MICROFAUNAL BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF CENOZOIC SEQUENCES FROM THE MISIS-ANDIRIN AREA, SOUTHERN TURKEY

GOKCEN N., GOKCEN S., KELLING G.

NEWSLETTERS ON STRATIGRAPHY, vol.24, no.3, pp.111-135, 1991 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 24 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 1991
  • Journal Name: NEWSLETTERS ON STRATIGRAPHY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, BIOSIS, Geobase
  • Page Numbers: pp.111-135
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The Misis Complex form parts of a NE-SW trending zone of deformation within the Cukurova Basin, a major Neogene trough in southern Turkey. This tectonic high, separating the Adana and Iskenderun sub-basins, was created during the early stages of Arabian/Anatolian continental collision. The stratigraphic succession within the Misis Complex commences with a major olistostromic unit (1-2 km thick), formed prior to the late Oligocene basal Miocene and tectonically emplaced upon younger Miocene sediments during local early Pliocene deformation. The succeeding Miocene units comprise up to 4 km of mixed siliciclastic and carbonate-rich clastics, deposited in a variety of deep marine, shelf and coastal environments but displaying an overall upwards-shoaling character.