Collision-related slab break-off volcanism in the Eastern Anatolia, Kepez volcanic complex (TURKEY)

Echinococcosis multilocularis in south-eastern Anatolia, Turkey.

OBJECTIVE To quantify the human prevalence, elucidate possible risk factors and present other epidemiological parameters of human alveolar echinococcosis in the south-eastern region of Turkey. DESIGN A retrospective study. SETTINGS South-eastern region (Anatolia) of Turkey by two medical centres: Dicle University Medical Faculty in Diyarbakir and Harran University Medical Faculty in Urfa. ...

Linking slab break-off, Hellenic trench retreat, and uplift of the Central and Eastern Anatolian plateaus

a Institut für Erdund Umweltwissenschaften, and DFG Leibniz Center for Surface Processes and Climate Studies, Universität Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany b Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey c Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Rome, Italy d Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingeneria (IGAG-CNR), Rome, I...

Continental collision and slab break-off: A comparison of 3-D numerical models with observations

morphologic and physical features of pillow basalts of the yüksekova complex around elazığ (eastern anatolia, turkey)

pillow basalts, belonging to late cretaceous yüksekova complex are extensivelly exposed around elazıg in eastern turkey. this unit is a part of southeastern anatolian ophiolite belt and the southern branch of the neotethys. it represents the products of intra- oceanic subduction volcanism and mainly comprises pillow lavas, dykes and associated with sedimentary rocks. pillow lavas and feeder dyk...

Identifying the Volcanic Eruption Depicted in a Neolithic Painting at Çatalhöyük, Central Anatolia, Turkey

A mural excavated at the Neolithic Çatalhöyük site (Central Anatolia, Turkey) has been interpreted as the oldest known map. Dating to ∼6600 BCE, it putatively depicts an explosive summit eruption of the Hasan Dağı twin-peaks volcano located ∼130 km northeast of Çatalhöyük, and a birds-eye view of a town plan in the foreground. This interpretation, however, has remained controversial not least b...