Research interests:

Igneous and metamorphic petrology and Geodynamic evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Biography:
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2013- Prof., Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, ITU
2006-2013, Assoc. Prof., Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, ITU
2004-2006, Assist. Prof., Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, ITU
2000, PhD, Mineralogishes Institut, Heidelberg Universitaet
1994, MSc., Geological Engin. Dept., Karadeniz Tech. University

Most important 5 publications:

Topuz, G., Altherr, R., Schwarz, W.H., Siebel W, Satır M, Dokuz A (2005) Post-collisional plutonism with adakite-like signatures: the Eocene Saraycık granodiorite (Eastern Pontides, Turkey). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 150, 441-455.

Topuz, G., Okay, A.I., 2014. Prograde calcite to aragonite transformation in the Gümüşyeniköy micritic limestones (Tavşanlı, NW Turkey). International Journal of Earth Sciences 103, 2271-2272.

Topuz, G., Altherr, R., Siebel, W., Schwarz, W.H., Zack, T., Hasözbek, A., Barth, M., Satır, M., Şen, C., 2010. Carboniferous high-potassium I-type granitoid magmatism in the Eastern Pontides: the Gümüşhane pluton (NE Turkey). Lithos 116, 92-110.

Topuz, G., Altherr, R., Satır, M., Schwarz, W.H., 2004. Low grade metamorphic rocks from the Pulur complex, NE Turkey: implications for pre-Liassic evolution of the Eastern Pontides. International Journal of Earth Sciences 93, 72-91.

Topuz, G., Altherr, R., Kalt, A., Satır, M., Werner, O., Schwarz, W.H., 2004. Aluminous granulites from the Pulur complex, NE Turkey: a case of partial melting, efficient melt extraction and crystallization. Lithos 72, 183-207