Late Norian conodont age for a metacarbonate unit in NW Anatolia, Turkey

Kaya O., Kozur H., Sadeddin W., Helvaci H.

GEOBIOS, vol.34, no.5, pp.527-532, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 34 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2001
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/s0016-6995(01)80067-x
  • Journal Name: GEOBIOS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.527-532
  • Keywords: conodonta, Norian, northwestern Anatolia, blueschists
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

In northwest Anatolia, a blueschist rock assemblage consists, in an ascending order, of a metaclastic unit, a metacarbonate unit and a metaolistostrome unit. The structurally conformable metamorphic succession is overlain by the late Cretaceous to early Paleocene olistostrome-megabreccia-turbidite unit with derived clasts. The lower part of the metacarbonate unit contains a late Norian conodont Mockina slovakensis (KozuR) population, a typical Tethyan intraplatform shallow basin assemblage. (C) 2001 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.