Structural evidence for strike-slip deformation in the Izmir-Balikesir transfer zone and consequences for late Cenozoic evolution of western Anatolia (Turkey)

UZEL B., SÖZBİLİR H., Ozkaymak C., KAYMAKCI N., Langereis C. G.

JOURNAL OF GEODYNAMICS, cilt.65, ss.94-116, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 65
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jog.2012.06.009
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF GEODYNAMICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.94-116
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Strike-slip tectonics, Fault kinematics, Palaeostress inversion, Izmir Bay, Izmir-Balikesir transfer zone, Western Anatolia, CENTRAL MENDERES MASSIF, ACTIVE MANISA FAULT, GEDIZ-GRABEN, TECTONIC EVOLUTION, EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS, PALEOSTRESS FIELDS, NEOTECTONIC EVOLUTION, SURROUNDING REGIONS, SEDIMENTARY HISTORY, 2-STAGE EXTENSION
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The Izmir-Balikesir transfer zone (IBTZ) is a recently recognized strike-slip dominated shear zone that accommodates the differential deformation between the Cycladic and Menderes core complexes within the Aegean Extensional System. Here, we present new structural and kinematic data obtained from field observations and 1/25,000 scale mapping of Miocene to Recent units within the IBTZ around Izmir Bay. The results point out that the IBTZ is a transtensional brittle shear zone that affects the pre-Neogene basement rock units, the early-middle Miocene volcano-sedimentary units and the Plio-Quaternary continental units.