RUI: Structure and Tectonics of an Inner-Tauride Ohiolite and Associated Shear Zone in Southern Turkey

地中海东部的蛇腹形不连续 海洋碎片的线性带， Bitlis-Zagros缝合，标志着先天性碰撞 阿尔卑斯-喜马拉雅造山带。 的 然而，这一海洋关闭的古地理学和时间， 非常复杂，也不容易理解。 该项目将研究 阿利霍卡火山岩占据了 相对未变形和地层完整的 南方的蛇（Troodos）和变形， 分散的复合体向北。 它与 非洲-阿拉伯亲缘关系的大陆碎片， 岛弧岩石，从而可能保存的证据， 俯冲和碰撞带构造 的主旨 这项工作是实地测绘，结构分析， 岩石学和地质年代学研究。 结果将测试 东海岸演变的现有模式 中生代的地中海。

The eastern Mediterranean ophiolites form discontinuous linear belts of oceanic fragments immediately north of the Bitlis-Zagros suture, which marks a congenital collision zone in the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt. The paleogeography and timing of this ocean closure however is very complex and poorly understood. This project will study the Alihoca ohiolite which occupies a key position between the relatively undeformed and stratigraphically complete ophiolites to the south (Troodos) and deformed and fragmented complexes to the north. It is juxtaposed against a continental fragment of Afro-Arabia affinity and intruded by island-arc rocks, thus potentially preserving evidence of subduction and collision zone tectonics. The main thrust of the work is field mapping, structural analysis followed by petrologic and geochronologic studies. Results will test current models for the evolution of the eastern Mediterranean during the Mesozoic.