dc.contributor.advisor	Bally, Albert W.
dc.creator	Pralle, Norbert
dc.date.accessioned	2009-06-04T00:40:16Z
dc.date.available	2009-06-04T00:40:16Z
dc.date.issued	1994
dc.description.abstract	The structural styles of the Neogene basins in Southern Turkey formed in two stages. (1) Early to Middle Miocene transtension in a NNW-SSE direction disrupting the Paleozoic--Mesozoic substratum in the Adana Basin and the allochthonous ophiolite basement in the Iskenderun Basin. (2) Late Messinian-Pliocene transpression in a NW-SE direction which yielded structures on two levels. Inversions of former extensional faults sole in the substratum. The compression also shows advancing thrusts which utilize the Messinian evaporites as a decollement surface. Synchronously with regional shortening gravitational tectonics sloping towards the deeper parts of the Iskenderun Basin accompany the overall deformation. The study area and the Amik Basin to the southeast is a strain transfer system between two major sinistral transform faults; the Ecemis fault to the northwest of the Adana Basin and the Dead Sea fault to the southeast of the Iskenderun Basin, where it loses its transcurrent character into the graben zone of the Amik Basin.
dc.format.extent	332 p.	en_US
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.callno	Thesis Geol. 1994 Pralle
dc.identifier.citation	Pralle, Norbert. "Structural evolution of the Neogene Adana and Iskenderun basins, South Turkey." (1994) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13881">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13881</a>.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13881
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.rights	Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.
dc.subject	Geology
dc.title	Structural evolution of the Neogene Adana and Iskenderun basins, South Turkey
dc.type	Thesis
dc.type.genre	maps
dc.type.material	Text
thesis.degree.department	Earth Science
thesis.degree.discipline	Natural Sciences
thesis.degree.grantor	Rice University
thesis.degree.level	Masters
thesis.degree.name	Master of Arts

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