella M., Rojay B. , Sabatino G., Tripodo A., et al.

CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, vol.469, pp.34-46, 2017 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2014

Origin and interactions of fluids circulating over the Amik Basin (Hatay, Turkey) and relationships with the hydrologic, geologic and tectonic settings

YÜCE G., Italiano F., D'Alessandro W., Yalcin T. H. , YASİN D., Gulbay A. H. , et al.

CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, vol.388, pp.23-39, 2014 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2013

Tectonic evolution of the Cretaceous Ankara Ophiolitic Melange during the Late Cretaceous to pre-Miocene interval in Central Anatolia, Turkey

ROJAY F. B.

JOURNAL OF GEODYNAMICS, vol.65, pp.66-81, 2013 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2013

THE IMPACT OF TOPOGRAPHY ON ISOTOPES IN PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE CENTRAL ANATOLIAN PLATEAU (TURKEY)

Schemmel F., Mikes T., ROJAY F. B. , Mulch A.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, vol.313, no.2, pp.61-80, 2013 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2013

Stable isotope-based reconstruction of Oligo-Miocene paleoenvironment and paleohydrology of Central Anatolian lake basins (Turkey)

Luedecke T., Mikes T., ROJAY F. B. , Cosca M. A. , Mulch A.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, vol.22, no.5, pp.793-819, 2013 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2013

Plio-Quaternary extensional tectonics of the Central Anatolian Plateau: a case study from the Tuz Golu Basin, Turkey

ÖZSAYIN E., Ciner T. A. , ROJAY F. B. , DİRİK R. K. , Melnick D., Fernandez-Blanco D., et al.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, vol.22, no.5, pp.691-714, 2013 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2013

Paleomagnetic rotations in the Late Miocene sequence from the Cankiri Basin (Central Anatolia, Turkey): the role of strike-slip tectonics

Lucifora S., Cifelli F., ROJAY F. B. , Mattei M.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, vol.22, no.5, pp.778-792, 2013 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2013

Palaeoenvironmental and chronological constraints on the Tuglu Formation (Cankiri Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey)

Mazzini I., Hudackova N., Joniak P., Kovacova M., Mikes T., Mulch A., et al.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, vol.22, no.5, pp.747-777, 2013 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2012

An Active Composite Pull-apart Basin Within the Central Part of the North Anatolian Fault System: the Merzifon-Suluova Basin, Turkey

ROJAY F. B. , Kocyigit A.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, vol.21, no.4, pp.473-496, 2012 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2012

Surface expression of eastern Mediterranean slab dynamics: Neogene topographic and structural evolution of the southwest margin of the Central Anatolian Plateau, Turkey

Schildgen T. F. , Cosentino D., Caruso A., Buchwaldt R., Yildirim C., Bowring S. A. , et al.

TECTONICS, vol.31, 2012 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2010

Structure and geochemistry of an Alaskan-type ultramafic-mafic complex in the Eastern Pontides, NE Turkey

Eyuboglu Y., Dilek Y., BOZKURT E. , Bektas O., Rojay B. , ŞEN C.

GONDWANA RESEARCH, vol.18, no.1, pp.230-252, 2010 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2008

Age and Chemistry of Miocene Volcanic. Rocks from the Kiraz Basin of the Kucuk Menderes Graben: Its Significance for the Extensional Tectonics of Southwestern Anatolia, Turkey'

BOZKURT E. , Winchester J. A. , Ruffet G., Rojay B.

GEODINAMICA ACTA, vol.21, pp.239-257, 2008 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2008

Post-Miocene Deformation in the South of the Galatean Volcanic Province, NW of Central Anatolia (Turkey)

ROJAY F. B. , Karaca A.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, vol.17, no.4, pp.653-672, 2008 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2006

High-altitude Plio-Quaternary fluvial deposits and their implication on the tilt of a horst, western Anatolia, Turkey

Suzen M. L. , TOPRAK V., Rojay B.

GEOMORPHOLOGY, vol.74, pp.80-99, 2006 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2005

Plio-quaternary evolution of the Kucuk Menderes Graben southwestern Anatolia, Turkey

Rojay B. , TOPRAK V., Demirci C., Suzen L.

GEODINAMICA ACTA, vol.18, pp.317-331, 2005 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2005

Episodic, two-stage Neogene extension and short-term intervening compression in Western Turkey: field evidence from the Kiraz Basin and Bozdag Horst

Bozkurt E. , Rojay B.

GEODINAMICA ACTA, vol.18, pp.299-316, 2005 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2004

Geodynamic significance of the Cretaceous pillow basalts from North Anatolian Ophiolitic Melange Belt (Central Anatolia, Turkey): geochemical and paleontological constraints

Rojay B. , Altiner D., Altiner S., Onen A., James S., Thirlwall M.

GEODINAMICA ACTA, vol.17, no.5, pp.349-361, 2004 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2004

Geodynamic significance of the Cretaceous pillow basalts from North Anatolian Ophiolitic Mélange Belt Central Anatolia Turkey geochemical and paleontological contraints

ROJAY F. B. , ALTINER D., ALTINER S. , ÖNEN P., JAMES S., THIRWALL M.

Geodinamica Acta, vol.17, pp.349-361, 2004 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

2001

The June 6 2000 Orta Çankırı Turkey Earthquake Sourced from a New Antithetic Sinistral Strike slip Structure of the North Anatolian Fault System the Dodurga Fault Zone

Koçyiğit A., ROJAY F. B. , Cihan M., ÖZACAR A. A.

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, vol.10, no.2, pp.69-82, 2001 (Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded)

2001

Neotectonic and volcanic characteristics of the Karasu fault zone (Anatolia, Turkey): The transition zone between the Dead Sea transform and the East Anatolian fault zone

Rojay B. , Heimann A., Toprak V.

GEODINAMICA ACTA, vol.14, pp.197-212, 2001 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

1998

Middle Jurassic Lower Cretaceous biostratigraphy in the Central Pontides (Turkey): Remarks on paleogeography and tectonic evolution

Rojay B. , Altiner D.

RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA, vol.104, no.2, pp.167-179, 1998 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Articles Published in Other Journals

1997

Tectonic setting of some Paleozoic metamorphics in northern Anatolia

ROJAY F. B.

H.Ü. yerbilimleri, vol.19, pp.109-118, 1997 (Other Refereed National Journals)

1997

Tectonostratigraphic Evolution Of An Arc Trench Basin On Accretionary Ophiolitic Melange Prism Central Anatolia Turkey

ROJAY F. B. , SÜZEN M. L.

The Bulletin of Turkish Association of Petroleum Geologists, vol.9, pp.1-12, 1997 (Other Refereed National Journals)

1995

Post Triassic evolution of Central Pontides Evidence from Amasya region Northern Anatolia Turkey

Rojay F. B.

Geologica Romana, vol.31, pp.329-350, 1995 (Refereed Journals of Other Institutions)

1995

Joint type and joint density analysis in the flysch sequence around Kırıkkale

Rojay F. B. , Toprak G. M. V.

Türkiye Petrol Jeologları Derneği Bülteni, vol.6, no.1, pp.39-50, 1995 (Other Refereed National Journals)

1995

Of Solaklı aqueduct tunnel system A case study from the Eastern Black Sea area NE Turkey

Vedat D., Toprak V., TOPAL T. , Koçyiğit A., ROJAY F. B. , BOZKURT E.

Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Geology of the Black Sea Region, pp.319-327, 1995 (Refereed Journals of Other Institutions)

1993

Engineering geological evaluation of the Of Solaklı Hydropower Development Project NE Turkey

DOYURAN V., TOPRAK V., TOPAL T. , KOÇYİĞİT A., ROJAY F. B. , BOZKURT E.

Bulletin of International Association of Engineering Geology, vol.47, pp.97-107, 1993 (Refereed Journals of Other Institutions)

1988

Examples from the forearc basin remnants at the active margin of northern Neo Tethys Development and emplacement ages of the Anatolian Nappe Turkey

KOÇYİĞİT A., ALTINER S. , ROJAY F. B.

METU Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, vol.21, pp.183-210, 1988 (Other Refereed National Journals)

1988

Examples from forearc basin remnants at the active margin of northern Neo Tethys Development and emplacement ages of the Anatolian Nappe Turkey

ROJAY F. B. , ALTINER S.

METU Journal Pure and Applied Science, vol.21, pp.183-210, 1988 (Other Refereed National Journals)

Refereed Congress / Symposium Publications in Proceedings

2017

Mantle to Surface dynamics across subduction-collision transtions in space and time: results from the CD-CAT project in Anatolia

ROJAY F. B. , KAYMAKCI N. , ÖZACAR A. A.

AGU 2017, 10 - 15 December 2017

2017

New radiometric datings for Early Miocene mammal localities in Anatolia

ROJAY F. B.

18. paleontoloji-stratigrafi çalıştayı, 28 September - 01 October 2017

2017

Post-Paleogene (post-Middle Eocene-pre-Miocene) geodynamic evolution of the Upper Cretaceous-Paleogene Basins in Central Anatolia, Turkey.

ROJAY F. B.

EGU Assembly 2017, 22 - 27 April 2017

2014

Oblique Deformation in Central Turkey: Fault Interaction and River Incision at the Intersection of the Tuz Gölü and Central Anatolian Fault Zones

Schoenbohm L., Tokay B. , Krystopowicz N., Higgins M., Rojay F. B. , Brocard G.

AGU 2014, San-Francisco, Costa Rica, 15 - 19 December 2014

2013

AMİK HAVZASNDAKİ HATAY ÇÖZÜNMÜŞ VE SERBEST HALDEKİ GAZLARIN JEOKİMYASI VE TEKTONİK YAPI İLE İLİŞKİSİ

YÜCE G., Italiano F., Yang F., Yalcin T. H. , ROJAY F. B. , KARABACAK V., et al.

2. Türkiye Deprem Mühendisliği ve Sismoloji Konferansı, Hatay, Turkey, 25 - 27 September 2013, pp.1-8

2013

Geochemistry of free and dissolved gases in the Amik basin area Turkey and its relationships with the tectonic setting

YÜCE G., Italiano F., Yang F., Yalcin T. H. , ROJAY F. B. , KARABACAK V., et al.

European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, VİYANA, Austria, 7 - 12 April 2013, vol.15

2012

From Collision to Escape Cenozoic Surface to Mantle Dynamics of Central Anatolia

Whitney D. L. , Teyssier C., KAYMAKCI N. , ROJAY F. B. , ÖZACAR A. A. , Umhoefer P., et al.

American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2012 Fall Meeting, San-Francisco, Costa Rica, 3 - 07 December 2012

2005

Active Shoreline Changes of Büyük Menderes River Delta in Last 50 Years

ROJAY F. B. , SÜZEN M. L.

Proceedings of the 7th Int. Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment, Medcoast 05, 25 - 29 October 2005, pp.1309-1316

2002