VOLCANO-STRATIGRAPHY OF COLLISION-RELATED VOLCANICS ON THE ERZURUM-KARS PLATEAU AND EVOLUTION OF VOLCANISM IN THE LIGHT OF NEW K/Ar AGE DETERMINATIONS, NE ANATOLIA TURKEY

Mehmet KESKİN

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VOLCANO-STRATIGRAPHY OF COLLISION-RELATED VOLCANICS ON THE ERZURUM-KARS PLATEAU AND EVOLUTION OF VOLCANISM IN THE LIGHT OF NEW K/Ar AGE DETERMINATIONS, NE ANATOLIA TURKEY

Yazarlar:

Mehmet KESKİN

Yayıncı:

Maden Tetkik Arama Genel Müdürlüğü

Ana Başlıklar:

Uygulamalı fizik

Dergi:

Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration 1998 Vol.120 Issue 120, pp.95-96

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/1997

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000521107

Sıklık:

Üç Yıllık

pISSN:

0026-4563

Özet:

 


In north-eastern Anatolia, the
area between Erzurum and Kars consists of a plateau which is 2.5 km above sea
level. This high land, named the Erzurum-Kars Plateau, has gained its
characteristic present-day morphology by means of crustal thickening resulted
from collision between the Anatolian and Arabian plates after elimination of
the south branch of Neotethys ocean. A great portion of the plateau is covered
by lavas and pyroclastic units which are genetically related to collision
event. Volcanic activity initiated in the region with basic lavas at around 11
Ma shortly after regional uplift, attained a climax between 5 and 7 Ma and
continued until 2.5 Ma, producing volcanic successions that, reach over 1 km in
thickness in places. The magma generally reached to the surface via fissures
located in areas of local extension in strike-slip fault systems which are the
predominant elements of neotectonics of the region. A significant portion of
volcanic material generated was deposited in nearby pull-apart basins which
were also controlled by these strike-slip fault systems. The period between 6
and 11 Ma was represented by a bimodal volcanism which is composed
predominantly of widespread felsic pyroclastics/domes and basic lavas.
Intermediate porfiritic lavas which had experienced fractional crystallisation
of amphibole as a mafic phase at depth erupted onto the surface producing domes
around 5-6 Ma. The period between 2.7 and 5 Ma was dominated by olivine-bearing
basic lavas which covered large areas as plateau-forming horizontal lava sheets.
New K/Ar dating results revealed that volcanic activity migrated from west to
east, becoming more basic during the course of time. This may be resulted from
a gradual eastward increase in local extension in strike-slip fault systems.


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Makale detayları

VOLCANO-STRATIGRAPHY OF COLLISION-RELATED VOLCANICS ON THE ERZURUM-KARS PLATEAU AND EVOLUTION OF VOLCANISM IN THE LIGHT OF NEW K/Ar AGE DETERMINATIONS, NE ANATOLIA TURKEY

Yazarlar: Mehmet KESKİN

Yayıncı: Maden Tetkik Arama Genel Müdürlüğü

Ana Başlıklar: Uygulamalı fizik

Dergi: Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration 1998 Vol.120 Issue 120, pp.95-96

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/1997

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000521107

Sıklık: Üç Yıllık

pISSN: 0026-4563

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Mehmet KESKİN

Yayıncı:

Maden Tetkik Arama Genel Müdürlüğü

Ana Başlıklar:

Uygulamalı fizik

Dergi:

Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration 1998 Vol.120 Issue 120, pp.95-96

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/1997

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000521107

Sıklık:

Üç Yıllık

pISSN:

0026-4563