Aral I.
Okay
Scientific Papers
in Chronological Order
1. Okay, A.I., 1978. Sodic
pyroxenes from metabasites in the eastern Mediterranean. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology,
68, 7-11.
2.
Carpenter, M.A. & Okay, A.I., 1978.
Topotactic replacement of augite by omphacite
in a blueschist rock from northwest Turkey. Mineralogical Magazine, 42,
435-438.
3. Okay, A.I., 1980. Mineralogy, petrology and phase
relations of glaucophane-lawsonite zone blueschists from the
Tavşanlı region,
northwest Turkey. Contributions to
Mineralogy and Petrology, 72, 243-255.
4. Okay, A.I., 1980, Lawsonite
zone blueschists and a sodic amphibole producing reaction in the
Tavşanlı region, northwest Turkey. Contributions to Mineralogy and
Petrology, 75, 179-186.
5. Okay. A.I., 1980, Sodic amphiboles as oxygen
fugacity indicators in metamorphism. Journal of Geology, 88, 225-232.
6. Okay, A.I., 1981, Geology
and blueschist metamorphism of ophiolites in northwest Anatolia
(Tavşanlı-Kütahya) (in Turkish). Türkiye Jeoloji Kurumu Bülteni, 24, 85-95.
7. Okay, A.I., 1982, Incipient
blueschist metamorphism and metasomatism in the
Tavşanlı region, northwest Turkey. Contributions to Mineralogy and
Petrology, 79, 361-367.
8a. . Şentürk,
K. ve Okay, A.I., 1984, Saros
Körfezi doğusunda
yüksek basınç
metamorfizması. Maden Tetkik ve Arama
Enstitüsü Dergisi,
97/98, 152-155.
8b. Şentürk,
K. & Okay, A.I., 1984, Blueschists discovered east of Saros
Bay in Thrace. Bulletin of the
Mineral Research and Exploration
Institute of Turkey, 97/98, 72-75.
9. Okay, A.I. & Özgül, N., 1984, HP/LT
metamorphism and the structure of the Alanya Massif,
Southern Turkey: an allochthonous composite tectonic sheet. In: The Geological Evolution of the
Eastern Mediterranean (ed. J.E.
Dixon & A.H.F. Robertson), Geological Society Special Publication No. 17,
429-439.
10. Okay, A.I., 1984, Distribution and
characteristics of the northwest Turkish blueschists. In: The Geological Evolution of the
Eastern Mediterranean (ed. J.E. Dixon & A.H.F. Robertson), Geological Society Special
Publication No. 17, 455-466.
11a. Okay, A.I., 1984, Ağvanis metamorfitleri ve çevre kayalarının jeolojisi. Maden Tetkik ve Arama
Enstitüsü Dergisi,
99/100, 51-71.
11b. Okay, A.I., 1984, The geology of the Ağvanis
metamorphic rocks and neighbouring formations. Bulletin of the Mineral Research and
Exploration Institute of Turkey, 99/100, 16-36.
12.
Okay, A.I., 1985, Metamorphic belts in northwest Anatolia (in Turkish). In:
Ketin Symposium Book, Publication of the Geological Society of Turkey, Ankara,
83-92.
13. Okay, A.I., Arman, M.B.
& Göncüoğlu, M.C., 1985, Petrology and phase relations of
the kyanite-eclogites from eastern Turkey.
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 91, 196-204.
14. Okay, A.I., 1986, High
pressure/low temperature metamorphic rocks of Turkey. In: Blueschists and Eclogites (ed. B.W. Evans and E.H. Brown), Geological
Society of America Memoir No. 164, 333-348.
15. Okay, A.I., 1987, The oxygen
fugacity stability of deerite: an alternative view.
Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 5, 553-555.
16. Okay, A.I., 1989,
Alpine-Himalayan blueschists. Annual Reviews of the Earth and Planetary
Sciences, 17, 55-87.
17. Okay. A.I., 1989, An
exotic eclogite/blueschist slice in a Barrovian-style
metamorphic terrain, Alanya Nappes, southern Turkey.
Journal of Petrology, 30, 107-132.
18. Okay, A.I., 1989, Tectonic units and sutures in the
Pontides, northern Turkey. In: Tectonic Evolution of the Tethyan Region
(ed. A.M.C. Şengör), NATO Advanced ASI Series, Kluwer Academic
Publications, Dordrecht, 109-116.
19a. Okay, A.I., 1989, Denizli'nin güneyinde
Menderes Masifi ve Likya Napları'nın
jeolojisi.
Maden Tetkik ve Arama Dergisi,
109, 45-58.
19b. Okay, A.I., 1989, Geology
of the Menderes Massif and the Lycian nappes south of Denizli,
western Taurides. Bulletin of the
Mineral Research and Exploration, 109, 37-51.
20. Okay, A.I., Xu Shutong &
A.M.C. Şengör, 1989, Coesite from the Dabie Shan eclogites, central
China. European Journal of
Mineralogy, 1, 595-598.
21.
Okay, A.I., Şengör, A.M.C. & Xu Shutong,
1989, Metamorphic and tectonic evolution of the Dabie Shan region in central China (in
Turkish). Symposium book for the
35th Anniversary of the İTÜ
Faculty of Mines (ed. O. Kural & S. Kırıkoğlu),
İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi,
İstanbul 158-165.
22. Siyako, M., Bürkan, K.A. & Okay, A.I., 1989, Tertiary geology
and hydrocarbon potential of the Biga and Gelibolu
peninsulas (in Turkish). Bulletin
of the Turkish Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1, 183-199.
23a. Okay, A.I., Siyako, M. & Bürkan, K.A., 1991, Geology and tectonic evolution of
the Biga Peninsula. Special Issue on Tectonics (ed. J.F.
Dewey), Bulletin of the Technical University of Istanbul, 44, 191-255.
b.Okay, A.I., Siyako, M. & Bürkan, K.A., 1990,Geology
and tectonic evolution of the Biga Peninsula (in
Turkish). Bulletin of the Turkish
Association of Petroleum Geologists, 2, 83-121.
24.
Xu, S.T., Su, W., Liu, Y., Jiang, L., Ji, S., Okay, A.I. & Şengör,
A.M.C., 1991, Diamond in the high-pressure metamorphic rocks in the eastern
part of the Dabie
Mountains. Kexue Tongbao (Chinese Science Bulletin), 17, 1318-1321.
25. Xu, S.T., Okay, A.I., Ji,
S.Y., Şengör, A.M.C., Su, W., Liu, Y.C. & Jiang, L.L., 1992,
Diamond from the Dabie Shan metamorphic rocks and its implication for tectonic
setting. Science, 256, 80-82.
26. Okay, A.I. & Şengör, A.M.C., 1992,
Evidence for intracontinental thrust-related exhumation of the
ultra-high-pressure rocks in China.
Geology, 20, 411-414.
27. Okay, A. & Siyako, M., 1993, The revised location of the İzmir-Ankara Suture in the
region between Balıkesir and İzmir (in
Turkish). In: Ozan
Sungurlu Symposium Proceedings, Tectonics and
Hydrocarbon Potential of Anatolia and Surrounding Regions (ed. S. Turgut) , Ankara, 333-355.
28. Okay, A.I., 1993, Petrology of a diamond and
coesite-bearing metamorphic terrain: Dabie Shan, China. European Journal of Mineralogy , 5,
659-675.
29. Okay, A.I.,
Şengör, A.M.C. & Satır,
M., 1993, Tectonics of an ultra-high pressure metamorphic terrane: the Dabie
Shan/Tongbai Shan orogen,
China. Tectonics, 12, 1320-1334.
30. Okay, A.I., 1994, Sapphirine and Ti-clinohumite in
ultra-high-pressure garnet-pyroxenite and eclogite
from Dabie Shan, China.
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 116, 145-155.
31a. Okay, A.I., ve Tansel, İ., 1994, Pontid-İçi okyanusunun
üst yaşı hakkında Şarköy kuzeyinden (Trakya) yeni bir bulgu. Maden Tetkik ve Arama
Dergisi, 114, 21-24.
31b. Okay, A.I. & Tansel, İ., 1994, New data on the upper age of the
Intra-Pontide ocean
from north of Şarköy
(Thrace). Bulletin of the Mineral Research
and Exploration, 114, 23-26.
32. Okay A.I. & Kelley,
S.P, 1994, Tectonic setting, petrology and geochronology of jadeite +
glaucophane and chloritoid + glaucophane schists from northwest Turkey. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 12,
455-466.
33. Harris, N.B.W., Kelley, S.
& Okay, A.I., 1994, Post-collision magmatism and tectonics in northwest
Anatolia. Contributions to
Mineralogy and Petrology, 117, 241-252.
34. Okay, A.I.,
Şengör, A.M.C. & Görür, N., 1994, Kinematic history of
the opening of the Black Sea and its effect on the surrounding regions. Geology, 22, 267-270 .
35. Okay, A.I. & Mostler,
H., 1994, Carboniferous and Permian radiolarite
blocks from the Karakaya Complex in northwest Turkey. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 3,
23-28.
36.
Schertl, H-P. & Okay, A.I., 1994, Coesite
inclusion in dolomite in Dabie Shan,
China:
Petrological and rheological significance.
European Journal of Mineralogy, 6, 995-1000.
37.
Okay, A.I., Siyako, M. & Bürkan, K.A., 1994,
Reply to the Discussion on the Geology and tectonic evolution of the Biga peninsula (in Turkish). Bulletin of the Turkish
Association of Petroleum Geologists, 5, 117-119.
38.
Görür, N., Okay, A.I., Tüysüz, O., Yiğitbaş, E.
& Akkök, R., 1995, Paleogeographic and
tectonic position of the İstanbul-Zonguldak Paleozoic sequence (in
Turkish). M.N. Yalçın
and G. Gürdal (eds.) ,Zonguldak Basin
Research Wells. I, Kozlu K20/G. Special Publication of
TÜBİTAK, Marmara Research Centre, p.27-43.
39. Okay, A.I., 1995,
Paragonite eclogites from Dabie Shan, China: Reequilibration
during exhumation ?. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 13,
449-460.
40.
Perchuk, L.L., Yapaskurt,
V.O. & Okay, A.I., 1995, Comparative petrology of diamond-bearing
complexes. Petrology, 3, 267-309.
41. Okay, A.I., Satır, M., Maluski, H.,
Siyako, M., Monie, P., Metzger, R. & Akyüz S., 1996, Paleo- and Neo-Tethyan events in
northwest Turkey: geological and geochronological constraints. in Tectonics of Asia (ed. A. Yin &
M. Harrison), Cambridge University Press, 420-441.
42. Leven, E.Ja.
& Okay, A.I., 1996, Foraminifera from the exotic Permo-Carboniferous
limestone blocks in the Karakaya Complex, northwest Turkey. Rivista Italiana Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 102, 139-174.
43. Okay, A.I., 1996,
Granulite facies gneisses from the Pulur region, Eastern Pontides. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 5,
55-61.
44. Okay, A.I. & Leven, E.Ja., 1996, Stratigraphy
and paleontology of the Upper Paleozoic sequence in the Pulur
(Bayburt) region, Eastern Pontides. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 5,
145-155.
45. Görür, N. &
Okay, A.I., 1996, Fore-arc origin of the Thrace basin, northwest Turkey. Geologische Rundschau 85, 662-668.
46. Akyüz,
S. & Okay, A.I., 1996, A section across a Tethyan
suture in northwest Turkey.
International Geological Review, 38, 405-418.
47. Görür, N.,
Monod, O., Okay, A.I., Şengör, A.M.C., Tüysüz, O.,
Yiğitbaş, E., Sakınç, M. & Akkök, R., 1997, Palaeogeographic and tectonic
position of the Carboniferous rocks of the western Pontides (Turkey) in the
frame of the Variscan belt.
Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 168, 197-205.
48. Okay, A.I. & Monié, P., 1997, Early Mesozoic subduction in the
Eastern Mediterranean: Evidence from Triassic eclogite in northwest
Turkey. Geology, 25, 595-598.
49a. Okay, A.I., Şahintürk, Ö. & Yakar,
H., 1997, Doğu Pontidlerde
Pulur (Bayburt) bölgesinin stratigrafisi ve tektoniği. Maden Tetkik ve
Arama Dergisi, 119, 1-22.
49b. Okay, A.I., Şahintürk, Ö. & Yakar,
H., 1997, Stratigraphy and tectonics of the Pulur (Bayburt) region in the Eastern Pontides. Bulletin of the
Mineral Research and Exploration Institute, 119, 1-24.
50. Okay, A.I., 1997, Jadeite-K-feldspar rocks and jadeitites from northwest Turkey. Mineralogical Magazine, 61, 835-843.
51. Okay, A.I. & Şahintürk, Ö., 1997
Geology of the Eastern Pontides. In "Regional and Petroleum Geology of the
Black Sea and Surrounding Region" (ed. A.G. Robinson), American
Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Memoir No. 68, 291-311.
52. Okay, A.I., Harris, N.B.W.
& Kelley, S.P., 1998, Exhumation of blueschists along a Tethyan suture in
northwest Turkey. Tectonophysics,
285, 275-299.
53. Okay, A.I., Demirbağ, E.,
Kurt, H., Okay, N. & Kuşçu, İ.,
1999, An active, deep marine strike-slip basin along
the North Anatolian fault in Turkey.
Tectonics, 18, 129-148.
54. Okay, A.I. &
Tüysüz, O., 1999, Tethyan sutures of northern Turkey. In "The Mediterranean Basins:
Tertiary extension within the Alpine orogen" (eds. B. Durand, L. Jolivet,
F. Horváth and M. Séranne),
Geological Society, London, Special Publication 156, 475-515.
55. Sherlock, S.C. & Okay,
A.I., 1999, Oscillatory zoned chrome lawsonite in the Tavsanli Zone, northwest
Turkey. Mineralogical Magazine, 63,
687-692.
56. Sherlock, S., Kelley,
S.P., Inger, S., Harris N. & Okay, A.I., 1999, 40Ar-39Ar
and Rb-Sr geochronology of high-pressure metamorphism and exhumation history of
the Tavsanli Zone, NW Turkey. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 137,
46-58.
57a. Akyüz,
H.S. ve Okay, A.I., 1999, Manyas
güneyinin jeolojisi (Balıkesir) ve mavişistlerin tektonik konumu. Maden Tetkik ve
Arama Dergisi, 120,
105-120.
57b. Akyüz,
H.S. & Okay, A.I., 1999, The geology of the south
of Manyas (Balıkesir)
and the tectonic significance of blueschists. Bulletin of the Mineral Research and
Exploration, 120, 81-95.
58. Okay, A.I., 2000, Was the
Late Triassic orogeny in Turkey caused by the collision of an oceanic plateau ? In "Tectonics and Magmatism in
Turkey and Surrounding Area" (eds. E. Bozkurt, J.A. Winchester and J.A.D.
Piper), Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 173, 25-41.
59. Okay,
A. I., Kaşlılar-Özcan,
A., İmren, C., Boztepe-Güney,
A., Demirbağ, E. & Kuşçu,
İ. 2000, Active faults and evolving strike slip basins in the Marmara Sea,
northwest Turkey: a multi-channel seismic reflection study. Tectonophysics, 321, 189-218.
60. Okay, A.I. & Satır, M., 2000, Coeval plutonism and metamorphism in a
latest Oligocene metamorphic core complex in northwest Turkey. Geological Magazine, 137, 495-516.
61. Okay, A.I. & Satır, M., 2000, Upper
Cretaceous eclogite facies metamorphic rocks from the Biga
Peninsula, northwest Turkey.
Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 9, 47-56.
62. Okay, A.I., 2001,
Stratigraphic and metamorphic inversions in the central Menderes Massif: a new
structural model. International
Journal of Earth Sciences (Geologische Rundschau), 89, 709-727.
63. Okay
A.I., Tansel, İ. & Tüysüz, O.,
2001, Obduction,
subduction and collision as reflected in the Upper Cretaceous-Lower Eocene
sedimentary record of western Turkey.
Geological Magazine, 138, 117-142.
64. Okay, A.I., Satır, M., Tüysüz, O., Akyüz,
S. & Chen, F., 2001, The
tectonics of the Strandja Massif: Variscan and mid-Mesozoic deformation and
metamorphism in the northern Aegean.
International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geologische
Rundschau), 90, 217-233.
65. Okay, A.I., 2002, Reply:
Stratigraphic and metamorphic inversions in the central Menderes Massif: a new
structural model. International
Journal of Earth Sciences (Geologische Rundschau), 91, 173-178.
66a. Yıkılmaz, M.B., Okay, A.I., ve Tansel, İ., 2002, Biga yarımadasında pelajik bir Paleosen
istifi. Maden Tetkik ve Arama
Dergisi, 123/124, 21-26.
66b. Yıkılmaz,
M.B., Okay, A.I. & Tansel, İ., 2002, A pelagic Palaeocene sequence in
the Biga Peninsula, northwest Turkey. Bulletin of the Mineral Research and
Exploration, 123/124, 21-26.
67. Okay, N. & Okay, A.I.,
2002, Tectonically induced Quaternary drainage diversion in northeastern
Aegean. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 159, 393-400.
68. Okay,
A.I., Monod, O. & Monié, P., 2002,
Triassic blueschists and eclogites from northwest Turkey: vestiges of the
Paleo-Tethyan subduction. Lithos,
64, 155-178.
69. Okay, A.I., 2002,
Jadeite-chloritoid-glaucophane-lawsonite schists from northwest Turkey:
unusually high P/T ratios in continental crust. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 20, 757-768.
70. Yaltırak,
C. & Okay, A.I., 2004, Geology of the Paleo-Tethyan units at the northern
part of Edremit Bay. (in Turkish). İTÜ Dergisi, seri D, 3, 67-79. Edremit Körfezi kuzeyi Paleotetis birimlerinin jeolojisi
71. Okay, A.I. &
Göncüoğlu,M.C., 2004, Karakaya Complex: a review of data and
concepts. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 13, 77-95.
72. Okay, A.I. &
Altıner, D., 2004, Uppermost Triassic limestone in the Karakaya Complex -
stratigraphic and tectonic significance. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 13,
187-199.
73. Stephenson, R., Mart, Y., Okay, A., Robertson, A., Saintot, A., Stovba,
S., Khriachtchevskaia, O., 2004, TRANSMED transect VIII: East European Craton,
Crimea, Black Sea, Anatolia, Cyprus, levant Sea, Sinai, Red Sea. In "The TRANSMED Atlas - The Mediterranean
Region from crust to mantle" (eds. W. Cavazza,
F.M. Roure, W. Spakman,
G.M. Stampfli, P.A. Ziegler). Book with CD-ROM, 141
pp., Springer, Heidelberg, Germany.
74. Okay, A.I.,
Tüysüz, O. & Kaya, Ş., 2004, From transpression to transtension: Changes in
morphology and structure around a bend on the North Anatolian Fault in the
Marmara region. Tectonophysics, 391, 259-282.
75. Zattin, M., Okay, A.I., Cavazza, W., 2005.
Fission-track evidence for late Oligocene and
mid-Miocene activity along the North Anatolian Fault in south-western Thrace. Terra Nova, 17, 95-101.
76b. Özgörüş,
Z. & Okay, A.I., 2005, İstanbul bölgesindeki
andezitik dayklarının
konumları: Kretase’de
gerilme dağılımına
bir yaklaşım. Maden Tetkik ve Arama
Dergisi, 130,17-27.
77. Monod, O., Kuzucuoğlu, C. & Okay, A.I., 2006, A Miocene paleovalley network in the Western Taurus (Turkey). Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 15,
1-23.
78. Okay, A.I.,
Tüysüz, O., Satır, M., Özkan-Altıner, S., Altıner, D., Sherlock,
S., & Eren, R.H., 2006, Cretaceous and Triassic
subduction-accretion, HP/LT metamorphism and continental growth in the Central
Pontides, Turkey. Geological
Society of America Bulletin, 118, 1247-1269.
79. Topuz, G., Okay, A.I., Altherr, R., Meyer, H.P. & Nasdala,
L., 2006, Partial high-pressure aragonitization of
micritic limestones in an accretionary complex, Tavşanlı Zone, NW
Turkey. Journal of Metamorphic
Geology, 24, 603-613.
80. Okay, A.I., Satır, M. & Siebel, W., 2006, Pre-Alpide orogenic events in the
Eastern Mediterranean region.
European Lithosphere Dynamics. Geological Society, London, Memoirs 32,
389-405.
81. Okay, A. & Satır, M., 2006, Geochronology of Eocene plutonism and
metamorphism in northwest Turkey: evidence for a possible magmatic arc. Geodinamica Acta, 19, 251-266.
82. Topuz,
G. & Okay, A.I., 2006, Comment on “petrography and petrology of the calc-alkaline Sarıhan Granitoid (NE Turkey): an example of magma mingling and
mixing”. Turkish Journal of
Earth Sciences, 15, 373-377.
85. Okay, A.I. &
Altıner, D., 2007, A condensed
Mesozoic section in the Bornova Flysch Zone: A
fragment of the Anatolide-Tauride carbonate platform. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 16, 257-279.
86.
Gökçeoğlu, C., Okay, A.I. & Sezer, E., 2008, International
earth science literature from Turkey – 1970-2005: trends and possible
causes. Scientometrics, 74, 409-423, doi: 10.1007/s11192-007-1813-x.
87. Okay, A.I., Satır, M., Zattin, M., Cavazza,
W. & Topuz, G., 2008, An Oligocene ductile strike-slip shear zone:
Uludağ Massif, northwest Turkey – implications for the escape
tectonics. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 120, 893–911, doi:
10.1130/B26229.1.
88. Okay, A.I., Satır, M. & Shang, C.K., 2008, Ordovician
metagranitoid from the Anatolide-Tauride Block, northwest Turkey -geodynamic
implications. Terra Nova, 20, 280–288.
89. Okay, A.I., Bozkurt, E., Satır, M., Yiğitbaş, E., Crowley, Q.G. &
Shang, C.K., 2008, Defining the southern margin of
Avalonia in the Pontides: geochronological data from the Late Proterozoic and
Ordovician granitoids from NW Turkey. Tectonophysics, 461, 252-264.
90. Topuz, G., Okay, A.I., Altherr, R., Satir, M.
& Schwarz, W.H., 2008, Late Cretaceous blueschist-facies metamorphism in
southeastern Thrace (Turkey) and its geodynamic implications.
Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 26, 895–913.
91. Okay, A.I., 2008; Geology
of Turkey: A synopsis. Anschnitt, 21, 19-42.
92. Janssen, C., Bohnhoff, M., Vapnik, Y.,
Görgün, E., Bulut, F., Plessen, B., Pohl, D., Aktar, M., Okay, A.I.
& Dresen, G., 2009, Tectonic evolution of the Ganos
segment of the North Anatolian Fault (NW Turkey). Journal of Structural Geology, 31,
11-28.
93. Cavazza, W., Okay, A.I.
& Zattin, M., 2009, Rapid early-middle Miocene exhumation of the Kazdag metamorphic
core complex (Western Anatolia). International Journal of Earth Sciences, 98,
1935-1947.
94. Okay, A.I., Zattin, M.
& Cavazza, W., 2010, Apatite fission-track data for Miocene Arabia-Eurasia
collision. Geology, 38, 35-38.
95. Okay; A.I., Özcan, E., Cavazza, W., Okay; N.
& Less, G. 2010. Basement types, Lower Eocene series, Upper
Eocene olistostromes and the initiation of the southern Thrace Basin, NW
Turkey. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 19, 1-25.
96. Özcan, E., Less,
G., Okay, A.I., Báldi-Beke,
M., Kollányi, K. &
Yilmaz, İ.Ö. 2010.
Stratigraphy and larger foraminifera of the Eocene shallow-marine and
olistostromal units of the southern part of the Thrace Basin, NW Turkey. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 19, 27-77.
97. Zattin, M., Cavazza, W., Okay, A.I., Federici,
I., Fellin, M.G., Pignalosa, A. & Reiners, P. 2010. A precursor of the
North Anatolian Fault in the Marmara Sea region. Journal of Asian Earth
Sciences, 39, 97–108.
98. Oberhänsli, R.,
Candan, O., Bousquet, R, Rimmele, G., Okay, A. I., Goff, B.J., 2010, Alpine HP
evolution of the eastern Bitlis complex, SE Turkey. In:
Sedimentary basin tectonics from the Black Sea and Caucasus to the Arabian
Platform (eds. M. Sosson, N. Kaymakçı, R. Stephenson, V. Starostenko, F. Bergerat, Geological Society, London,
Special Publication, 340, 461-483.
99. Federici, I., Cavazza, W., Okay, A.I., Beyssac, O., Zattin, M., Corrado, S. &
Dellisanti, F. 2010. Thermal evolution of the
Permo-Triassic Karakaya subduction-accretion complex from the Biga Peninsula to the Tokat
Massif (Anatolia). Turkish
Journal of Earth Sciences, 19, 409-429.
100. Okay, A.I. & Whitney,
D.L., 2011,blueschists, eclogites, ophiolites and suture zones in northwest
turkey: a review and a field excursion guide. Ofioliti, 35, 131-172.
101. Okay, A.I., Noble, P.J. & Tekin, U.K.,.2011, Devonian radiolarian ribbon cherts from the Karakaya
Complex, northwest Turkey: implications for the Paleo-Tethyan evolution.
Comptes Rendus Palevol, 10, 1-10.
102. Okay, N., Zack, T., Okay, A.I.
& Barth, M. 2011, Sinistral transport along the Trans-European Suture
Zone: detrital zircon-rutile geochronology and sandstone petrography from the
Carboniferous flysch of the Pontides. Geological Magazine, 148, 380-403.
103. Topuz, G., Okay, A.I., Altherr, R., Schwarz, W.H., Siebel,
W., Zack, T., Satır, M & Şen, C., 2011, Post-collisional adakite-like
magmatism in the Ağvanis Massif and implications for the evolution of
the Eocene magmatism in the Eastern Pontides (NE Turkey). Lithos, 125, 131-150
104. Less, G., Özcan, E.
& Okay, A.I., 2011, Stratigraphy and larger foraminifera of the Middle
Eocene to Lower Oligocene shallow-marine units in the northern and eastern
parts of the Thrace Basin, NW Turkey. Turkish Journal of Earth
Sciences, 20, 793-845.
105a. Okay, A.I., 2011,
Tavşanlı Zone: The northern subducted margin of the Anatolide-Tauride
Block. Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration, 142, 191-221.
105b. Okay, A.I., 2011,
Tavşanlı Zonu: Anatolid-Torid Bloku’nun dalma-batmaya
uğramış kuzey ucu. Maden Tetkik ve Arama
Dergisi, 142, 195-226.
106. Cavazza,
C., Federici, I., Okay, A.I. & Zattin, M., 2012, Apatite fission-track thermochronology of the Western Pontides (NW Turkey). Geological Magazine, 149,
133-140.
107. D’Atri, A., Zuffa,
G.G., Cavazza, W., Okay, A.I. & Di Vincenzo, G., 2012, Detrital supply from
subduction/accretion complexes to the Eocene–Oligocene post-collisional
southern Thrace Basin (NW Turkey and NE Greece). Sedimentary Geology, 243-244,
117-129.
108. Oberhansli, R., Bousquet,
R., Candan, O. & Okay, A.I., 2012, Dating subduction events in East Anatolia,
Turkey. Turkish Journal of Earth
Sciences, 21, 1-17.
109. Aygül, M., Topuz,
G., Okay, A.I., Satir, M. & Meyer, H.P., 2012, The Kemer Metamorphic
Complex (NW Turkey), a subducted continental margin of the Sakarya Zone.
Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 21, 19-35.
110. Özcan, Z., Okay,
A.I., Özcan, E., Hakyemez, A. & Özkan-Altiner, S., 2012, Late Cretaceous - Eocene
geological evolution of the Pontides in northwest Turkey between the Black Sea
coast and Bursa. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 21, 933-960.
112. Okay, A.I.,
İşintek, İ., Altıner, D., Özkan-Altıner, S.,
Okay, N., 2012, An olistostrome- mélange belt formed along a major
suture: Bornova Flysch Zone, western Turkey. Tectonophysics, 568-569, 282-295.
113. Akbayram,
K., Okay. A.I. & Satır, M., 2013. Early
Cretaceous closure of the Intra-Pontide Ocean in western Pontides (northwestern
Turkey). Journal of Geodynamics, 65, 38-55.
114. Jolivet, L., Faccenna, C., Huet, B., Labrousse, L., Le Pourhiet, L.,
Lacombe, O., Lecomte, E., Burov,
E., Denèle, Y., Brun,
J-P., Philippon, M., Paul, A., Salaün,
G., Karabulut, H., Piromallo,
C., Monié, P., Gueydan, F., Okay, A.I., Oberhänsli, R., Pourteau A.,
Augier, R., Gadenne, L., Driussi,
O., 2013, Aegean tectonics: strain localisation, slab
tearing and trench retreat. Tectonophysics, 597-598, 1-33.
115. Karaoğlan,
F., Parlak, O., Robertson, A., Thöni, M., Klötzli,
U., Koller, F. & Okay, A.I., 2013, Evidence of
Eocene high-temperature metamorphism of ophiolitic rocks and granitoid
intrusion related to Neotethyan subduction processes
(Doğanşehir area, SE Anatolia). Geological
Society, London, Special Publication, 372, 249-272.
116. Okay, A.I., Sunal, G.,
Sherlock, S., Altıner, D., Tüysüz, O., Kylander-Clark,
A.R.C. & Aygül, M., 2013, Early Cretaceous
sedimentation and orogeny on the active margin of Eurasia: southern Central
Pontides, Turkey. Tectonics, 32, 1247-1271.
117. Plunder, A., Agard, P., Chopin, C. & Okay, A.I., 2013, Geodynamics
of the Tavşanlı zone, western Turkey: Insights into
subduction/obduction processes. Tectonophysics, 608, 884-903.
118. Okay, A.I., Sunal, G.,
Tüysüz, O., Sherlock, S., Keskin,M.
& Kylander-Clark, A.R.C., 2014, Low-pressure - high-temperature
metamorphism during extension in a Jurassic magmatic arc, Central Pontides,
Turkey. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 32, 49-69.
119. Albino, I., Cavazza, W., Zattin, M., Okay, A.I., Adamia, S. & Sadradze, N., 2014, Far-field tectonic effects of the
Arabia-Eurasia collision and the inception of the North Anatolian Fault system.
Geological Magazine, 151, 372–379.
120. Topuz, G., Okay, A.I., Altherr, R., Schwarz, W.H., Sunal, G., Altınkaynak,
L., 2014, Triassic warm subduction in the northeast Turkey: Evidence from the Ağvanis metamorphic rocks. Island Arc, 23,
181–205.
121. Topuz, G. & Okay,
A.I., 2014, Prograde calcite to aragonite transformation in the Gümüşyeniköy micritic limestones
(Tavşanlı, NW Turkey). International Journal of Earth Sciences, 103,
2271–2272.
122. Nikishin, A.M., Okay,
A.I., Tüysüz, O., Demirer, A., Amelin, N. & Petrov, E.,
2015, The Black Sea basins structure and history: New model based on new deep
penetration regional seismic data. Part 1: Basins structure and fill. Marine
and Petroleum Geology, 59, 638-655.
123. Nikishin, A.M., Okay, A.,
Tüysüz, O., Demirer, A., Wannier, M., Amelin, N. & Petrov, E., 2015, The Black Sea basins structure and
history: New model based on new deep penetration regional seismic data. Part 2:
Tectonic history and paleogeography. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 59, 656-670.
124. Okay, A.I. &
Nikishin, A.M., 2015, Tectonic evolution of the southern margin of Laurasia in
the Black Sea region. International Geology Review, 57, 1051-1076.
125. Okay, A.I., Altıner,
D. & Kılıç, A.M., 2015, Triassic
limestone, turbidites and serpentinite–the Cimmeride orogeny in the
Central Pontides. Geological
Magazine, 152, 460-479.
126. Plunder, A., Agard, P., Chopin, C., Pourteau,
A. & Okay, A.I., 2015,
Accretion, underplating and exhumation along a subduction interface: From
subduction initiation to continental subduction (Tavşanlı zone,W. Turkey). Lithos, 226, 233-254.
127. Aygül,
M., Okay, A.I., Oberhaensli, R. & Ziemann, M.A., 2015, Thermal structure of low-grade
accreted Lower Cretaceous distal turbidites, the Central Pontides, Turkey:
insights for tectonic thickening of an accretionary wedge. Turkish Journal of
Earth Sciences, 24, 461-474.
128. Aygül,
M., Okay, A.I., Oberhänsli, R., Schmidt, A., Sudo, M., 2015, Late Cretaceous infant intra-oceanic arc
volcanism, the Central Pontides, Turkey: Petrogenetic
and tectonic implications. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 111, 312-327.
129. Çetinkaplan,
M., Pourteau, A., Candan, O., Koralay,
O.E., Oberhänsli, R., Okay, A.I., Chen, F., Kozlu, H. & Şengün,
F., 2016, P-T-t evolution of eclogite/blueschist facies metamorphism in Alanya Massif: time and space relations with HP event in
Bitlis Massif, Turkey. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 105,
247–281.
130. Akbayram,
K., Sorlien, C. & Okay, A.I., 2016, Evidence for
a minimum 52±1 km of total offset along the northern branch of the North
Anatolian Fault in northwest Turkey. Tectonophysics, 668-669, 35-41.
131. Aygül,
M., Okay, A.I., Oberhänsli, R., Sudo, M., 2016, Pre-collisional accretionary growth of the
southern Laurasian margin, Central Pontides, Turkey. Tectonophysics, 671,
218–234.
132. Page, L.,Hattori, K., de Hoog,
J.C.M. & Okay, A.I., 2016, Halogen (F, Cl, Br, I) behaviour
in subducting slabs: A study of lawsonite blueschists in western Turkey. Earth
and Planetary Science Letters, 442, 133–142.
133.
Okay, A.I., Altıner, D., 2016, Carbonate sedimentation in an active
margin: Cretaceous history of the Haymana region, Pontides. International
Journal of Earth Sciences, 105, 2013–2030.
134. Candan, O., Akal, C., Koralay, O.E., Okay, A.I., Oberhänsli,
R., Prelević, D., Mertz-Kraus, R., 2016,
Carboniferous granites on the northern margin of Gondwana, Anatolide-Tauride
Block, Turkey - evidence for southward subduction of Paleotethys.
Tectonophysics, 683, 349–366.
135. Plunder, A., Agard, P., Chopin, C., Soret, M.,
Okay, A.I., Whitechurch, H., 2016, Metamorphic
sole formation, emplacement and blueschist overprint: early obduction dynamics
witnessed by Western Turkey ophiolites. Terra Nova, 28, 329–339.
136.
Topuz, G. & Okay, A.I., 2017, Late Eocene - Early Oligocene two-mica
granites in NW Turkey (the Uludağ Massif):
Water-fluxed melting products of a mafic metagraywacke. Lithos,
268–271, 334–350.
137.
Akdoğan, R.. Okay,
A.I., Sunal, G., Tari, G., Meinhold,
G. & Kylander-Clark, A.R.C., 2017, Provenance of
a large Lower Cretaceous turbidite submarine fan on the active Laurasian
margin. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 134, 309–329.
138.
Okay, A.I. & Topuz, G., 2017, Variscan orogeny in the Black Sea region.
International Journal of Earth Sciences, 106, 569-592.
139.
Topuz, T., Okay, A.I., Schwarz, W.H., Sunal, G., Altherr, R., Kylander-Clark,
A.R.C., 2018, A middle Permian ophiolite fragment in Late Triassic greenschist-
to blueschist-facies rocks in NW Turkey: An earlier pulse of
suprasubduction-zone ophiolite formation in the Tethyan belt. Lithos,
300–301, 121–135.
140. Cattò, S.,
Cavazza, W., Zattin, M., Okay, A.I., 2018, No significant Alpine-age tectonic
overprint of the Cimmerian Strandja Massif (SE Bulgaria and NW Turkey).
International Geology Review, 60, 513–529.
141. Akdoğan, R.. Okay,
A.I., Dunkl, I., 2018, Triassic-Jurassic Arc Magmatism in the Pontides as
Revealed by the U-Pb Detrital Zircon Ages in the Jurassic Sandstones,
Northeastern Turkey. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 27, 89-109.
142. Bodur, Ö. F.,
Göğüş, O. H., Pysklywec, R. N., & Okay, A. I. (2018).
Mantle lithosphere rheology, vertical tectonics, and the exhumation of (U)HP
rocks. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123, 1824–1839.
143. Vincent, S. J., Saintot,
A., Mosar, J., Okay, A. I., & Nikishin, A. M., 2018, Comment on
“Relict basin closure andcrustal shortening budgets during continental
collision: An example from Caucasus sediment provenance” by Cowgill et al.
(2016). Tectonics, 37. 2017TC004515.
144. Özcan, E., Okay, A.I.,
Bürkan, K.A., Yücel, A.O., Özcan, Z., 2018, The
Bartonian-Priabonian marine record of the Biga Peninsula, NW Anatolia (Turkey):
larger benthic foraminifera, revised stratigraphy and implications for the
regional geology. Geologica Acta, 16, 163-187.
145. Simmons, M.D., Tari, G.C.
& Okay, A.I., 2018. Petroleum Geology of the Black Sea: introduction. In: Simmons, M.D., Tari, G.C. &
Okay, A.I. (eds), Petroleum Geology of the Black Sea, Geological Society,
London, Special Publications, 464, 1-18.
146. Okay, A.I., Altıner,
D., Sunal, G., Tüysüz, O., Aygül, M., Akdoğan, R.,
Altıner, S., Simmons, M., 2018, Geological Evolution of the Central
Pontides. In: Simmons, M.D., Tari, G.C.
& Okay, A.I. (eds), Petroleum Geology of the Black Sea, Geological Society,
London, Special Publications, 464, 33–67.
147. Cavazza, W.,
Cattò, S., Zattin, M., Okay,A.I. & Reiners, P., 2018,
Thermochronology of the Miocene Arabia-Eurasia collision zone of southeastern
Turkey: Geosphere, 14, 1–1.
148. Atasoy, S.G., Altiner,
D., Okay, A.I., 2018, Reconstruction of a Late JurassiceEarly Cretaceous
carbonate platform margin with composite biostratigraphy and microfacies
analysis (western Sakarya Zone, Turkey): Paleogeographic and tectonic
implications. Cretaceous Research,
92, 66-93.
149. Pehlivan, Ş., Okay, A.I., Duru, M., Bilgin, R.Z., Tok, T.,
Çakır, K., Kandemir, Ö., Kanar, F., 2018, Kütahya –
İ21 paftası ve izahnamesi (Kütahya I-21 map sheet and
explanatory booklet). 1:100 000 ölçekli Türkiye Jeoloji
Haritaları Serisi, No. 244 (1.100 000 scale Geological Map series of
Turkey, No. 244). Maden Tetkik ve Arama Genel
Müdürlüğü, Ankara, 18 pp.
150. Okay, A.I., Özcan,
E., Hakyemez, A., Siyako, M., Sunal, G., Kylander-Clark, A.R.C., 2019, The Thrace
Basin and the Black Sea: the Eocene - Oligocene connection. Geological
Magazine, 156, 39-61.
151. Okay, A. I., Altıner, D.
& Kylander‐Clark, A. R. C. (2019). Major Late Cretaceous mass flows
in central Turkey recording the disruption of the Mesozoic continental margin.
Tectonics, 38, 960-989.
152. Akdoğan, R., Okay,
A. I. & Dunkl, I. (2019). Striking variation in the provenance of the Lower
and Upper Cretaceous turbidites in the central Pontides (northern Turkey)
related to the opening of the Black Sea. Tectonics, 38, 1050-1069.
153. Özcan, E., van Gorsel,
J.T., Sarı, B., Yücel, A.O., Erbay, S. & Okay, A.I., 2019,
Primitive Helicorbitoides (Foraminifera) and associated larger benthic
foraminifera from the Campanian Tonya Formation, Trabzon, eastern Pontides, NE
Turkey. Cretaceous Research, 101, 30-42.
154. Sunal, G.,
Erturaç, M.K., Topuz, G., Okay, A.I. & Zack, T., 2019, The Early
Eocene Ekmekçi Granodiorite porphyry in the Karacabey region (western
Sakarya Zone), NW Turkey. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 28, 589-602.
155. Gülmez, F., Damcı,
E., Ülgen, U.B. & Okay, A.I., 2019, Deep structure of Central Menderes
Massif: data from deep geothermal wells. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 28,
531-543.
156. Okay, A.I., Simmons, M.,
Özcan, E., Starkie, S., Bidgood, M. & Kylander-Clark, A.R.C., 2020,
Eocene-Oligocene succession at Kıyıköy (Midye) on the Black Sea
coast in Thrace. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 29, 139-153.
157. Simmons, M.D., Bidgood,
M.D., Connell, P.G., Ćorić, S., Okay, A.I., Shaw, D., Tulan, E.,
Mayer, J. & Tari, G.C., 2020, Biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of the
Oligocene succession (Ihsaniye Formation) at Karaburun (NW Turkey). Turkish
Journal of Earth Sciences, 29, 28-63.
158. Özcan, E., Özcan,
Z., Okay, A.I., Akbayram, K. & Hakyemez, A., 2020, Ypresian-to Lutetian
marine record in NW Turkey: a revised biostratigraphy and chronostratigraphy
and implications for the Eocene paleogeography. Turkish Journal of Earth
Sciences, 29, 1-27.
159. Okay, A.I., Simmons, M,
D. & Tari, G.C. (guest editors), 2020, Preface to the special issue on the
“Eocene-Oligocene Evolution of the Black Sea Region”. Turkish
Journal of Earth Sciences, 29,
ii-iv.
160. Topuz, G., Candan, O., Okay,
A.I., von Quadt, A., Othman, M., Zack, T. & Wang, J., 2020, Silurian
anorogenic basic and acidic magmatism in northwest Turkey: Implications for the
opening of the Paleo-Tethys. Lithos, 356-357, article 105302.
161. Özcan, E., Hakyemez,
A., Ciner, A., Okay, A.I., Soussi, M., Boukhalfa, K. & Yücel, A.O.,
2020, A reinterpretation of the age and depositional environment of the Eocene
Çayraz Formation (Haymana Basin, Central Turkey) in the light of new
planktonic foraminiferal data. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 183, article
104304.
162. Okay, A. I., Sunal, G.,
Sherlock, S., Kylander-Clark, A. R. C., & Özcan, E. (2020).
İzmir-Ankara suture as a Triassic to Cretaceous plate boundary—Data
from central Anatolia. Tectonics, 38. e2019TC005849.
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Özcan, E., & Sunal, G. 2020, Uplift of Anatolia. Turkish Journal of
Earth Sciences, 29, 696-713.
164. Okay,
A.I., Atakul-Ozdemir, A. & Okay, N., 2020, A pelagic Upper Devonian
sequence in Sariyer, Istanbul. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 29, 785-797.
165. Whitney, D.L., Fornash, K.F.,
Kang, P., Ghent, E.D., Martin, L., Okay, A.I. & Brovarone, A.V., 2020,
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Field Guide books
1. Okay, A.I., 1985, Geology of the Bursa region: a section across a Tethyan
Suture. Guide book for the Ihsan
Ketin Nato Advanced Study Institute meeting.
2. Okay,
A.I., 1987, Notes on the geology of northwest Turkey. Guide book on the geology
of the western Anatolia for the IGCP project number five, Maden Tetkik ve Arama
Enstitüsü, p. 1-11.
3. Okay,
A.I., 1998, Tectonics and metamorphism in northwest Turkey. Guidebook for the Metamorphic Studies
Group field trip to northwest Turkey,
5-11.9.1998, 78 pp.
4. Okay, A.I.,
2001, The geology of the Istanbul
region. Guidebook for the field
excursion during the XVth International Conference of the Society for Soil
Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, August 27-31, 2001, İstanbul.
5. Okay,
A.I., 2001, The Palaeozoic and Triassic Stratigraphy in the Istanbul region. A post-symposium excursion guide-book
(EUROPROB NeoProterozoic-Early Palaeozoic time-slice symposium, 6.10.2001,
Ankara.
6. Okay, A.I., 2002, A section across a Tethyan suture
south of Bursa, northwest Turkey. A post-symposium excursion guide-book (1st International Symposium of Istanbul
Technical University the Faculty of Mines on Earth Sciences and Engineering,
16-18th May 2002, İstanbul), 18-19th May 2002, 54 p.
7. Okay, A.I., 2004, Tectonics
and High Pressure Metamorphism in northwest Turkey. Field trip guide book - P01, 32nd
International Geological Congress, APAT, Italy, 56 pp.
8. Okay, A.I., 2006, The Palaeozoic and Triassic
stratigraphy in the Istanbul
region. Guidebook for the Post-Symposium Excursion, IGCP 497 The Rheic Ocean:
its origin, evolution and correlatives, Ankara,
24-30 June 2006.
9. Okay, A.I., Yaltırak,
C., Seeber, L., 2006, Geology of the Ganos Fault Zone in Thrace. Field trip
guide book prepared for the
International Workshop on Comparative Studies of the North Anatolian Fault
(Northwest Turkey) and the San Andreas Fault (Southern California),
İstanbul, 14-18 August 2006, 38 pp.
10. Konak, N., Okay, A.I., Hakyemez, Y., 2009,
Tectonics and Stratigraphy of the Eastern Pontides. Field trip guide book,
Maden Tetkik ve Arama Genel Müdürlüğü ve TMMOB Jeoloji
Mühendisleri Odası, Ankara, ISBN 978-9944-897-83-9, 120 pp.
11. Okay, A.I. & Whitney,
D.L., 2010, Blueschists, ophiolites and suture zones in northwest Turkey. Field trip guide book. Pre-Congress
Excursion 1-3.10.2010, Geological Society of America, Tectonic Crossroads:
Evolving Orogens of Eurasia-Africa-Arabia, Ankara, 4-8 October 2010.
Articles in popular press
Abstracts
Thesis, unpublished reports
etc.