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

GOKCEN N., GOKCEN S., KELLING G.

NEWSLETTERS ON STRATIGRAPHY, cilt.24, sa.3, ss.111-135, 1991 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 1991
  • Dergi Adı: NEWSLETTERS ON STRATIGRAPHY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, BIOSIS, Geobase
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.111-135
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

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.