Magma interaction processes in syn-extensional granitoids: The Tertiary Menderes Metamorphic Core Complex, western Turkey

Neotethyan closure history of western Anatolia: a geodynamic discussion

“…Geochemical features of these Eocene intrusives indicate melting of an enriched-mantle source Altunkaynak et al 2012), although subduction-related fingerprints might have been inherited (see Özbey et al 2013). Since the Early Miocene, the westernmost Pontides and the region of the Menderes Massif experienced intensive magmatic activity coevally with extensional tectonics in western Anatolia and the Aegean (see Dilek and Altunkaynak 2009;Erkül and Erkül 2012;Ersoy and Palmer 2013).…”

“…Karacik et al 2008;Dilek and Altunkaynak 2009;Ustaömer et al 2009;Altunkaynak et al 2012;Ersoy and Palmer 2013) or in the Miocene as the tear imaged by seismic tomography (e.g. Faccenna et al 2003;van Hinsbergen et al 2010b;Erkül and Erkül 2012;Jolivet et al 2013;Pourteau et al 2013).…”

Natural Radioactivity of Western Anatolian Plutons, Turkey

“…Nature, origin and tectonic setting of these magmatic rocks have been studied in detail previously by various researchers (i.e. Yılmaz, 1989;Güleç, 1991;Altunkaynak and Yılmaz, 1998;Aldanmaz et al, 2000;Satır, 2000, 2006;Köprübaşı and Aldanmaz, 2004;Altunkaynak andDilek, 2006, Altunkaynak, 2007;Dilek and Altunkaynak, 2007;Altunkaynak and Genç, 2008;Boztuğ et al, 2009;Ersoy et al, 2009;Hasözbek et al, 2010;Altunkaynak et al, 2012a,b;Erkül and Erkül, 2012;Erkül, 2010). Western Anatolia and adjacent regions (Greece and Bulgaria) are situated along the eastern continuation of the Alpine collisional belt and are affected dominantly by convergent tectonics preceding current extensional tectonics.…”

“…the metamorphic rocks of the Menderes Massif). Late Oligocene-Middle Miocene granitoid plutons and associated volcanic rocks are widespread in the entire west Anatolia (Yılmaz, 1989;Altunkaynak and Dilek, 2006;Altunkaynak et al, 2012b;Erkül and Erkül, 2012;Erkül, 2010). Most of the late Oligocene-middle Miocene granites are represented by caldera type, shallow level intrusions showing close relationships with their co-genetic volcanic rocks in time and space (Yılmaz, 1989;Altunkaynak andYilmaz, 1998, 1999;Genç, 1998;Yılmaz et al, 2001).…”

Geochronology and geochemistry of the Paleoproterozoic Fe-rich mafic sills from the Zhongtiao Mountains: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications

“…To minimize the fractional crystallization influence, we have used the HFSE and REE abundance and ratios (e.g., La/Sm, La/Yb) to determine the nature of the sills' magma source (e.g., Wang et al, 2003Wang et al, , 2004Wang et al, , 2008Zhu et al, 2010;Erkul and Erkul, 2012;Peng et al, 2013;Zhang et al, 2013b).…”