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Temporal changes in geochemical-isotopic systematics of the late Pleistocene Akkaya travertines (Turkey) - Implications for fluid flow circulation and seismicity

  • 1. Ankara Univ, Geol Engn Dept, Ankara, Turkey
  • 2. Eskisehir Osmangazi Univ, Geol Engn Dept, Eskisehir, Turkey
  • 3. Hacettepe Univ, Geol Engn Dept, Ankara, Turkey
  • 4. Univ Queensland, Sch Earth & Environm Sci, Radiogen Isotope Facil, Brisbane, Qld, Australia

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We investigate the temporal variations in stable carbon and oxygen and radiogenic Sr isotope as well as rare earth element contents of Akkaya travertine deposits in the Eskipazar region, northwest Turkey. U-Th age data indicate that studied travertines in the periphery of the 1944-earthquake rupture of the North Anatolian Fault Zone formed in a time span of 93 to 1.8 ka BP. The younger group is represented by fissure-filling carbonates whereas the older sequence is composed of veins with varying crystallization ages that are injected to bedded travertines. The age data on vein injections and fissure-ridge travertines in the Akkaya site indicate the seismic reactivation along the west-central part of the North Anatolian Fault Zone to be intensified at least 4 periods (1.8, 20, 47 and 88 ka BP) during the last 90 ka.

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