Facies and environmental setting of the Miocene coral reefs in the late-orogenic fill of the Antalya Basin, western Taurides, Turkey: implications for tectonic control and sea-level changes

Karabıyıkoğlu, Mustafa; Tuzcu, Sevim; Çiner, Attila; Deynoux, Max; Örçen, Sefer; Hakyemez, Aynur

doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2003.08.006

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“…The final emplacement of the Lycian Nappes over the Bey Dağları region in southwestern Turkey (Figure 2) occurred in the early Miocene. This episode of south or southeastward thrusting is marked by the formation of an Aquitanian to Burdigalian foreland basin [Poisson, 1977;Gutnic et al, 1979;Hayward and Robertson, 1982;Hayward, 1984aHayward, , 1984bKarabiyikoğlu et al, 2005]. Southward emplacement of the Lycian Nappes ceased at the end of the Burdigalian [Poisson, 1977;Flecker et al, 1995].…”

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Exhumation with a twist: Paleomagnetic constraints on the evolution of the Menderes metamorphic core complex, western Turkey

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Much remains to be understood about the links between regional vertical axis rotations, continental extension, and shortening. In western Turkey, Miocene vertical axis rotations have been reported that occur simultaneously with the extensional exhumation of the Menderes metamorphic core complex, which has been related to back‐arc extension in the eastern part of the Aegean back arc. In this paper we explore the spatial and temporal relationships between vertical axis rotations in southwestern Turkey and extensional unroofing of the Menderes Massif. To this end, we provide a large set of new paleomagnetic data from western Turkey, and integrate these with the regional structural evolution to test the causes and consequences of oroclinal bending in the Aegean region. The Lycian Nappes and Bey Dağları are shown to rotate ∼20° between 16 and 5 Ma, defining the eastern limb of the Aegean orocline. This occurred contemporaneously with the exhumation of the central Menderes Massif (along extensional detachments) and after the latest Oligocene to early Miocene exhumation of the northern and southern Menderes massifs. Exhumation of the latter two was not associated with vertical axis rotations. The lower Miocene volcanics in the region from Lesbos to Uşak, to the north of the central Menderes Massif underwent a small clockwise rotation, insignificant with respect to Eurasia. This shows that exhumation of the central Menderes Massif was associated with a vertical axis rotation difference between the northern and southern Menderes massifs of ∼25°–30°. This result is in excellent agreement with the angle defined by the trends of Büyük Menderes and Alaşehir detachments, as well as the angle defined by the regionally curving stretching lineation pattern across the central Menderes Massif. These structures define a pivot point (rotation pole) for the west Anatolian rotations. The rotation of the southern domain, including the southern Menderes Massif, the Lycian Nappes, and Bey Dağları, must have led to N–S contraction east of this pole. The eastern limit of the rotating domain is formed by the transpressional couple of the Aksu thrust and Kırkkavak Fault in the center of the Isparta angle. Previously reported clockwise rotations in the volcanic fields near Afyon may be the result of distributed N–S shortening east of the pivot point. The precise accommodation of this shortening history remains open for investigation. Late Oligocene to early Miocene extension in the eastern part of the Aegean back arc was NE–SW oriented and likely bounded by a discrete transform. This transform may be associated with an early evolution of the eastern Aegean subduction transform edge propagator fault. Oroclinal bending in the west Anatolian region is likely related to a reconnection of the eastern part of the Aegean orocline with the African northward moving plate in tandem with roll back in the Aegean back arc, comparable to a recently postulated scenario for western Greece.

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Exhumation with a twist: Paleomagnetic constraints on the evolution of the Menderes metamorphic core complex, western Turkey

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“…Several examples of interaction between coarse terrigenous clastic sediments and coral reef associations are recorded from the geological record, such as in Turkey (Hayward 1982;Karabvyvkoglua et al 2005), Sardinia (Cherchi et al 2000), Spain (Braga et al 1996), Corsica (Galloni et al 2001), and Crete Reuter et al 2006), as well as from the Recent, in particular in the Red Sea (Roberts and Murray1988; Doyle and Roberts 1988;Friedman 1988;Hayward 1982).…”

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Depositional model and paleodepth reconstruction of a coral-rich, mixed siliciclastic-carbonate system: the Burdigalian of Capo Testa (northern Sardinia, Italy)

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et al. 2009

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This study presents a detailed facies analysis and paleodepth reconstruction of a coral-rich mixed siliciclastic-carbonate system Burdigalian in age, outcropping in the northern sector of Sardinia (Capo Testa). Excellent exposures of continuous sea-cliff outcrops around the southwestern and northeastern area of Capo Testa promontory allowed us to: (1) trace stratigraphic surfaces; (2) document stratal geometries; (3) discern details of the lithofacies and, (4) reconstruct the paleodepths of the different depositional environments. A total of seven sedimentary facies has been recognized and interpreted: siliciclastic conglomerate and coarse bioclastic sandstone (F1), fine- to medium-grained hybrid sandstone (F2, scleractinian coral domestone (F3), bioclastic packstone to floatstone with platy Porites (F4), red algae floatstone to rudstone (F5), larger benthic foraminifers (LBF) bioclastic rudstone floatstone in a packstone matrix (F6), molluscan floatstone in a bioclastic packstone matrix (F7). The investigated system is characterized by nearshore to shoreface deposits with a conspicuous terrigenous content that grades seaward into deeper zones where coral patch-reefs developed in association with adjacent areas colonized by seagrass meadows. The more distal facies are constituted by scattered encrusting tabular colonies of Porites in growth position occurring in a deeper and lower-energy environment. The paleodepth interval that is observed in the Capo Testa outcrop ranges from 0 to 50 m

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“…The dominantly marine basins are located mainly in the southern limb of the belt and include the well-described Adana, Mut and Antalya (including the Manavgat, Köprüçay and Aksu) basins (e.g. Çiner et al, 2008;Darbas and Nazik, 2010;Derman and Gürbüz, 2007;Eriş et al, 2005;Gül, 2007;Janson et al, 2010;Karabıyıkoğlu et al, 2005;Poisson et al, 2003;Yetiş, 1988). A diachronous marine transgression flooded the southern part of the belt in Cyprus from the late Oligocene onward, and reached the Antalya, Mut and Adana regions in the north during the Early Miocene .…”

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Tectono-Sedimentary evolution and geochronology of the Middle Miocene Altınapa Basin, and implications for the Late Cenozoic uplift history of the Taurides, southern Turkey

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Facies and environmental setting of the Miocene coral reefs in the late-orogenic fill of the Antalya Basin, western Taurides, Turkey: implications for tectonic control and sea-level changes

Cited by 66 publications

References 28 publications

Exhumation with a twist: Paleomagnetic constraints on the evolution of the Menderes metamorphic core complex, western Turkey

Exhumation with a twist: Paleomagnetic constraints on the evolution of the Menderes metamorphic core complex, western Turkey

Depositional model and paleodepth reconstruction of a coral-rich, mixed siliciclastic-carbonate system: the Burdigalian of Capo Testa (northern Sardinia, Italy)

Tectono-Sedimentary evolution and geochronology of the Middle Miocene Altınapa Basin, and implications for the Late Cenozoic uplift history of the Taurides, southern Turkey

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