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Osman Parlak is affiliated with Cukurova University in Turkey and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, and Geochemistry and Petrology. Their research covers multiple aspects of geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geologic mapping, paleontology, high-pressure geophysics and materials, paleoclimatology, and mineralogy.

Some of the recent publications authored by Osman Parlak include:

  • Late Palaeozoic-Neogene sedimentary and tectonic development of the Tauride continent and adjacent Tethyan ocean basins in eastern Turkey: New data and integrated interpretation, 2021, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Late Palaeozoic extensional volcanism along the northern margin of Gondwana in southern Turkey: implications for Palaeotethyan development, 2021, International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Role of Late Cretaceous volcanic-sedimentary melanges, specifically the Aladağ melange, E Turkey, in the rift-drift-subduction-accretion-emplacement history of the Tethyan Inner Tauride ocean, 2021, International Geology Review
  • Discovery of extremely high-Al podiform chromitites from the Lycian (Marmaris) ophiolite, SW Turkey: Implications for chromitite genesis, 2020, Ore Geology Reviews
  • Cambrian-Eocene pre-rift, pulsed rift, passive margin and emplacement processes along the northern margin of the Southern Neotethys: Evidence from the Antalya Complex in the Alanya Window (S Turkey), 2020, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences X

Frequent co-authors in Osman Parlak's work include Alastair H.F. Robertson, Kemal Taşlı, Paulian Dumitrică, Alastair H. F. Robertson, and Tı̇mur Ustaömer. Collaboration with these researchers has resulted in multiple publications.

Osman Parlak's papers have appeared most frequently in these publication venues:

  • International Geology Review
  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences X
  • Lithos

The main topics Osman Parlak investigates include:

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

Best Publications

  • Overview of the Palaeozoic–Neogene evolution of Neotethys in the Eastern Mediterranean region (southern Turkey, Cyprus, Syria)

    Alastair H. F. Robertson;Osman Parlak;Timur Ustaömer

  • Tectonic evolution of the South Tethyan ocean: evidence from the Eastern Taurus Mountains (Elazığ region, SE Turkey)

    A. H. F. Robertson;O. Parlak;T. Rízaoğlu;Ü. Ünlügenç

  • The Berit transect of the Tauride thrust belt, S Turkey: Late Cretaceous–Early Cenozoic accretionary/collisional processes related to closure of the Southern Neotethys

    Alastair H.F. Robertson;Timur Ustaömer;Osman Parlak;Ulvi Can Ünlügenç

  • Mineral chemistry of ultramafic and mafic cumulates as an indicator of the arc-related origin of the Mersín ophiolite (southern Turkey)

    Osman Parlak;Michel Delaloye;Ergüzer Bíngöl

  • Precise 40Ar/39Ar ages from the metamorphic sole of the Mersin ophiolite (southern Turkey)

    Osman Parlak;Michel Delaloye

  • Tectonic significance of the geochemistry and petrology of ophiolites in southeast Anatolia, Turkey

    Osman Parlak;Osman Parlak;Tamer Rızaoğlu;Utku Bağcı;Fatih Karaoğlan

  • The supra-subduction zone Pozanti–Karsanti ophiolite, southern Turkey: evidence for high-pressure crystal fractionation of ultramafic cumulates

    Osman Parlak;Volker Höck;Michel Delaloye

  • Suprasubduction Zone Origin of the Pozanti-Karsanti Ophiolite (Southern Turkey) Deduced from Whole-rock and Mineral Chemistry of the Gabbroic Cumulates

    Osman Parlak;Osman Parlak;Volker HÖck;Michel Delaloye

  • Oceanic crust generation in an island arc tectonic setting, SE Anatolian orogenic belt (Turkey)

    Osman Parlak;Volker Höck;Hüseyin Kozlu;Michel Delaloye

  • Subduction, ophiolite genesis and collision history of Tethys adjacent to the Eurasian continental margin: new evidence from the Eastern Pontides, Turkey

    Alastair Robertson;Osman Parlak;Timur Ustaömer;Kemal Taslı

  • Whole-rock and mineral chemistry of cumulates from the Kızıldağ (Hatay) ophiolite (Turkey): clues for multiple magma generation during crustal accretion in the southern Neotethyan ocean

    U. Bağci;U. Bağci;O. Parlak;V. Höck

  • U–Pb and 40Ar–39Ar geochronology of the ophiolites and granitoids from the Tauride belt: Implications for the evolution of the Inner Tauride suture

    Osman Parlak;Fatih Karaoğlan;Tamer Rızaoğlu;Urs Klötzli

  • Melange genesis and ophiolite emplacement related to subduction of the northern margin of the Tauride–Anatolide continent, central and western Turkey

    Alastair H. F. Robertson;Osman Parlak;Osman Parlak;Tı̇mur Ustaömer

  • Late Palaeozoic–Early Cenozoic tectonic development of Southern Turkey and the easternmost Mediterranean region: evidence from the inter-relations of continental and oceanic units

    Alastair H. F. Robertson;Osman Parlak;Timur Ustaömer

  • The ophiolite-related Mersin Melange, southern Turkey: its role in the tectonic–sedimentary setting of Tethys in the Eastern Mediterranean region

    Osman Parlak;Alastair Robertson

  • Geodynamic significance of granitoid magmatism in the southeast Anatolian orogen: geochemical and geochronogical evidence from Göksun–Afşin (Kahramanmaraş, Turkey) region

    Osman Parlak

  • Geochemical character and tectonic environment of ultramafic to mafic cumulate rocks from the Tekirova (Antalya) ophiolite (southern Turkey)

    Utku Bağci;Osman Parlak;Volker Höck

  • The tauride ophiolites of Anatolia (Turkey): A review

    Osman Parlak

  • U–Pb and Sm–Nd geochronology of the Kızıldağ (Hatay, Turkey) ophiolite: implications for the timing and duration of suprasubduction zone type oceanic crust formation in the southern Neotethys

    Fatih Karaoğlan;Osman Parlak;Urs Klötzli;Martin Thöni

  • 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

  • Geological Development of Anatolia and the Easternmost Mediterranean Region

    A. H. F. Robertson;Osman Parlak;Ulvi Can Ünlügenç

Frequent Co-Authors

Alastair H. F. Robertson
Alastair H. F. Robertson University of Edinburgh
Timur Ustaömer
Timur Ustaömer Istanbul University
Friedrich Koller
Friedrich Koller University of Vienna
Urs Klötzli
Urs Klötzli University of Vienna
Martin Thöni
Martin Thöni University of Vienna
Timothy M. Kusky
Timothy M. Kusky China University of Geosciences
Jürgen Koepke
Jürgen Koepke University of Hannover
Shoji Arai
Shoji Arai Kanazawa University
Franz Neubauer
Franz Neubauer University of Salzburg
Hasan Sözbilir
Hasan Sözbilir Dokuz Eylül University

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