However, the Konya Basin's behavior challenges conventional tectonic theories. Unlike the plateau's edges, which are shaped by active plate boundaries, Central Anatolia's interior is tectonically ...
Colliding tectonic plates tilted and bent layers like cardboard. Omnipotent then as now, water attacked the soft stones, carving canyons. That's Plateau Geology 101, slightly abbreviated.
Montgomery and colleagues 6 propose that the Thaumasia plateau on the southern part of the Tharsis rise on Mars is a giant landslide. a, Key tectonic features in the Thaumasia region, such as the ...