Course Information

Course Code:
Course Number:
Code Course Name Language Type
JEO 409 Geology of Turkey Turkish Compulsory /
Elective
Local Credits ECTS Theoretical Tutorial Laboratory
2 5 2 0 0
Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction
Prerequisites None
Class Restriction None
Course Description
Tectonic setting of Turkey, concepts of Tethys, Laurasia, Gondwana, Tectonic framework of Turkey. Pontides (Strandja, Istanbul and Sakarya zones), Anatolide-Tauride Block (Tavşanlı and Afyon zones, Menderes Massif, Bornova Flysch Zone, Lycian Nappes, western, central and eastern Taurides), southeast Anatolia (Arabian Platform). Thrace basin and the Neogene basins in western Turkey. Neotectonic phase in Turkey. Plate tectonic evolution of Turkey.