The first International Symposiumon on the
Geology
of the Black Sea Region
The first symposium on the Geology of the Black Sea Region was held in Ankara during 07-11 September 1992, under the auspices of the Prime Minister at that time. It was organized jointly by the General Directorate of the Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA) of Turkey and TMMOB Chamber of Geological Engineers. The Scientific Board of this event was comprised of the scientists from Azerbaijan,Georgia, Switzerland, Germany, Russia and
Greece working in circum Black Sea as well as Turkish scientists from MTA and the universities.
At the end of symposium, it was concluded that this symposium would be held biennially in different Black Sea countries. However, due to issues related to various financial and political priorities of these countries, the symposium could not be organized up to 2009.
The 2nd International Symposiumon on the the
Geology
of theBlack Sea Region
OCTOBER 5-9, ANKARA / TURKEY
PARTICIPATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION
The participants were geoscientists from the circum-Black Sea countries and experts from various other countries who are involved or interested in the geology of the region. The official language of the symposium was English.
OBJECTIVES
To provide a forum for the earth scientists to present and discuss their new data and ideas on the geology of the circum-Black Sea Region, to exchange views and to discuss common geological problems. To provide a geological framework for the exploration of oil and mineral deposits in the Black Sea Region. To provide a medium for the preparation and the realization of the joint projects among the circum-Black Sea countries. To form an organization by which periodical meetings will be held to discuss the geology of the circum-Black Sea Region.
LOCATION
The symposium was held in October 5-9, 2009 in the halls of Mineral Research and Exploration General Directorate in Ankara, capital of Turkey.
VENUE
The Symposium was held in the campus of the Mineral Research and Exploration General Directorate in Ankara. The MTA General Directorate is the acting (MTA) as Geological Survey of Turkey and its offices are located in a spacious campus on the Eskisehir road about five kilometres west of the city centre (Kızılay).
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
HONORARY PRESIDENT Taner YILDIZ Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
CHAIRMAN Aral İ. OKAY, Istanbul Technical University
SECRETARY GENERAL F.Alev BÜLBÜL, General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Mehmet ÜZER MTA General Directorate
Yusuf Ziya COSAR MTA General Directorate
Dündar ÇAGLAN Chamber of Geological Engineers
Güner ÜNALAN Chamber of Geological Engineers
Erol TIMUR MTA General Directorate
Nesat KONAK MTA General Directorate
Tülin AKKAS MTA General Directorate
Ismet CENGIZ Chamber of Geological Engineers
Aytekin ÇOLAK Chamber of Geological Engineers
Faruk ILGÜN Chamber of Geological Engineers
Zahide KÖKLÜ MTA General Directorate
Çetin KURTOGLU Chamber of Geological Engineers
Canan KUZUCU MTA General Directorate
Kerim SARIKAVAK MTA General Directorate
Engin Öncü SÜMER MTA General Directorate
Pınar SEN MTA General Directorate
Hüseyin YILMAZ Chamber of Geological Engineers
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Shota ADAMIA Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Akif ALIZADE Academy of Science Azerbaijan,
Demir ALTINER Middle East Technical Uni., Ankara, Turkey
Erdin BOZKURT Middle East Technical Uni., Ankara, Turkey
Durmuş BOZTUĞ Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
B. Clark BURCHFIEL Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
William CAVAZZA University of Bologna, Italy
Namık ÇAĞATAY Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Emin DEMİRBAĞ Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
A. Sami DERMAN Turkish Petroleum Corp., Ankara, Turkey
George GEORGIEV Sofia University, Bulgaria
Ergün GÖKTEN Ankara University, Turkey
M. Cemal GÖNCÜOĞLU Middle East Technical Uni., Ankara, Turkey
H.Yavuz HAKYEMEZ MTA General Directorate, Ankara, Turkey
Erdal HERECE MTA General Directorate, Ankara, Turkey
Laurent JOLIVET University Paris, France
Alexander A. KITCHKA National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine
Neşat KONAK MTA General Directorate, Ankara, Turkey
İsmail KUŞÇU MTA General Directorate, Ankara, Turkey
Boris NATALIN Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Anatoly M. NIKISHIN Moscow State University, Russia
Dimitrios PAPANIKOLAOU University of Athens, Greece
Alastair ROBERTSON University of Edinburgh, Britain
Muharrem SATIR University of Tübingen, Germany
Muzaffer SİYAKO Turkish Petroleum Corp., Ankara, Turkey
Randell STEPHENSON Vrije University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ömer ŞAHİNTÜRK Turkish Petroleum Corp., Ankara, Turkey
Şevket ŞEN Natural History Museum, Paris, France A.M.
A.M.Celal ŞENGÖR Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Okan TÜYSÜZ Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Reşat ULUSAY Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Timur USTAÖMER Istanbul University, Turkey
Namık YALÇIN Istanbul University, Turkey
Yücel YILMAZ Kadir Has University, Istanbul , Turkey
Ivan ZAGORCHEV Bulgarian Acad.of Sci., Sofia, Bulgaria
Guram S. ZAKARIADZE Russian Academy of Sci., Moscow, Russia
Major topics and conveners
Tectonic evolution of the circum-Black Sea region: Pontides, Caucasus, Strandja, Rhodope, Balkanides, Moesian Platform, Dobrugea, Scythian Belt, East European Platform
A.H.F. ROBERTSON, E. BOZKURT
Stratigraphy, sedimentology and palaeontology of the Black Sea region
D. ALTINER, O. TÜYSÜZ
Marine geology and geophysics of the Black Sea
N. ÇAĞATAY, E. DEMİRBAĞ
Petroleum geology of Black Sea region
M. SİYAKO, A. S. DERMAN
Volcanology and magmatism of the Black Sea region Jurassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary magmatism.
D. BOZKURT, M. ARSLAN
Mining geology, metallogeny and geochemistry of the Black Sea region: Volcanic-hosted massive sulphide, porphry copper and gold deposits.
C. HELVACI, R. ALLEN
Metamorphic and magmatic petrology of Black Sea region: Pre-Jurassic magmatism and metamorphic basement, Triassic Cimmeride metamorphism, Upper Jurassic -Lower Cretaceous Balkanide metamorphism.
M. C. GÜNCÜOĞLU, G. TOPUZ
Quaternary geology and paleoclimatology of the Black Sea region
C.SCHLÜCHTER, N. AKÇAR
Engineering geology, hydrogeology, natural hazards, environmental geology, landslides, tunnel geology
R. ULUSAY, C. GÖKÇEOĞLU
EXCURSION
Map of technical excursion
A post-symposium excursion to the Eastern Black Sea Region was organized as part of the Symposium, entitled:
STRATIGRAPHY, TECTONISM AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN BLACK SEA MOUNTAINS
Excursion Leaders:
Nesat KONAK, Aral I. OKAY
Excursion Routes:
October, 9 Friday
Ankara-Trabzon (by airplane)
October, 10 Saturday
Trabzon-Maçka-Hopa; Jurassic to Neogene volcanostratigraphy
October, 11 Sunday
Hopa-Yusufeli; Jurassic to Lower Tertiary stratigraphy and tectonics, Murgul copper mine
October, 12 Monday
Yusufeli-Erzurum; Jurassic to Lower Tertiary stratigraphy and tectonics of the inner Eastern Black Sea region.
October, 13 Tuesday
Erzurum-Bayburt-Erzurum; Pre-Jurassic metamorphic basement, Upper Carboniferous series, Jurassic-Tertiary stratigraphy and tectonics.
Committees
EXCURSION COMMITTEE
Neşat KONAK, Aral OKAY
SOCIAL ACTIVITY COMMITTEE
Tülin AKKAŞ, Zahide KÖKLÜ , Canan KUZUCU , Müge DALKILIÇ
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Faruk İLGÜN, Sabriye METİN
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE
Engin Öncü SÜMER, Pınar ŞEN, Sükrü YURTSEVER
TREASURER COMMITTEE
Kerim SARIKAVAK, Çetin KURTOGLU
PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Gözde KURUÇİM, Beyhan SAYIN, Buket METİN
