See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230773503 Seismic Structure, Crustal Architecture and Tectonic Evolution of the Anatolian-African Plate Boundary and the Cenozoic Orogenic... Chapter in Geological Society London Special Publications · December 2009 DOI: 10.1144/SP327.8 CITATIONS READS 66 413 2 authors: Yildirim Dilek Eric Sandvol Miami University University of Missouri 352 PUBLICATIONS 8,128 CITATIONS 204 PUBLICATIONS 4,871 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Extensional Tectonics, Attendant Magmatism & Crustal Evolution in Collisional Orogenic Belts View project Eastern Turkey Seismic Experement View project All content following this page was uploaded by Yildirim Dilek on 13 March 2014. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. All in-text references underlined in blue are added to the original document and are linked to publications on ResearchGate, letting you access and read them immediately. Seismic structure, crustal architecture and tectonic evolution of the Anatolian–African Plate Boundary and the Cenozoic Orogenic Belts in the Eastern Mediterranean Region YILDIRIM DILEK1* & ERIC SANDVOL2 1Department of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA 2Department of Geology Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA *Corresponding author (e-mail:
[email protected]) Abstract: The modern Anatolian–African plate boundary is represented by a north-dipping subduction zone that has been part of a broad domain of regional convergence between Eurasia and Afro–Arabia since the latest Mesozoic. A series of collisions between Gondwana-derived ribbon continents and trench-roll-back systems in the Tethyan realm produced nearly East– West-trending, subparallel mountain belts with high elevation and thick orogenic crust in this region.