Age and geodynamic evolution of the Black Sea Basin: Tectonic evidences of rifting in Crimea

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Hippolyte J., Murovskaya A., Volfman Y., Yegorova T., Gintov O., KAYMAKCI N., ...More

MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, vol.93, pp.298-314, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 93
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.03.009
  • Journal Name: MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.298-314
  • Keywords: Fault, Paleostress, Graben, Rifting, Back arc basin, Inversion, Black Sea, Crimea, ARABIA-EURASIA COLLISION, WESTERN GREATER CAUCASUS, CENTRAL PONTIDES, NORTHERN TURKEY, STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT, SUBDUCTION-ACCRETION, CENOZOIC EVOLUTION, CENTRAL ANATOLIA, SOUTHERN MARGIN, HISTORY
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The timing and direction of opening of the Black Sea Basin are debated. However, parts of its margins were inverted during Cenozoic and can be studied onshore. The Crimean Mountains are located in the middle of the northern margin of the basin, and at the onshore prolongation of the mid-Black Sea High.