TY - JOUR
T1 - Reconstructing the sedimentary evolution of the miocene Aksu Basin based on fan delta development (Eastern mediterranean-Turkey)
AU - Üner, Serkan
AU - Özsayin, Erman
AU - Dirik, Ramazan Kadir
AU - Çiner, Tahsin Attila
AU - Karabiyikoğlu, Mustafa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© TÜBİTAK.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The Aksu Basin in southern Turkey is dominantly represented by an alluvial fan and five fan deltas (FDs) developed along the tectonically controlled margins of the basin during the Miocene. Four alternating compressional and tensional tectonic phases have influenced the basin since its formation. Strong tectonic movements caused high sedimentation rates and progradation of large debrisflow and mass-flow dominated FDs. Here we describe two FDs (the Karadağ and Kargı FDs) in detail. The Karadağ FD began to develop under the control of a compressional regime and continued the evolution under a tensional regime. The same tensional regime caused the separation of the Karadağ FD from its source and the deposition of the Kargı FD into the newly formed accommodation area. The alternating tectonic regimes and sea-level oscillations in the Aksu Basin gave rise to the development of coral colonies on the shallow delta fronts, forming patch reefs despite the large amounts of conglomerates supplied by fan deltaic processes.
AB - The Aksu Basin in southern Turkey is dominantly represented by an alluvial fan and five fan deltas (FDs) developed along the tectonically controlled margins of the basin during the Miocene. Four alternating compressional and tensional tectonic phases have influenced the basin since its formation. Strong tectonic movements caused high sedimentation rates and progradation of large debrisflow and mass-flow dominated FDs. Here we describe two FDs (the Karadağ and Kargı FDs) in detail. The Karadağ FD began to develop under the control of a compressional regime and continued the evolution under a tensional regime. The same tensional regime caused the separation of the Karadağ FD from its source and the deposition of the Kargı FD into the newly formed accommodation area. The alternating tectonic regimes and sea-level oscillations in the Aksu Basin gave rise to the development of coral colonies on the shallow delta fronts, forming patch reefs despite the large amounts of conglomerates supplied by fan deltaic processes.
KW - Aksu Basin
KW - Eastern mediterranean
KW - Fan delta
KW - Sedimentary evolution
KW - Sedimentary facies
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U2 - 10.3906/yer-1705-21
DO - 10.3906/yer-1705-21
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85040789356
SN - 1300-0985
VL - 27
SP - 32
EP - 48
JO - Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences
JF - Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences
IS - 1
ER -