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Osman Candan is affiliated with Dokuz Eylül University in Turkey and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans a diverse range of topics within geology, with a particular focus on geophysics and geological processes.

The main fields of study for Osman Candan include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within this broad domain, their subfields of research focus on:

  • Geophysics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Paleontology
  • Geochemistry and Petrology

Osman Candan's research interests encompass a range of geological topics. The principal areas of their work cover:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

The scientist's recent papers demonstrate ongoing research activity in regional geology and tectonics, often with implications for broader geodynamic frameworks. Notable papers include:

  • Silurian A-type metaquartz-syenite to -granite in the Eastern Anatolia: Implications for Late Ordovician-Silurian rifting at the northern margin of Gondwana (2020), published in Gondwana Research
  • P-T-t evolution of the Cycladic Blueschist Unit in Western Anatolia/Turkey: Geodynamic implications for the Aegean region (2020), published in Journal of Metamorphic Geology
  • Carboniferous mafic-ultramafic intrusions in the Eastern Pontides (Pulur Complex): Implications for the source of coeval voluminous granites (2022), published in Lithos
  • Middle Devonian, late Carboniferous, and Triassic magmatic flare-ups in eastern Armorica (Sakarya Zone, Turkey) as revealed by detrital zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopic data (2023), published in Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Petrogenesis of Late Campanian Alkaline Igneous Rocks in Eastern Anatolia: Magmatism related to a subduction transform edge propagator (STEP) fault? (2023), published in International Geology Review

Osman Candan frequently publishes in several geology and earth science journals, with repeated contributions to:

  • Lithos
  • International Geology Review
  • TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
  • Gondwana Research
  • Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Osman Candan's scientific output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • E. Yalçın Ersoy
  • Gültekin Topuz
  • İ̇brahim Uysal
  • Jia-Min Wang
  • Dirk Müller

Best Publications

  • Pan-African high-pressure metamorphism in the Precambrian basement of the Menderes massif, Western Anatolia, Turkey

    O. Candan;O. Dora;Roland Oberhänsli;M. Cetinkaplan

  • Alpine high-P/low-T metamorphism of the Afyon Zone and implications for the metamorphic evolution of Western Anatolia, Turkey

    Osman Candan;Mete Çetinkaplan;Roland Oberhänsli;Gaëtan Rimmelé

  • High‐pressure metasediments in central Turkey: Constraints on the Neotethyan closure history

    A. Pourteau;O. Candan;R. Oberhänsli

  • First evidence of high-pressure metamorphism in the 'Cover Series' of the southern Menderes Massif. Tectonic and metamorphic implications for the evolution of SW Turkey

    Gaëtan Rimmelé;Gaëtan Rimmelé;Roland Oberhänsli;Bruno Goffé;Laurent Jolivet

  • Geology of the Bozdag area, central Menderes massif, SW Turkey: Pan-African basement and Alpine deformation

    R. Hetzel;R. L. Romer;O. Candan;C. W. Passchier

  • Correlation of syn-orogenic tectonic and metamorphic events in the Cyclades, the Lycian Nappes and the Menderes massif, geodynamic implications

    Laurent Jolivet;Gaëtan Rimmelé;Gaëtan Rimmelé;Roland Oberhänsli;Bruno Goffé

  • Neotethys closure history of Anatolia: insights from 40Ar–39Ar geochronology and P–T estimation in high pressure metasedimentary rocks

    Amaury Pourteau;Masafumi Sudo;Osman Candan;P. Lanari

  • Exhumation Paths of High-Pressure-Low- Temperature Metamorphic Rocks from the Lycian Nappes and the Menderes Massif (SW Turkey): a Multi-Equilibrium Approach

    Gaëtan Rimmelé;Teddy Parra;Bruno Goffé;Roland Oberhänsli

  • Eclogites within the Menderes Massif / western Turkey

    R Oberhansli;Osman Candan;OO Dora;SH Durr

  • Alpine high pressure evolution of the eastern Bitlis complex, SE Turkey

    R. Oberhänsli;O. Candan;R. Bousquet;G. Rimmele

  • Revision of "Leptite-gneisses" in the Menderes Massif: a supracrustal metasedimentary origin

    O. Ö. Dora;O. Candan;O. Kaya;E. Koralay

  • Supra-Pan-African unconformity between core and cover series of the Menderes Massif/Turkey and its geological implications

    Osman Candan;O. E. Koralay;C. Akal;O. Kaya

  • First occurrence of Fe-Mg-carpholite documenting a high-pressure metamorphism in metasediments of the Lycian Nappes, SW Turkey

    R. Oberhänsli;J. Partzsch;O. Candan;M. Cetinkaplan

  • Geochemistry and Geochronology of Orthogneisses in the Derbent (Alaşehir) Area, Eastern Part of the Ödemiş-Kiraz Submassif, Menderes Massif: Pan-African Magmatic Activity

    O. Ersin Koralay;O. Özcan Dora;Fukun Chen;Muharrem Satir

  • East Anatolian plateau constructed over a continental basement: No evidence for the East Anatolian accretionary complex

    Gültekin Topuz;Osman Candan;Thomas Zack;Ali Yılmaz

  • Pressure–temperature evolution of lawsonite eclogite in Sivrihisar; Tavşanlı Zone–Turkey

    Mete Çetinkaplan;Osman Candan;Roland Oberhänsli;Romain Bousquet

  • Carboniferous granites on the northern margin of Gondwana, Anatolide-Tauride Block, Turkey – Evidence for southward subduction of Paleotethys

    O. Candan;C. Akal;O.E. Koralay;A.I. Okay

  • Blueschist relics in the Mesozoic cover series of the Menderes Massif and correlations with Samos Island, Cyclades

    O. Candan;O. Dora;Roland Oberhänsli;F. Ölsner

  • Neotethyan closure history of western Anatolia: a geodynamic discussion

    Amaury Pourteau;Roland Oberhänsli;Osman Candan;Eric Barrier

  • Early Triassic potassic volcanism in the Afyon Zone of the Anatolides/Turkey: implications for the rifting of the Neo-Tethys

    Cüneyt Akal;Osman Candan;O. Ersin Koralay;Roland Oberhänsli

  • Pan-African magmatism in the Menderes Massif: geochronological data from leucocratic tourmaline orthogneisses in western Turkey

    O. E. Koralay;O. Candan;F. Chen;C. Akal

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland Oberhänsli
Roland Oberhänsli University of Potsdam
Fukun Chen
Fukun Chen University of Science and Technology of China
Romain Bousquet
Romain Bousquet Kiel University
Aral I. Okay
Aral I. Okay Istanbul Technical University
Dejan Prelević
Dejan Prelević University of Belgrade
Bruno Goffé
Bruno Goffé Aix-Marseille University
Muharrem Satir
Muharrem Satir University of Tübingen
Thomas Zack
Thomas Zack University of Gothenburg
Laurent Jolivet
Laurent Jolivet Sorbonne University
Qiu-Li Li
Qiu-Li Li Chinese Academy of Sciences

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