Late Cretaceous extensional denudation along a marble detachment fault zone in the Kirsehir massif near Kaman, central Turkey

Lefebvre C., Barnhoorn A., van Hinsbergen D. J. J., KAYMAKCI N., Vissers R. L. M.

JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, cilt.33, sa.8, ss.1220-1236, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 33 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.06.002
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1220-1236
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Calcite mylonites, EBSD, Extensional detachment, Exhumation, Central Anatolia, ANATOLIAN CRYSTALLINE COMPLEX, METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEXES, NEOTETHYAN SUTURE ZONE, TECTONIC EVOLUTION, NORTHERN TURKEY, CALCITE MARBLE, WESTERN TURKEY, TUZGOLU BASIN, NIGDE MASSIF, SHEAR ZONE
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In the Central Anatolian Crystalline Complex (CACC), 100 km scale metamorphic domains were exhumed in a context of north-south plate convergence during late Cretaceous to Cenozoic times. The timing, kinematics and mechanisms of exhumation have been the focus of previous studies in the southern Nigde Massif. In this study, we investigate the unexplored northern area regarding the tectonic features preserved on the edges of the Kirsehir Massif, based on detailed field-mapping in the Kaman area where high-grade metasediments, non-metamorphic ophiolites and monzonitic plutons are locally exposed together. Close to the contact with the ophiolites, west-dipping foliated marble-rich rocks display mylonites and discrete protomylonites with normal shear senses indicating a general top-to-the W NW direction. Both of these structures have been brittlely overprinted into cataclastic corridors parallel to the main foliation. The mylonite series and superimposed brittle structures together define the Kaman fault zone. The study of the evolution of calcite deformation fabrics along an EW section supported by Electron Back Scattered Diffraction measurements (EBSD) on representative fabrics indicates that the Kaman fault zone represents an extensional detachment.