A revised stratigraphic framework for Later Cenozoic sequences in the northeastern Mediterranean region

Yetiş, Cengiz; Kelling, Gilbert; Gökçen, Sungu L.; Baroz, F.

doi:10.1007/s005310050041

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“…This formation is separated from the underlying Mesozoic tectonostratigraphic units by a distinct unconformity [53]. This nonmarine deposition ended in the Early Miocene by a transgression from the Adana basin [54].…”

Section: Geological and Hydrogeological Settingmentioning

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Processes Governing Alkaline Groundwater Chemistry within a Fractured Rock (Ophiolitic Mélange) Aquifer Underlying a Seasonally Inhabited Headwater Area in the Aladağlar Range (Adana, Turkey)

Güler

Thyne²,

Tağa

et al. 2017

Geofluids

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The aim of this study was to investigate natural and anthropogenic processes governing the chemical composition of alkaline groundwater within a fractured rock (ophiolitic mélange) aquifer underlying a seasonally inhabited headwater area in the Aladaglar Range (Adana, Turkey). In this aquifer, spatiotemporal patterns of groundwater flow and chemistry were investigated during dry (October 2011) and wet (May 2012) seasons utilizing 25 shallow hand-dug wells. In addition, representative samples of snow, rock, and soil were collected and analyzed to constrain the PHREEQC inverse geochemical models used for simulating waterrock interaction (WRI) processes. Hydrochemistry of the aquifer shows a strong interseasonal variability where Mg-HCO 3 and Mg-Ca-HCO 3 water types are prevalent, reflecting the influence of ophiolitic and carbonate rocks on local groundwater chemistry. R-mode factor analysis of hydrochemical data hints at geochemical processes taking place in the groundwater system, that is, WRI involving Ca-and Si-bearing phases; WRI involving amorphous oxyhydroxides and clay minerals; WRI involving Mg-bearing phases; and atmospheric/anthropogenic inputs. Results from the PHREEQC modeling suggested that hydrogeochemical evolution is governed by weathering of primary minerals (calcite, chrysotile, forsterite, and chromite), precipitation of secondary minerals (dolomite, quartz, clinochlore, and Fe/Cr oxides), atmospheric/anthropogenic inputs (halite), and seasonal dilution from recharge.

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Section: Geological and Hydrogeological Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Processes Governing Alkaline Groundwater Chemistry within a Fractured Rock (Ophiolitic Mélange) Aquifer Underlying a Seasonally Inhabited Headwater Area in the Aladağlar Range (Adana, Turkey)

Güler

Thyne²,

Tağa

et al. 2017

Geofluids

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“…The Mesaoria (Mesarya) Group includes the Myrtou (Çamlıbel), Nicosia (Lefkosa), Athalassa (Gürpınar) and Fanglomerate Formations (Baroz 1979). Of these, the Myrtou (Çamlıbel) Formation comprises interbedded marls and siltstones (Baroz 1979;Yetis et al 1995;McCay et al 2012), whereas the Nicosia (Lefkosa) Formation is made up of interbedded marls and chalks (Baroz 1979;Yetis et al 1995). Above this, the Athalassa (Gürpınar) Formation is predominantly shallow-marine carbonate grainstones (Baroz 1979;McCallum & Robertson 1995a;Harrison et al 2004).…”

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Quantitative dating of Pleistocene deposits of the Kyrenia Range, northern Cyprus: implications for timing, rates of uplift and driving mechanisms

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Robertson

Kinnaird

et al. 2016

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The Kyrenia Range underwent tectonically driven uplift during the Pliocene to Pleistocene in response to the interaction of various tectonic processes. To understand the tectonic processes driving the uplift and how this is related to uplift of other areas of the Eastern Mediterranean, uranium-series disequilibrium and optically stimulated luminescence dating were applied to marine and non-marine terrace deposits exposed on the northern flank of the range. Palaeomagnetism and strontium isotope dating were used in conjunction to date the final stages of the marine environment adjacent to the Kyrenia Range prior to major surface uplift. Uplift rates range from >1.2 mm a −1 , inferred during the Early Pleistocene, to <0.2 mm a −1 during the Late Pleistocene. The new data show that the Kyrenia Range was uplifted contemporaneously with the Troodos Massif in southern Cyprus. The uplift of the Kyrenia Range appears to have been significantly faster than that affecting other comparable regions in the easternmost Mediterranean during the Pleistocene (e.g. Lebanon coast; southern Anatolian plateau). The driving mechanism for the uplift of both the Kyrenia Range and the Troodos Massif is inferred to be the collision of the Eratosthenes Seamount with the Cyprus trench to the south of Cyprus.Supplementary material: Details of the methods used are available at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3260977.

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“…The backbone of the Tauride Mountains in the Central segment is dissected by the prominent left-lateral Ecemis Fault System that was active in Plio-Quaternary time and possibly earlier (Yetis 1984;Fig. 10 To the south of the Bolkar Da~ a complete, relatively undeformed, Upper Cretaceous ophiolite (Mersin Ophiolite) is exposed (Fig.…”

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Mesozoic-Tertiary Tectonic-Sedimentary Evolution of a South Tethyan Oceanic Basin and its Margins in Southern Turkey

Robertson

2000

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This paper focuses on the Mesozoic-Tertiary tectonic evolution of southern Turkey and offshore areas of the easternmost Mediterranean. The area is discussed and interpreted utilizing three segments from west to east. In the far west, the Lycian Nappes represent emplaced remnants of mainly Mesozoic rift, passive margin and oceanic units that formed within a northerly strand of the Mesozoic (i.e. Neotethyan) ocean. Further east, the Hoyran-Bey~ehir-Hadim Nappes, likewise encompass sedimentary and igneous units that formed within a northerly Neotethyan oceanic basin, although lithologies, structure and timing of emplacement differ from the Lycian Nappes. Further east (Adana region), ophiolites and ophiolitic m61ange also formed in a northerly oceanic basin and were thrust southwards over

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A revised stratigraphic framework for Later Cenozoic sequences in the northeastern Mediterranean region

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Processes Governing Alkaline Groundwater Chemistry within a Fractured Rock (Ophiolitic Mélange) Aquifer Underlying a Seasonally Inhabited Headwater Area in the Aladağlar Range (Adana, Turkey)

Processes Governing Alkaline Groundwater Chemistry within a Fractured Rock (Ophiolitic Mélange) Aquifer Underlying a Seasonally Inhabited Headwater Area in the Aladağlar Range (Adana, Turkey)

Quantitative dating of Pleistocene deposits of the Kyrenia Range, northern Cyprus: implications for timing, rates of uplift and driving mechanisms

Mesozoic-Tertiary Tectonic-Sedimentary Evolution of a South Tethyan Oceanic Basin and its Margins in Southern Turkey

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