FACIES CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTROL MECHANISMS OF QUATERNARY DEPOSITS IN THE TUZ GÖLÜ BASIN

Indexed In

Volume 149 / 2014

Authors:

Alper Gürbüz, Nizamettin Kazancı

Keywords:

Central Anatolia, Quaternary, lake level changes, sedimentology, climate, tectonism

Abstract:

Although there are several studies discussing the pre-Neogene development of the Lake Tuz basin, which is the largest terrestrial basin in Turkey, investigations delineating the characteristics of the Neogene and particularly Quaternary period of this basin are quite limited. Whereas studies regarding such periods of the basin are quite informative for both active tectonics and climate change issues that are of significant public concern. In this study, results of field observations on temporal and spatial characteristics of Quaternary deposits in the Lake Tuz Basin and processes controlling these features are presented. For this, as a result of sequence studies conducted in 17 different areas, Quaternary units were described and examined under 12 lithofacies and 5 facies associations. Facies properties imply that tectonism is spatially determinant factor whilst climate is the dominant controlling mechanism in the Quaternary evolution.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19111/bmre.63616