Quaternary sedimentary history of Adana, Cilicia and Iskenderun basins: northeast Mediterranean Sea

Aksu, Ali E; Uluğ, Atilla; Piper, David Z.; Konuk, Y. T.; Turgut, S

doi:10.1016/0025-3227(92)90084-u

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“…Offshore seismic reflection profiling [Aksu et al, 1992a[Aksu et al, , 1992bKempler and Garfunkel, 1994] shows active left lateral motions continuing offshore in a zone that appears to link the KOFZ with the Kyrenia (Girne) mountain range of northern Cyprus. To the northeast the KOFZ probably links with the Düziçi Fault Zone, which crosses the Amanos Mountains, and then joins the EAFZ (Figure 1).…”

Section: Geological Frameworkmentioning

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Neotectonic deformation linking the east Anatolian and Karataş‐Osmaniye intracontinental transform fault zones in the Gulf of İskenderun, southern Turkey, deduced from paleomagnetic study of the Ceyhan‐Osmaniye volcanics

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Left‐lateral strike slip along the Dead Sea Fault Zone (DSFZ) between the African and Arabian plates is partitioned into a complex set of motions at its northern extension where Arabia impinges into the Anatolian collage. As a result, the nature of the contemporary link between the east Anatolian and Dead Sea transforms is unclear. To quantify strike slip motion expressed as tectonic rotations along the inferred southwest continuation of the East Anatolian Fault Zone (EAFZ), we have investigated the paleomagnetism of young (<1 Ma) volcanics in the Adana Basin‐Gulf of İskenderun region comprising the Ceyhan‐Osmaniye volcanic suite. This volcanism is sited close to the intersection between the sinistral Karataş‐Osmaniye Fault Zone (KOFZ) and the Neotethyian Suture. Nine sites from a basaltic lava field in the vicinity of Osmaniye are entirely of normal polarity and, in the context of their very young morphologies, are assigned to the Brunhes Chron; declinations are mostly clockwise from the present field. This age assignment identifies rapid Recent (<780 ka) uplift at the head of the Gulf of İskenderun and is linked to a diversion of the Ceyhan river drainage and ongoing regional tilting. Eight sites yield a mean declination of 11.3 ± 10°, implying clockwise block rotation on Riedel‐type fractures on the northwest side of the KOFZ. Seven lavas sites from a volcanic succession near Botaş at the southwestern extension of the volcanic lineament are of reversed polarity and rotated counterclockwise by 43 ± 7° with respect to the present field. Polarity, K‐Ar, and morphological evidence indicate an assignment toward the latter part of the Matuyama Chron and identify rapid Neogene block rotation of a flake within the KOFZ. An inferred maximum slip rate of 0.6 cm/year on this fault zone is comparable with lower estimates of slip on the EAFZ and suggests that most strike slip on the DSFZ is now being partitioned to the west of the Gulf of İskenderun on a developing strike slip zone linking with the Cyprus Arc.

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Neotectonic deformation linking the east Anatolian and Karataş‐Osmaniye intracontinental transform fault zones in the Gulf of İskenderun, southern Turkey, deduced from paleomagnetic study of the Ceyhan‐Osmaniye volcanics

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“…The Adana Basin represents the onshore extension of the marine Cilicia Basin [11] to Recent [12] (p. 190) and is built by alluvial variable grainsize deposits [13] (p. 135). All rivers are braided in their upper reaches with channel gradients ranging from 1:40 to 1:400, while the channel gradients decrease to >1:2000 in the lower 35-110 km of their courses, causing them to meander [14] (p. 57). The major tributaries of the 560 km long Seyhan are the Göksu, Zamantı, Çakıt and Körkün Rivers [15] (p. 647).…”

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“…When Cilicia became the The course of the coastline underwent major changes. There are a few studies for a reconstruction of the palaeoshorelines available [2,4,14,17,18,[20][21][22][23]. A sea level high stand around 6000-5000 BP is generally accepted, followed by a significant regression of the sea level of several meters as well as a slight rise to the modern datum [24].…”

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SARchaeology—Detecting Palaeochannels Based on High Resolution Radar Data and Their Impact of Changes in the Settlement Pattern in Cilicia (Turkey)

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Abstract:The fertile alluvial plain of Cilicia is bordered by the Taurus and Amanus mountain ranges to the west, north and east and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Since the Neolithic Period, Plain Cilicia was an important interface between Anatolia and the Levant. The alluvial plain is dominated by three rivers: Tarsus, Seyhan and Ceyhan. The avulsion history of the lower course of the rivers Seyhan and Ceyhan during the Holocene remains an unresolved issue. The knowledge about how former river courses have changed is essential for the identification of ancient toponyms with archaeological sites. The analysis of silted up riverbeds based on high-resolution digital elevation models (TanDEM-X) and historic satellite imagery (CORONA) in this paper provide the first indications for the reconstruction of former river channels. Further evidence is given by the evaluation of the settlement patterns from 3rd to 1st millennium BC.

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“…Caputo (2007) also recommends using an uncertainty of at least $15 m in ancient water levels derived from a range of Quaternary sea-level curves. The topset-foreset transitions of modern Aegean Sea and Mediterranean Sea deltas occur at water depths of $15-20 m (Aksu and Piper, 1983;Aksu et al, 1987Aksu et al, , 1992aAksu et al, , 1992b. Please note that if the velocity estimates of 1500 m s À1 is underestimated by $10%, the subsidence rate would also be underextimated by $10%.…”

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Evolution of the Bababurnu Basin and shelf of the Biga Peninsula: Western extension of the middle strand of the North Anatolian Fault Zone, Northeast Aegean Sea, Turkey

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Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

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Quaternary sedimentary history of Adana, Cilicia and Iskenderun basins: northeast Mediterranean Sea

Cited by 60 publications

References 13 publications

Neotectonic deformation linking the east Anatolian and Karataş‐Osmaniye intracontinental transform fault zones in the Gulf of İskenderun, southern Turkey, deduced from paleomagnetic study of the Ceyhan‐Osmaniye volcanics

Neotectonic deformation linking the east Anatolian and Karataş‐Osmaniye intracontinental transform fault zones in the Gulf of İskenderun, southern Turkey, deduced from paleomagnetic study of the Ceyhan‐Osmaniye volcanics

SARchaeology—Detecting Palaeochannels Based on High Resolution Radar Data and Their Impact of Changes in the Settlement Pattern in Cilicia (Turkey)

Evolution of the Bababurnu Basin and shelf of the Biga Peninsula: Western extension of the middle strand of the North Anatolian Fault Zone, Northeast Aegean Sea, Turkey

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