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. |
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