VAMP

Funded by: DFG, CNR, NWO, APVV, SNF, TÜBITAK

Orogenic continental plateaus such as Tibet are major geologic features of the Earth. They are thousands of km² large, have a flat and elevated interior (up to 5000m) characterized by arid conditions, and steep margins typically site of large precipitations. They also display anomalous crustal and lithospheric conditions. Plateaus have obvious interactions with climate patterns and it is thought that the uplift of Tibet caused the onset of monsoon circulation in Asia. Anatolia, the object of VAMP, is a small, young but fully representative continental plateau in Europe. Being easily accessible and having boundary conditions better constrained than larger counterparts, it can provide new fundamental knowledge on plateau formation.

Project Leader:

Professor Manfred Strecker

Institut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

Principal Investigators:

Dr. Giovanni Bertotti

Department of Tectonics and Structural Geology, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Professor Attila Çiner

Department of Geological Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Professor Helmut Echtler

GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

Professor Arkan Eydar

Department of Geological Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Professor Elsa Gliozzi

Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Instituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria, Universita Roma Tre, Rome, Italy

Dr. Robert Govers

Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht Universiteit, Utrecht, Netherlands

Dr. Marianna Kováčová

University of Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Professor Andreas Mulch

Institute for Geosciences & Biodiversity and Climate Research Center, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

Dr. Bora Rojay

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Professor Guy Simpson

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Associated Partners:

Dr. Ali Aksu

Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University Newfoundland, St Johns, Nl, Canada

Professor Claudio Faccenna

Dipartimento Scienze Geologiche, Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria, Università di Roma Tre, Rome, Italy