Nature, provenance and relationships of early miocene palaeovalley fills, northern Adana Basin, Turkey: Their significance for sediment-bypassing on a carbonate shelf

DERMAN A. S., Gurbuz K.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, vol.16, no.2, pp.179-209, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 16 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.179-209
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The Gildirli Formation is the oldest Neogene rock unit in the Adana Basin and was formed prior to the regionally extensive Early Miocene marine transgression. These coarse clastic red-beds provide important evidence about the causes and early phases of filling in this large trough, because the Gildirli Formation sediments fill an irregular palaeotopography carved out of Palaeozoic and Mesozoic basement rocks.