Sedimentology, petrography and diagenesis of Eocene-Oligocene evaporites: the Tuzhisar Formation, SW Sivas Basin, Turkey
JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES, vol.25, no.5, pp.791-803, 2005 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 25 Issue: 5
- Publication Date: 2005
- Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2004.08.002
- Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.791-803
- Keywords: evaporites, Sabkha, secondary gypsum, Sivas Basin, Turkey
- Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No
Abstract
The study area is situated in the southwestern part of the Sivas Basin. Sediments of the Ortakoy Formation (Middle-Upper Eocene) of flysch facies were deposited in a shallow marine environment and consist of interstratified sandstone, shale and calcareous mudstone. The Karaziyaret basaltic dikes cut the Ortakoy Formation. The Ortakoy Formation is comformably overlain by the evaporite-dominated Tuzhisar Formation. Gradual transitions between these two stratigraphic units crop out between Yenikoy and Yenituzhisar villages.