Sakarya (continent)

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Sakarya was a small continent that existed approximately 90 million years ago in the Tethys Ocean of Europe during the Cretaceous period. In later continental drift and orogeny it became part of northern Turkey. [1] [2] [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Ian; Hall, S. A. (1990-10-20). "Paleomagnetic constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Sakarya Continent, northwestern Anatolia" . Tectonophysics. Paleomagnetic Constraints on Crustal Motions. 182 (3): 357–372. Bibcode:1990Tectp.182..357E. doi:10.1016/0040-1951(90)90172-5. ISSN   0040-1951.
  2. ↑ Şengör, A. M. Celâl; Altıner, Demir; Zabcı, Cengiz; Sunal, Gürsel; Lom, Nalan; Aylan, Eşref; Öner, Tayfun (2023-08-09). "On the nature of the Cimmerian Continent". Earth-Science Reviews. 247: 104520. Bibcode:2023ESRv..24704520S. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104520 . ISSN   0012-8252. S2CID   260793169.
  3. ↑ Göncüoğlu, M. Cemal; Turhan, Necati; Şentürk, Kamil; Özcan, Ahmet; Uysal, Şükrü; Yaliniz, M. Kenan (2000). "A Geotraverse Across Northwestern Turkey: Tectonic Units of the Central Sakarya Region and their Tectonic Evolution" . Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 173 (1): 139–161. Bibcode:2000GSLSP.173..139G. doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.173.01.06. ISSN   0305-8719. S2CID   129425221.
  4. ↑ Yılmaz, Y.; Genç, Ş. C.; Yiǧitbaş, E.; Bozcu, M.; Yılmaz, K. (1995-03-15). "Geological evolution of the late Mesozoic continental margin of Northwestern Anatolia" . Tectonophysics. Kinematics of distributed deformation in plate boundary zones with emphasis on the Mediterranean, Anatolia and Eastern Asia. 243 (1): 155–171. Bibcode:1995Tectp.243..155Y. doi:10.1016/0040-1951(94)00196-G. ISSN   0040-1951.


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