Lithostatigraphy and Mammalian Fossil Content of Lower Miocene Deposits in the Western Part of the Cankiri Basin: A Test for Post - Collisional Tectonic Models of NW Central Anatolia

Ozcan F., Karadenizli L., Sen S., Sarac G., SEYİTOĞLU G.

TURKIYE JEOLOJI BULTENI-GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN OF TURKEY, sa.3, ss.150-157, 2007 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Dergi Adı: TURKIYE JEOLOJI BULTENI-GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN OF TURKEY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.150-157
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Detailed geological mapping of the western side of Cankiri basin demonstrates that the base of the Neogene succession, the Kilcak formation, is found on both sides of a tectonic sliver. These outcrops are correlated through their lithological descriptions and fossil contents. This finding eliminates the recent tectono-sedimentary model that presents the Kilcak formation as a last product of an intercontinental convergence, developed in front of the thrust sheets of the Izmir-Ankara suture zone. In contrast, our findings support the proposal that the Neogene succession in the western margin of the Cankiri basin is fragmented by the post Pliocene tectonic sliver, regarded as a neotectonic structure.