A genetic model for Na-carbonate mineral precipitation in the Miocene Beypazari trona deposit, Ankara province, Turkey

Garcia-Veigas J., Gundogan I., Helvaci C., Prats E.

SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY, vol.294, pp.315-327, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • 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, GREEN RIVER FORMATION, QUATERNARY SALINE LAKES, WILKINS PEAK MEMBER, SEARLES LAKE, LEVEL CHANGES, OWENS LAKE, BASIN, VAN, HYDROCHEMISTRY, CALIFORNIA
  • 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.