Holocene stratigraphy and geomorphological evolution of the Aegean coastal plains of Anatolia

Türki̇ye’de Fi̇zi̇ki̇ Coğrafya: Deği̇şen Di̇si̇pli̇ner Prati̇ği̇n Ampi̇ri̇k Bi̇r Anali̇zi̇

“…Nitekim, bu alanda özellikle yeni bin yılın başlarından itibaren, Türkiye iklimi ileri düzey istatistiksel tekniklerle çözümlenmeye (örn. Türkeş ve ark., 2009;Türkeş ve Tatlı, 2009) Kayan, 1999;Demir ve ark., 2008;Zreda ve ark., 2011). Her ne kadar biyocoğrafya çalışmaları kuramsal, metodolojik ve tematik olarak disiplin içerisindeki partnerlerine oranla henüz yeterince zenginleşememiş olsa da, bu alanda da yakın zamanlarda paleo-vejetasyondaki değişimleri (örn.…”

Antique quarries of marmor troadense (NW Turkey): insights from field mapping and absolute dating

“…Several suggestions have been made, which include tectonic escape (shortening caused by partial closure of the Neotethys), back-arc spreading (migration of the trench system of the subduction in the Hellenic arc), and orogenic collapse (simultaneous orogenic collapse and start of roll-back process) (Seyitoğlu and Scott, 1996). The Late Quaternary landscape evolution of the Biga Peninsula can be summarized in 3 distinct phases (Kayan, 1999, and references therein). The first is the postglacial transgression and the resulting aggradation during the Early Holocene.…”

“…Fluvial progradation dominated this transition from marine to terrestrial environment. The third and final phase is the end of this progradation during the Late Holocene, when delta plains were covered by flood plain deposits (Kayan, 1999, and references therein).…”

Geoarchaeology and aggradation around Kinet Höyük, an archaeological mound in the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey

“…Some recent studies, like Vita-Finzi's early model, have also found evidence for climatic impacts on erosion and sedimentation (Faust et al, 2004;Verschuren et al, 2000), but more studies in the eastern Mediterranean have focused on the importance of natural fluvial responses and coastal progradation to post Pleistocene sea-level rise (Kayan, 1999) and to human impacts in watersheds: Roman abandonment of terracing (Butzer, 1982: 131), agriculture and grazing, lumbering and ship building, and firewood cutting and charcoal production (Van Andel, 1998). Many coring transects across the alluvial and deltaic plains of the Eastern Mediterranean have shown much greater progradation than the 525 m at Kinet (Eisma, 1978).…”

“…Examples of alluviating systems in the geomorphology literature are numerous: watersheds in Australia (Wasson, 2006), the Upper Mississippi Basin (Knox, 1972(Knox, , 2001Trimble, 1983;Magilligan, 1992;Beach, 1994), the Southeastern United States (Trimble, 1974;Costa, 1975), the river valleys, upland karst depressions, and perennial wetlands of the Maya Lowlands (Beach et al, 2003(Beach et al, , 2006Luzzadder-Beach and Beach, in press), and California Gold Rush valleys from hydraulic mining (James, 1999;Gilbert, 1917). Another area of significant aggradation and progradation has been the eastern Mediterranean, where scores of studies have analyzed erosion and valley and coastal sedimentation for decades (Vita-Finzi, 1969;Brückner, 1997;Van Andel, 1998;Kayan, 1999;Bal et al, 2003;Cordova et al, 2005;Wilkinson, 2005;Casana, 2003). These studies have shown variable quantities of erosion and sedimentation, and have suggested different chronologies and causes of erosion and fill, though changing land use and climate are the key factors.…”