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Paleomagnetic Results From Upper Cretaceous Ophiolite Rocks In Se Anatolia
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 9th Congress of the Balkan Geophysical Society, Nov 2017, Volume 2017, p.1 - 5
Abstract
Two E-W trending ophiolite belts crop out in SE Turkey, The southerly located ophiolites (Hatay, Koçali) were emplaced onto the Arabian Platform in Late Cretaceous whereas the northerly located ophiolites (Göksun, İspendere, Kömürhan, Guleman) were underthrust the S Tauride margin (i.e. Malatya-Keban Platform) in Late Cretaceous. Different tectonic models exist in the literature for the origin of these different ophiolite belts that we test here by a detailed palaomagnetic study: a) all the ophiolites in Turkey, including those in the study area were rooted from a single ocean basin to the N (i.e. the N Neotethyan Ocean Basin); b) all the ophiolites in SE Turkey were derived from the S Neotethyan Ocean Basin; c) the two ophiolite belts in SE Turkey are believed to have rooted from two different ocean basins; the Berit ocean to the north and the S Neotethys to the S. Palaeomagnetic study from 16 different sites was focused on to the cumulate gabbros and extrusive sequences of the Kömürhan ophiolite which is located in the north of the belt.