Adana-Sivas

Commentary

With the Levant Basin providing renewed impetus for exploration, the single largest barrier exploration impetus.

Updated

February 23, 2024

Location

Description

The Adana-Sivas basin is located in the collisional zone between Pontides (southern Eurasia) and Anatolia (a Gondwana block separated from Gondwana land in Lower Jurassic by the Mesogean ocean spreading). It is emplaced on Ophiolites, obducted in Campanian times from the Tethys and the Intra Taurides Ocean, and on Central Anatolian Complex (CAC) exhumed in Maastrichtian times and thrusted onto obducted series.

Summary

The ASVB can be considered to be underexplored, especially offshore. More recently, however, the renewed impetus for eastern Mediterranean acreage has piqued interest.