The Pontide belt in northern Turkey includes three major tectonic terranes,the Strandja Massif(Sj M),and the Istanbul(ISZ)and Sakarya Zones(SZ)(Fig.1).We presen
The Central Asian Orogenic Belt(CAOB)is a huge tectonic mélange that lies between the North China Craton and the Siberian Block.It is composed of multiple