Turkey 2009

Taurides & Central Anatolia

In September 2009, I spent two weeks in the field with two PhD students I co-supervise, Ayten Koc and Come Lefebvre. Ayten works on the Miocene evolution of sedimentary basins on top of, and flanking the Tauride belt of South-Central Turkey, and Come focusses on the Cretaceous and Paleogene evolution of the high-grade metamorphic Central Anatolian Crystalline Complex, and the overlying ophiolites. Below the usual picture series: with Ayten I worked in the Adana and Mut basins to collect samples for paleomagnetic study, and with Come we visited outcrops all over the CACC, and discussed how to break his data collection down into thesis chapters and papers.

Adana & Mut basins

Ayten Koc, PhD student at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara and at Utrecht University, the Netherlands

Murat Ozkaptan, also a PhD student in Ankara, helping Ayten out in the field

And me, happy, jolly and shiny as always

Murat and me, driling the river outcrops north of Adana

We'll remember this site...Murat managed to drop the car keys between the rear window and trunk of the car, while the car was locked :) Ayten managed to push the 'open' button on the key with a stick, stuck through the narrow opening between trunk and window

The rocks got me on my knees..

Most outcrops needed some cleaning before drilling...

Murat, providing Ayten with some advice where to smash...

Excellent manager, that guy :)

Let's see if I can do that...

Eeh...slave on strike...

Damn...

Central Anatolian Crystalline Complex

Fieldwork in Central Anatolia was carried out with Come Lefebvre, who studies the region for his PhD, and Reinoud Vissers, promotor and daily supervisor from Utrecht...