A comparison of the geological and geoelectrical structures in the Eastern Marmara region (NW Turkey)

Elmas A., Gurer A.

JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES, vol.23, no.2, pp.153-162, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 23 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/s1367-9120(03)00037-3
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.153-162
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Northwestern Anatolia contains different tectonic units which are presently bounded by the two branches of the North Anatolian Fault. The Pontide Zone in the north consists of the Istanbul-Zonguldak Unit to the west and the Ballidag-Kure Unit (a remnant of Paleo-Tethyan ocean) in the east. The Sakarya Zone in the south is juxtaposed against the Pontide Zone due to the closure of Paleo-Tethys. The Armutlu-Ovacik Zone represents a tectonic mixture of both zones in the north and south. Neotectonic units, such as the Izmit-Sapanca Corridor and the Northern Sakarya Low, which developed south of the Istanbul Zone and north of the Sakarya Zone, respectively, represent an extensional tectonic regime.