A genetic model for Na-carbonate mineral precipitation in the Miocene Beypazari trona deposit, Ankara province, Turkey
SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY, vol.294, pp.315-327, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 294
- Publication Date: 2013
- Doi Number: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.06.011
- Journal Name: SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.315-327
- Keywords: Trona, Gaylussite, Pirssonite, Nahcolite, Shortite, Bradleyite
- Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
The Miocene Beypazari trona deposit in Central Anatolia (Turkey), with estimated reserves of 250 million of tons of soda ash (sodium carbonate), is the second largest Na-carbonate deposit in the world. Petrographic observations of sodium-carbonate evaporites from basin-center cores show that the evaporites and associated minerals underwent significant early diagenetic mineral transformations in the Beypazan Basin.