Öz: Sunulan çalışmanın amacı Türkiye`nin ofiyolitleri ve ofiyolitik karışıkları ile bu birimlerin bölgenin evrimine yönelik sınırlamalarına ilişkin önemini gözden geçirmektir. Var olan verilere göre Türkiye`deki ofiyolitik topluluklar üç ana grup halinde sınıflandırılabilir.1. Grup, İstanbul zonunun güney kenarında yer alan pre-Alpin ofiyolitleri ve ofiyolitik karışıkları kapsar. Bu topluluklar Jura öncesi yaşta olup Pontit Kenet zonunun ofiyolitik dizilerini temsil ederler. Karakaya kompleksi pre-Alpin ofiyolitik karışıkları temsil eder ve bu birimler pre-Alpin ofiyolitlerin yerleşimi sırasında oluşmuştur. Paleotetis`in açılma ve kapanma yaşı ile polaritesi esas olarak hala tartışma konusudur.2. Grup, iki alt kuşağa ayrılabilir ve bunlar Kuzey Anadolu Ofiyolit Kuşağı (KAOK) ile temsil edilir. Kuzey Kuzeydoğu alt kuşağı, İzmir`den doğuya doğru sıra ile Ankara-Erzincan zonu ve Küçük Kafkas Ofiyolit Kuşağının Sevan-Akera alt kuşağı olarak devam etmekte olup, Neotetisin kuzey kolunu doğrudan temsil eder. Bu alt kuşağın ofiyolitleri parçalanmış ofiyolitik dizileri temsil eder ve Üst Kretase yaşta ofiyolitik karışıklarla birlikte yer alır. Güney alt kuşağı ise Marmaris yöresinde başlar ve doğuya doğru sıra ile Hadim, Aladağlar, Tecer-Divriği, Erzurum, Kağızman yörelerinde devam ederek Küçük Kafkas Ofiyolit Kuşağının Vedi alt kuşağına bağlanır. Hınıs yöresi ve Van Gölünün kuzeydoğusundaki yüzeylemeler, KAOK topluluğunun güney alt kuşağının en güneyindeki parçaları olabilirler. Güney alt kuşağının ofiyolit ve karışıkları yaş, bileşim ve tektonik konum açısından kuzey alt kuşağının ofiyolitik birimlerine benzer özellikler sunarlar. Bu nedenle güneydeki birimler, kuzeydekilerin tektonik olarak taşınmış ürünleri olabilir. Neotetis`in kuzey kolunun açılması batıda Triyas`ta, doğuda Jurasik`te başladı. Neotetis`in kuzey kolunun kapanması ise Geç Kretase`de başladı ve Orta Eosen öncesinde sona erdi.3. Grup, düzenli Jura-Alt Kretase ve Geç Kretase yaşta ofiyolitik dizileri ve Geç Kretase yaşta ofiyolitli karışıkları kapsayan Güney ve Güneydoğu Anadolu Ofiyolit Kuşağı (GAOK) ile temsil edilir. Güneydoğu Anadolu`da Neotetis`in güney kolunun açılması Permiyen-Triyas döneminde, kapanma ise Geç Kretasede başladı ve Geç Miyosen öncesi dönemde sona erdi.2. ve 3. grup ofiyolitler ve karışıklar birbirlerinden Anadolu-Toros blokunun metamorfik olmayan ekseni ile ayrılırlar. Bunlar birlikte Okyanus Ortası Sırtı Bazaltları (OOSB) ve Yitim Zonu Üstü (YZÜ) türde ofiyolitler içermekte olup kuzeye dalımlı çift yitim zonu boyunca Üst Kretase`de yerleşmişlerdir. Ofiyolitik birimlerin yerleşme biçimi, KAOK ve GAOK boyunca kuzeye ve güneye bakan bindirmelerin varlığı gözetildiğinde bir çiçek yapısını gösterir.
Alpin ofiyolitleri
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pre-Alpin ofiyolitler
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