Open AccessPalaeomagnetism of dykes and tuffs from the Mesudiye region and rotation of Turkey
Author(s) -
Orbay N.,
Bayburdi A.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1979.tb02565.x
Subject(s) - geology , clockwise , paleomagnetism , cretaceous , seismology , mesozoic , paleontology , fault (geology) , black sea , rotation (mathematics) , structural basin , oceanography , geometry , mathematics
Summary. The pole positions obtained from Upper Cretaceous and Eocene tuffs and dykes of the Mesudiye region, which is located between the north of the North Anatolian Fault Zone and eastern Black Sea coast, are at 75.3° N, 275.4° E and 41.7° N, 138.6° E respectively. These results, taken together with the results of previous studies of Turkish rocks, suggest that rotational movements of Turkey have been 45–50° counterclockwise to Europe since the Upper Cretaceous.