Uludağ Extensional Metamorphic Core Complex: Preliminary Field Observations

Authors : Gürol SEYİTOĞLU, Korhan ESAT

Pages : 49-61

Doi:10.19111/bulletinofmre.1029034

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Publication Date : 2022-12-05

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In the northern margin of Uludağ massif in northwest Anatolia, the Bursa Detachment having top-to-the north, northeast normal sense of shear separates the lower plate high-grade metamorphic rocks of Series-A insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Uludağ Group); from the upper plate low-grade metamorphic rocks of Series-B insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Karakaya Complex);. The deeper section of Uludağ massif is represented by the Oligocene metagranites at the southern parts of the massif that is exposed due to the youngest high-angle Soğukpınar normal fault. The massif is a typical extensional metamorphic core complex similar to the counterparts in west and northwest Anatolia such as the Menderes, Kazdağ, and Çataldağ core complexes due to close timing of exhumation and a similar sense of shearing.
Keywords : Uludağ Core Complex, North Anatolian Fault, Eskişehir Fault, Southern Marmara