Kinematic history of the opening of the Black Sea and its effect on the surrounding regions

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Research Article| March 01, 1994 Kinematic history of the opening of the Black Sea and its effect on the surrounding regions Aral I. Okay; Aral I. Okay 1Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Maden Fakültesi, Jeoloji Bölümü, Ayazaǧa 80626, Istanbul, Turkey Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar A.M. Celal Şengör; A.M. Celal Şengör 1Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Maden Fakültesi, Jeoloji Bölümü, Ayazaǧa 80626, Istanbul, Turkey Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Naci Görür Naci Görür 1Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Maden Fakültesi, Jeoloji Bölümü, Ayazaǧa 80626, Istanbul, Turkey Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Geology (1994) 22 (3): 267–270. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1994)022<0267:KHOTOO>2.3.CO;2 Article history first online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Aral I. Okay, A.M. Celal Şengör, Naci Görür; Kinematic history of the opening of the Black Sea and its effect on the surrounding regions. Geology 1994;; 22 (3): 267–270. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1994)022<0267:KHOTOO>2.3.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract The Black Sea consists of two oceanic basins separated by the mid-Black Sea ridge. The east-west-oriented west Black Sea basin opened as a back-arc rift in the Cretaceous by tearing a Hercynian continental sliver, the Istanbul zone, from the present-day Odessa shelf. The Istanbul zone, which was initially contiguous with the Moesian platform in the west, moved south during the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene with respect to the Odessa shelf along two transform faults: the dextral west Black Sea and the sinistral west Crimean faults. It collided in the early Eocene with a Cimmeride zone in the south, thereby ending the extension in the western Black Sea and deactivating both the west Black Sea and the west Crimean faults as strike-slip faults. The east Black Sea basin opened as a result of the counterclockwise rotation of an east Black Sea block around a rotation pole located north of the Crimea. This block was bounded by the west Crimean fault, the southern margin of the eastern Black Sea, and the southern frontal thrusts of the Greater Caucasus. The rotation of the east Black Sea block was contemporaneous with the rifting of the west Black Sea basin but lasted until the Miocene, resulting in continuous compression along the Greater Caucasus. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.