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TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, vol.20, no.3, pp.273-285, 2011 (SCI-Expanded)
The Biga Peninsula in northwestern Anatolia is a tectonic mosaic, comprising different tectonic units, representing the Sakarya Continent and oceanic assemblages of different origin and ages. The Camlica metamorphic association, a member of this orogenic mosaic in the westernmost part of the peninsula, is subdivided into three formations, from bottom to top; the Andiktasi formation, the Dedetepe formation, and the Salihler formation. Eclogite-facies metamorphic rocks occur as tectonic slices within schist-marble intercalations of the Dedetepe formation. These slices, about 2 km long and 500 m wide, include two different rock types; (i) quartz-mica schists, and (ii) metabasite lenses with eclogite/blueschist paragenesis. Foliation in the Dedetepe formation of the Camlica metamorphic association generally dips SW and strikes NW-SE around Dedetepe hill and Camlica village. In contrast, eclogite-facies metabasite slices strike NE-SW with NW-dipping foliation.