Title
First record of late Campanian paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic changes, Arabian Platform, Mazidag-Mardin area, SE Turkey
Author
İsmail Ömer Yilmaz
Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University
Author
Izzet Hoşgör
Çalık Petrol, Oil and Gas Directorate
Author
Sevinç Özkan-Altiner
Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University
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Abstract
The sedimentology, geochemistry and paleontology of the pelagic upper Campanian Maastrichtian Bozova Formation in the "Mazidag" (Mazıdağı) - Mardin area, SE Turkey, reveal paleoceanographic and paleoecological changes for the first time. A 119.25 m-thick composite stratigraphic section is characterized by alternating marls, clayey limestones, shales, and black shales; no coarse siliciclastic admixture or turbidite intercalations were recorded in the section. Biostratigraphic data indicate the presence of the Radotruncana calcarata Zone, and the UC15de/UC16 nannofossil zones. Stable isotope and elemental geochemical analyses have been carried out in the studied section. The isotope curves display similar patterns compared to reference curves from European and Chinese basins in the same interval. The prominent negative carbon isotope excursion determined in the upper interval can be correlated with the Late Campanian Event. Proxy elements display generally two relative rising trends in productivity from the lower part and the middle part of the succession. The lower part of the section records relatively more dysoxic/anoxic conditions and coincides with common black shale beds. The presence of both diverse planktonic foraminifera and calcareous nannofossils in the studied interval indicates a fully marine, warm-water, low-latitude Tethysian oceanic environment. In addition, the plant fossils derived from the nearby land mass indicate that a tropical humid climate was similar to that in northeast Australia. Therefore, warm water, tropical humid atmospheric conditions developed in the studied area causing the rise in productivity, precipitation and transportation of plant debris into offshore environments. Key-words
Keywords
upper Campanianpaleoceanographic eventpaleoclimateplant fossilArabian PlatformSE Turkey
Object type
Language
English [eng]
Persistent identifier
https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:1622058
Appeared in
Title
Carnets de géologie (Notebooks on geology)
Volume
21
Issue
6
ISSN
1634-0744
Issued
2021
From page
137
To page
162
Publisher
Society for Sedimentary Geology
Date issued
2021
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