Crustal flow during construction and collapse of orogens
This research in Turkey is related to our group's large, longterm project involving investigation of vertical and lateral crustal flow during orogeny.
In Turkey, field sites include the Nigde Massif of central Anatolia (mid-crustal flow of orogenic crust in a wrench zone) and the southern Menderes Massif of western Turkey (mid-crustal flow during contraction and extension, development of a kinematic hinge).
Field photographs of the southern Menderes Massif:
Lineated metagranite, with elliptical pods of feldspar + tourmaline. |
Augen and deformed veins. |
Augen used for sense of shear determination in outcrop. |
View of vast exposures of metamorphosed granitic rocks in the southern Menderes Massif (view from ruined Byzantine monastery near Lake Bafa) |
Publications (see also work on central Anatolian wrench tectonics)
Thesis: Lindsay J. Iredale (M.S. 2005)
Whitney, D.L., Teyssier, C., Kruckenberg, S.C., Morgan, V., and Iredale, L. (2008) High-pressure - low-temperature metamorphism of metasedimentary rocks, southern Menderes Massif, western Turkey. Lithos, 101, 218-232.
Whitney, D.L., and Régnier, J.-L. (2006) Monazite ages and the evolution of the Menderes Massif, western Turkey (Discussion). International Journal of Earth Sciences. DOI: 10.1007/s00531-006-0068-8. Whitney, D.L. and Hamilton, M. (2004) Timing of high-grade metamorphism in central Turkey and the assembly of Anatolia. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 161 (5), 823-828.
Whitney, D.L. and Hamilton, M. (2004) Timing of high-grade metamorphism in central Turkey and the assembly of Anatolia. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 161 (5), 823-828.
Whitney, D.L. and Bozkurt, E. (2002) Metamorphic history of the southern Menderes Massif, western Turkey. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 114, 829-838.
