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Timur Ustaömer

Timur Ustaömer

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Earth Science

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Overview

Timur Ustaömer is affiliated with Istanbul University in Turkey and specializes primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly work spans multiple subfields, with a focus on Geophysics, Paleontology, Artificial Intelligence, and Archeology.

The main topics addressed in Timur Ustaömer's research include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Archaeology and Ancient Environmental Studies
  • Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History

Timur Ustaömer's recent publications provide insight into their ongoing research interests. Notable papers 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," Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2021
  • "Late Palaeozoic extensional volcanism along the northern margin of Gondwana in southern Turkey: implications for Palaeotethyan development," International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2021
  • "Neotethyan Ankara Melange, central Turkey in its Triassic-Eocene regional tectonic setting including accretionary melanges, magmatic arcs and continental units," International Geology Review, 2023
  • "Neotethyan Ankara Melange, central Turkey: Formation by accretion of seamounts and supra-subduction zone ophiolites in an oceanic fore-arc setting," Journal of Asian Earth Sciences X, 2023
  • "Late Cambrian-early Ordovician extensional magmatism, uplift and sedimentation of the N Gondwana margin: new field, geochemical and geochronological data from the peri-Gondwanan Central Sakarya Terrane, Sakarya Zone, NW Turkey," International Geology Review, 2024

Timur Ustaömer frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Osman Parlak, Alastair H.F. Robertson, Kemal Taşlı, and Paulian Dumitrică. These collaborations reflect a shared interest in geological and tectonic subjects relevant to the region.

Their work is regularly published in journals such as:

  • International Geology Review
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences X
  • TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES

This profile emphasizes Timur Ustaömer's contributions to understanding complex geological processes in Turkey and the broader region, integrating sedimentary, tectonic, and volcanic studies within the framework of Earth sciences.

Best Publications

  • Origin and assembly of the Tethyside orogenic collage at the expense of Gondwana Land

    A. M. C. Şengör;Demir Altıner;Altan Cin;Timur Ustaömer

  • Alternative tectonic models for the Late Palaeozoic-Early Tertiary development of Tethys in the Eastern Mediterranean region

    A. H. F. Robertson;J. E. Dixon;S. Brown;A. Collins

  • 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

  • Gondwana and Tethys

    A.M. Şengör;Demir Altıner;Altan Cin;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

  • Cadomian (Ediacaran-Cambrian) arc magmatism in the Bitlis Massif, SE Turkey: Magmatism along the developing northern margin of Gondwana

    P. Ayda Ustaömer;Timur Ustaömer;Alan S. Collins;Alastair H.F. Robertson

  • Testing models of Late Palaeozoic–Early Mesozoic orogeny in Western Turkey: support for an evolving open-Tethys model

    Alastair H. F. Robertson;Timur Ustaömer;Elizabeth A. Pickett;Alan S. Collins

  • Tectonic-Sedimentary Evolution of the North Tethyan Margin in the Central Pontides of Northern Turkey

    Timur Ustaömer;Alastair Robertson

  • Late Palaeozoic marginal basin and subduction-accretion: the Palaeotethyan Küre Complex, Central Pontides, northern Turkey

    T. Ustaömer;A. H. F. Robertson

  • Curie Point Depths Based on Spectrum Analysis of Aeromagnetic Data, West Anatolian Extensional Province, Turkey

    M. N. Dolmaz;Z. M. Hisarli;T. Ustaömer;N. Orbay

  • Tectonic evolution of the intra-pontide suture zone in the Armutlu Peninsula, NW turkey

    Alastair H.F Robertson;Timur Ustaömer

  • Late Palaeozoic–Early Cenozoic tectonic development of the Eastern Pontides (Artvin area), Turkey: stages of closure of Tethys along the southern margin of Eurasia

    Ti̇mur Ustaömer;Alastair H. F. Robertson

  • Constraints on Variscan and Cimmerian magmatism and metamorphism in the Pontides (Yusufeli–Artvin area), NE Turkey from U–Pb dating and granite geochemistry

    Timur Ustaömer;Alastair H. F. Robertson;P. Ayda Ustaömer;Axel Gerdes;Axel Gerdes

  • 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

  • Curie Point Depth variations to infer thermal structure of the crust at the African-Eurasian convergence zone, SW Turkey

    M. Nuri Dolmaz;Timur Ustaömer;Z. Mumtaz Hisarli;Naci Orbay

  • 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

  • A Late Palaeozoic‐Early Mesozoic marginal basin along the actives sourthern continental margin of Eurasia: Evidence from the central Pontides (Turkey) and adjacent regions

    Timur Ustaömer;Alastair H. F. Robertson

  • Late Cretaceous–Early Eocene tectonic development of the Tethyan suture zone in the Erzincan area, Eastern Pontides, Turkey

    Samuel P. Rice;Alastair H. F. Robertson;Timur Ustaömer;Nurdan Inan

  • Late Cretaceous–Early Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Eurasian active margin in the Central and Eastern Pontides, northern Turkey

    Samuel P. Rice;Alastair H. F. Robertson;Timur Ustaömer

Frequent Co-Authors

Alastair H. F. Robertson
Alastair H. F. Robertson University of Edinburgh
Osman Parlak
Osman Parlak Cukurova University
Axel Gerdes
Axel Gerdes Goethe University Frankfurt
Alan S. Collins
Alan S. Collins University of Adelaide
Gernold Zulauf
Gernold Zulauf Goethe University Frankfurt
Ann M. Hirt
Ann M. Hirt ETH Zurich
Irena Peytcheva
Irena Peytcheva Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Stefano Parolai
Stefano Parolai University of Trieste

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