The Late Burdigalian-Langhian Time Interval in Turkey and the Palaeoenvironment and Palaeoclimatic Implications and Correlation of Europe and Turkey: Late Burdigalian-Langhian Palynofloras and Palaeoclimatic properties of the Mugla-Milas (Kultak)

KAYSERİ ÖZER M. S., AKGÜN F.

TURKIYE JEOLOJI BULTENI-GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN OF TURKEY, cilt.53, sa.1, ss.1-44, 2010 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 53 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Dergi Adı: TURKIYE JEOLOJI BULTENI-GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN OF TURKEY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-44
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Milas-Kultak, Palynology, late Burdigalian, Langhian Palaeoclimatology, Palaeovegetation, Palaeogeography, BUYUK MENDERES GRABEN, CENTRAL ANATOLIA, PANNONIAN BASIN, MIOCENE, MIDDLE, EVOLUTION, PALEOGEOGRAPHY, STRATIGRAPHY, PARATETHYS, DEPOSITS
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, the Kultak palynoflora of the Mugla-Milas-Oren (Kultak) region, which is characterized by Ulmus, Pinus (haploxylon-type), Picea-Pinaceae, Cupressaceae, Castaneae, Cyrillaceae, Oleaceae, Poaceae, Carya, Engelhardia, Taxodiaceae, Quercus, Salix, and Myricaceae taxa, are firstly defined and this palynoflora is seen to correspond with the MN5-6 boundary. The Kultak palynolfora is compared with previously defined palynofloras of Turkey (Ankara-Cayirhan, Balikesir-Bigadic; Gonen, Samsun-Havza, Canakkale-Can, Canakkale-Etili and Aydin-Bascayir; Kulogullari) and Greece (Kolivata, Evia ve Spanokhorion). Numerical climatic parameters (the mean annual temperature "MAT", the mean annual coldest month "CMT", the mean annual warmest month "WMT", and the mean annual range of temperature "MART") for all late Burdigalian-Langhian palynofloras of both countries are obtained using the "Coexistence Approach" analaysis method. The effects of the Middle Miocene climatic optimum period on Turkey and Greece, which is recorded in the late Burdigalian-Langihan time interval in Europe, are discussed. This warm climatic period generally caused an increase in the CMT values. Influences of the palaeoclimatic and palaeotopographic changes on the palaeovegetation are interpreted, and especially their influences on termophilous plants (i.e. Schizaceae, Engelhardia, Sapotaceae and Cyrillaceae) grown in the palaeoflora of Europe and Turkey. Palaeovegetational differences during the Miocene time could be related to the palaeotopographic changes involved in the palaeogeography and palaeoclimatic changing which is observed on a global scale, based on the data obtained in the Milas-Kultak area.