Turkey 2016
In August 2016, my team working on the tectonic evolution of Turkey in the context of my ERC and VIDI projects ‘Subduction Initiation reconstructed from Neotethyan Kinematics (SINK)’, organized an excursion for other members of the team working elsewhere, and a group of international guests. The idea for such an excursion was born a long time ago: when I was doing my PhD, my supervisor Johan Meulenkamp told me that when I wanted to publish a paper about a field study, I should be ready to bring an international excursion to my field area to show them the evidence. So we did. And it was an unforgetable 10 day trip with lots of discussion, feedback, progress, and fun. Below you’ll find a list of participants and an impression of the excursion.
Pete McPhee, PhD student at Utrecht University (SINK), working on the kinematic evolution of the Taurides and the uplift of the Anatolian plateau
Kalijn Peters, PhD student at Utrecht University, (SINK) working on metamorphic soles below Anatolian ophiolites
Derya Gürer, PhD student at Utrecht University (SINK), working on the kinematic evolution of central and eastern Anatolia since the Cretaceous
Lydian Boschman, PhD student at Utrecht University, working on (circum-)Paleo-Pacific plate reconstructions
Alexis Plunder, Post-Doc at Utrecht University (SINK), working on numerical modeling of subduction initiation processes, and Anatolian metamorphic rocks
The amazing Marco Maffione, Post-Doc at Utrecht University (SINK), working on the kinematic evolution of Neotethyan ophiolites
Eldert Advokaat, Post-Doc at Utrecht University (SINK), working on SE Asian plate kinematics and tectonics
Ayten Koç, Assistant Professor at Van University, Turkey and former PhD student and Post-doc of mine, working on Neogene basins around and on the Taurides
Murat Özkaptan, Assistant Professor at Trabzon University, Turkey
Fernando Corfu, Professor of Geochronology at the University of Oslo
Carl Guilmette, Assistant Professor at Laval University, Quebec, Canada
Shihu Li, Post-Doc at Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing and visiting scientist at Utrecht University
Zhenyu Li, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, and visiting scientist at Utrecht University
Pete Lippert, Assistant Professor at the University of Utah, USA
…and yours truly!
For some, the excursion started with a balloon ride over Cappadocia!” width=”772″ height=”500″ /> For some, the excursion started with a balloon ride over Cappadocia!
he route of the excursion: from the metamorphic sole of Pinarbasi that is the highest structural unit, through the Kirsehir Block, Afyon Zone, and the Taurides, and overlying sedimentary basins, down to the Bey Daglari foreland
Kalijn, drawing her section through the Pinarbasi ophiolite
Kalijn, teaching the group
Sole mates: Carl, Alexis, and Kalijn
This is what all the fuss is about: garnet amphibolites!
Fernando and Marco, digging in
Eldert, explaining the Ayhan basin
Me, drawing this basin in the Turkey-wide cross sections
Putting the field observations in context using a geological map
Derya and Pete, discussing the Ulukisla basin
Derya, showing an overview of the Ulukisla basin using the geological map
Derya, explaining the geology of central Anatolia
and to a donkey…
Carl, showing his favorite rock to Marco and Kalijn
Happy rock…
Marco, explaining about the Alihoca ophiolite
…with coarse gabbros
Pete Lippert (a.k.a. papa bear), taking notes
Derya showed us intensely sheared limestones preserving numullites
Derya showed us intensely sheared limestones preserving numullites
…and some pretty nice onlap structures with evidence for synsedimentary tectonics
Group picture in front of beautiful pillow lavas in the Ulukisla basin
Walk up to the blueschists around lake Karagöl in the Bolkar mountains
Catching our breath
Ocean’s 11…
Group picture on the Bolkar mountain front
…at sunset
Beautiful outcrops in the Upper Cretaceous of the Ulukisla region
Carl, pondering
Carl and Fernando at the Hatti relief, right below Derya’s favorite detachment
Shihu, enjoying the view
Ayten and Pete, discussing
Alexis, explaining blueschists
Me, building my cross sections for the group
Kalijn and Alexis, enjoying some Cappadocia volcanics
Fieldlunch!
Marco, zooming in on Carl’s latest find
Alexis, Derya, and Murat, enjoying the view
Ayten, preparing for her day as field guide in the basins around Konya
Ayten, pointing stuff out
Ayten, explaining the Sultandaglari fault
Pete McPhee (a.k.a. baby bear) and Alexis, listening
Sunset over Lake Beysehir
Pete, enjoying a beer before his day of fame in the Taurides
Pete, getting the attention
Pointing out where we are in his cross section
Building the section in the field
Or on me
The group, enjoying the spectacular view over the Köprüçay river valley
…at sunset
The team, checking out one of the thrusts in the Taurides
Me, approving the view
Pete L, taking pictures of the Köprücay gorge
…said gorge
Me, wrapping up the excursion, with a mild hangover…this was an amazing trip, let’s do one again!
Excellent field photographs some of them are superb vividly exhibiting composition and structure of the rocks. The diversity of rocks are fascinating to see and to work on them.