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M. Cemal Göncüoglu is affiliated with Middle East Technical University in Turkey and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work focuses primarily on geophysics, with additional involvement in paleontology, artificial intelligence, biomaterials, and atmospheric science within the domain.

The main topics of Göncüoglu's research include geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, geochemistry and geologic mapping, high-pressure geophysics and materials, clay minerals and soil interactions, and paleontology and evolutionary biology.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Göncüoglu cover a range of geological subjects and were published in notable venues. These include:

  • THE AYLI DAG OPHIOLITE SEQUENCE (CENTRAL-NORTHERN TURKEY): A FRAGMENT OF MIDDLE JURASSIC OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE WITHIN THE INTRA-PONTIDE SUTURE ZONE, 2020, CINECA IRIS Institutional research information system (University of Pisa)
  • Geochemistry and Zircon U-Pb Dates of Felsic-Intermediate Members of the Late Cretaceous Yüksekova Arc Basin: Constraints on the Evolution of the Bitlis-Zagros Branch of Neotethys (Elazığ, E Turkey), 2021, Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition
  • GEOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR A LATE CRETACEOUS CONTINENTAL ARC IN THE CENTRAL PONTIDES, NORTHERN TURKEY, 2020, CINECA IRIS Institutional research information system (University of Pisa)
  • Combined U-Pb ages and Lu-Hf systematics of detrital zircons from Early Cambrian Gondwanan siliciclastic rocks in S Turkey: Provenance and correlations with coeval successions in peri-Gondwanan terranes, 2022, Gondwana Research
  • Ancient white and grey marbles from Aphrodisias: multi-method characterization, 2023, Archaeometry

Göncüoglu has frequently collaborated with several researchers throughout their career. These include:

  • Kaan Sayıt
  • O. Ersin Koralay
  • Willis E. Hames
  • Youn-Joong Jeong
  • Michèle Marroni

Their publications appear often in venues such as the CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Pisa), Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, and Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition.

Best Publications

  • A Geotraverse Across Northwestern Turkey: Tectonic Units of the Central Sakarya Region and their Tectonic Evolution

    M. Cemal Göncüoğlu;Necati Turhan;Kamil Şentürk;Ahmet Özcan

  • Structural Evolution of the Tuzgölü Basin in Central Anatolia, Turkey.

    İbrahim Çemen;M. Cemal Göncüoglu;Kadir Dirik

  • Neotectonic Characteristics of Central Anatolia

    Kadir Dirik;M. Cemal Göncüoglu

  • First evidence of Late Carnian radiolarians from the Izmir–Ankara suture complex, central Sakarya, Turkey: implications for the opening age of the Izmir–Ankara branch of Neo-Tethys

    U.Kağan Tekin;M.Cemal Göncüoğlu;Necati Turhan

  • Geochemical characteristics of mafic lavas from the Neotethyan ophiolites in western Turkey: implications for heterogeneous source contribution during variable stages of ocean crust generation

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  • Geochemical characteristics of granitoids along the western margin of the Central Anatolian Crystalline Complex and their tectonic implications

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  • Timing of post-collisional H-type to A-type granitic magmatism: U-Pb titanite ages from the Alpine central Anatolian granitoids (Turkey)

    Serhat Köksal;Rolf L. Romer;M. Cemal Göncüoglu;Fatma Toksoy-Köksal

  • Geochemical character and tectonic environment of Neotethyan ophiolitic fragments and metabasites in the Central Anatolian Crystalline Complex, Turkey

    Peter A. Floyd;M. Cemal Göncüoğlu;John A. Winchester;M. Kenan Yaliniz

  • Early Paleozoic evolution of the NW Gondwanaland: data from southern Turkey and surrounding regions

    M. Cemal Goncuoglu;Huseyin Kozlu

  • Oceanization of the northern Neotethys: Geochemical evidence from ophiolitic melange basalts within the İzmir-Ankara suture belt, NW Turkey

    M. Cemal Göncüoglu;Kaan Sayit;U. Kagan Tekin

  • GEOCHEMISTRY, TECTONO-MAGMATIC DISCRIMINATION AND RADIOLARIAN AGES OF BASIC EXTRUSIVES WITHIN THE IZMIR-ANKARA SUTURE BELT (NW TURKEY): TIME CONSTRAINTS FOR THE NEOTETHYAN EVOLUTION

    M. Cemal Göncüoglu;M. Kenan Yalınız;U. Kagan Tekin

  • Geologic and Tectonic Setting of the Yozgat Batholith, Northern Central Anatolian Crystalline Complex, Turkey

    Ayhan Erler;M. Cemal Göncüoglu

  • Geochemistry of Volcanic Rocks from the Cicekdag, Ophiolite, Central Anatolia, Turkey, and Their Inferred Tectonic Setting within the Northern Branch of the Neotethyan Ocean

    Kenan M. Yaliniz;Peter A. Floyd;M. Cemal Göncüoğlu

  • Geology and Geochemistry of the Pre-early Cambrian Rocks in the Sandikli Area: Implications for the Pan-African Evolution of NW Gondwanaland

    Semih Gürsu;M. Cemal Göncüoglu;Hasan Bayhan

  • Terlemez quartz monzonite of Central Anatolia (Aksaray–Sarıkaraman): age, petrogenesis and geotectonic implications for ophiolite emplacement

    Kenan M. Yaliniz;Nurdan S. Aydin;M. Cemal Göncüoğlu;Osman Parlak

  • Stratigraphy and pre‐Miocene tectonic evolution of the southwestern part of the Sivas Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey

    Kadir Dirik;M. Cemal Göncüoğlu;Hüseyin Kozlu

  • Early Cambrian back-arc volcanism in the western Taurides, Turkey: implications for rifting along the northern Gondwanan margin

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  • DISCOVERY OF THE OLDEST (UPPER LADINIAN TO MIDDLE CARNIAN) RADIOLARIAN ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE BORNOVA FLYSCH ZONE IN WESTERN TURKEY: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEOTETHYAN IZMIR-ANKARA OCEAN

    U. Kagan Tekin;M. Cemal Göncüoglu

  • Neoproterozoic continental arc volcanism at the northern edge of the Arabian Plate, SE Turkey

    Semih Gürsu;Semih Gürsu;Andreas Möller;M. Cemal Göncüoglu;Serhat Köksal

  • Stratigraphy, correlations and palaeogeography of Palaeozoic terranes of Bulgaria and NW Turkey: a review of recent data

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  • Geochemistry of mafic rocks of the Karakaya complex, Turkey: evidence for plume-involvement in the Palaeotethyan extensional regime during the Middle and Late Triassic

    Kaan Sayıt;M. Cemal Göncüoglu

  • Petrology and phase relations of the kyanite-eclogites from eastern Turkey

    A. I. Okay;M. B. Arman;M. C. Göncüoglu

  • The Arkot Dağ Mélange in Araç area, central Turkey: Evidence of its origin within the geodynamic evolution of the Intra-Pontide suture zone

    M. Cemal Göncüoglu;Michele Marroni;Luca Pandolfi;Alessandro Ellero

  • Petrogenesis and tectonic setting of Cadomian felsic igneous rocks, Sandıklı area of the western Taurides, Turkey

    Semih Gürsu;M. Cemal Göncüoglu

Frequent Co-Authors

Michele Marroni
Michele Marroni University of Pisa
Dirk Frei
Dirk Frei University of the Western Cape
Axel Gerdes
Axel Gerdes Goethe University Frankfurt
Peter A. Floyd
Peter A. Floyd Keele University
Emilio Saccani
Emilio Saccani University of Ferrara
Antonio Simonetti
Antonio Simonetti University of Notre Dame
Osman Parlak
Osman Parlak Cukurova University
Paul A. Mueller
Paul A. Mueller University of Florida
George D. Kamenov
George D. Kamenov University of Florida
Rolf L. Romer
Rolf L. Romer University of Potsdam

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