|
Starting this year
(2006) I will work on several topics with regard to Turkish geology.
The main
issue concerns the reconstruction of the three-dimensional evolution of
the
Menderes metamorphic core complex in western Turkey, which is the topic
of my
VENI project. This reconstruction will be carried out through
integrated
structural, stratigraphic, paleomagnetic, geochronologic and
petrological
analysis of the metamorphic and especially granitoid rocks of the core
complex,
and the over- and outlying sedimentary basins. To this end, a first
reconnaissance field trip was carried out in may 2006 focussing on
sampling of
the western Turkish and some eastern Greek Miocene granitoids for
paleomagnetic,
geochronologic and petrologic analysis.
Drilling in the M-type granite of Ikaria...
On my Menderes trip, I was joined by my friend Flora Boekhout, who here slowly slaughters a sweet little bunny rabbit :)
Flora Boekhout, here drilling the M-type granite of Ikaria (Greece).
By the way, we saw the holes, so WHO OF YOU PALEOMAGNETISTS HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE US? :)
Granite dikes and sills intruding a metasedimentary succession on Ikaria (Greece)
Paleomagnetic work means drilling samples of course...and that brings nice picture opportunities...so to get it over with, here and below you'll see us showing of some muscle, and then we'll go to more scenic pics ;)
Drilling the Koyunoba granite, north of Simav...we just managed to finish before the daily thunderstorm...
Getting cooling water...
...and continue drilling
filling...
drilling...
Trying to convince little kids that taking samples from dull granite is really important...
Trying to convince grown-ups that taking samples from dull granite is really important :)
Just convinced Flora that taking samples from dull granite is really important :D
Getting the car tired...
Excursion vehicles after a long day in the field :)
ISES Excursion team: from left to right and back to front: me, Rinus Wortel, Manfred van Bergen, Nuretdin Kaymakci, Ilkay Kuscu, Rob Govers, Cor Langereis, (front left:) Flora Boekhout, Maud Meijers, Ahmet Peynircioglu, Pinar, Basak and Ayten Koc
Me, discussing some wild ideas about Turkey
Cor, asking nasty questions about them :(
One of the most pittoresque Turkish villages, Safranbolu, in northern Turkey...
Sheets drying in the streets of Safranbolu
And more of Safranbolu...
Garnet schist in the southern Menderes Massif...
Discussion in the field with Erdin Bozkurt (METU, Ankara)
Volcano in the Kula fields...reddish to the right is a pumice cone, dark grey to the left a lava flow that comes out of the cone crater. Me for scale.
EASTERN TURKEY
Fieldwork in eastern Turkey was carried out for the PhD projects of Ahmet Peynircioglu (or just 'Kaas')
One of Kaas's supervisors is Nuretdin (Nuri) Kaymakci, who also joined this year's field campaigns in Turkey...
And merged together they look like this :D
...and the other eastern Anatolian PhD project is the one of Silja Huesing...
...who amongst other issues tackles the stratigraphy of the Miocene flysch on Arabia (here, a small part of the long Kahramanmaras section
Cor giving a lecture in the field. Nobody's listening :)
Silja on a site in the steppes of the Arabian platform, close to the border with Syria. Note the steppe village in the back
The beautiful emptiness of the steppe between Gaziantep and Diyarbakir.
Turkey has some spectacular volcanic fields. Here the cinder cones of Kula (western Turkey). The blackness behind the green fields are Pleistocene lavas
Edge of a lava on the Karacadag shield volcano south of Diyarbakir, eastern Turkey
...with beautiful Pahoehoe ropy flow structures...
Fence, made out of basalt lava :)
...And of course some wildlife!
Water turtles...
a gekko...
A very strong ant...
...and Flora :)
|
Turkey
2006
