Fairy chimney erosion rates on Cappadocia ignimbrites, Turkey: Insights from cosmogenic nuclides

Sarıkaya, Mehmet Akif; Çiner, Attila; Zréda, Marek

doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.12.039

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“…In some cases, these structures have been modified by human intervention to increase their fungal likeness (Spasova 2015). Mushrooms rock formation are also reported from Cappadocia (Turkey) (Sarikaya & al. 2015).…”

Section: Mushroom Megalithsmentioning

confidence: 80%

Fungi in archaeological areas

2018

Fl. Medit.

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Gargano, M.L.: Fungi in archaeological areas . -Fl. Medit. 28: 253-258. 2018. -ISSN: 1120-4052 printed, 2240 This review include the data concerning the presence of representations of fungi since prehistoric times. Particular attention is paid to their use in magical rituals, in nutrition and as a remedy for certain diseases. The work also examines some examples of megaliths whose shape recalls that of a mushroom, and the role of mushrooms in anthracological studies. Finally, data on the presence of mushrooms, some of them rare, of reforested areas and residual dune systems within the Archaeological Park of Selinunte are reported.

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Section: Mushroom Megalithsmentioning

confidence: 80%

Fungi in archaeological areas

2018

Fl. Medit.

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“…12). Around Selime and southward to Yaprakhisar, the Cemilköy ignimbrite is deeply incised by numerous rills and gullies forming the typical Cappadocian landscape made of "fairy chimneys" in a badland landscape (Beekman 1966;Sarıkaya et al 2015;Çiner and Aydar 2019;Doğan et al 2019). The characteristic fairy chimneys are also well developed in the thick tuff wall between Selime and Yaprakhisar on the right bank of the Melendiz River (Fig.…”

Section: Formation and Evolution Of Melendiz River Valley During Quatmentioning

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Geomorphological evolutionary history of the Melendiz River Valley, Cappadocia, Turkey

2019

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The Melendiz River is located at the east of Tuz Gölü Fault Zone in western Cappadocia. In the central part of Melendiz River Valley, Ihlara Canyon attracts many tourists due to its landscape, cultural and archaeological values. The Melendiz Valley also encompasses geological and geomorphological features that exemplify the evolutionary history of western Cappadocia. In this study, the late Miocene-Quaternary geomorphological evolution of the Melendiz River Valley was investigated. The results indicate that a fluvial sedimentary sequence with ignimbrite intercalation was deposited during the late Miocene and early Pliocene. This was unconformably overlain by lacustrine limestone (Kışladağ Formation) of Pliocene age. The Pliocene lake regressed westward because of the changes in the tectonic regime and geomorphological processes during the late Pliocene (~ 3 Ma ago) and the initial Melendiz River developed on the lake bottom. During the Quaternary the Melendiz River developed under the control of both the neotectonic regime and the climate. This development provoked a 160-m-deep incision into the Pliocene sediments and the early Pliocene-Miocene ignimbrites below, giving birth to the Ihlara Canyon. In the proper valley of the Melendiz River, six strath terraces and Holocene flood plain record the incision process.Publisher's Note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

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“…Previous studies show the cosmological nuclide dating is one of most effective methods to directly dating Quaternary conglomerates (Çiner et al, 2015; Sarikaya, Çiner, & Zreda, 2015). Here, we use this technique to determine the burial ages of the Pleistocene conglomerates.…”

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Yumen conglomerate ages in the South Ningxia Basin, north‐eastern Tibetan Plateau, as constrained by cosmogenic dating

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Geological Journal

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The South Ningxia Basin, as the outermost Cenozoic basin on the north‐eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, is characterized by a series of convex to the north‐east arcuate structural belts. Constraining the final formation time of the belt has been an ongoing focus in geologic research of the Tibetan Plateau. A set of early Pleistocene conglomerates, the Yumen conglomerate, overlying the folded pre‐Quaternary formations are widely distributed throughout the whole basin, and the latest folded formation is the upper Pliocene Ganhegou Formation, marking the termination of folding uplift in the north‐eastern Tibetan Plateau. Based on 1:50,000 geological mapping, a set of early Pleistocene alluvial fan conglomerates overlying the folded Palaeogene–Neogene strata were recognized and agree well with the Yumen conglomerate. Here, the Yumen conglomerate formation ages were determined to be 0.6–1.04 Ma using cosmic nuclide burial dating. Combined with the upper limit age of the latest strata beneath the unconformity with the latest palaeomagnetic age of 2.77 Ma, the crustal shortening event is restricted to the period 2.77–1.04 Ma, indicating that it is the most intense tectonic shortening event along the north‐eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.

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Fairy chimney erosion rates on Cappadocia ignimbrites, Turkey: Insights from cosmogenic nuclides

Cited by 30 publications

References 36 publications

Fungi in archaeological areas

Fungi in archaeological areas

Geomorphological evolutionary history of the Melendiz River Valley, Cappadocia, Turkey

Yumen conglomerate ages in the South Ningxia Basin, north‐eastern Tibetan Plateau, as constrained by cosmogenic dating

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