Geology of Neogene basins of Buldan-SarA±caova region and their importance in Western Anatolia neotectonics

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dc.contributor.authorBozcu, Mustafa
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:17:04Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:17:04Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe Buyuk Menderes and Gediz (AlaAYehir) grabens are two significant segments of the Western Anatolian extensional province. They merge around Buldan-SarA +/- caova in the east. Outcropping Neogene sedimentary units in this area display a rather complex structure. This paper summarizes the importance and meaning of the data obtained during a detailed investigation of the Neogene units and aims to improve our understanding of the neotectonic evolution of Western Anatolia. The Buldan-SarA +/- caova Neogene sequence is composed of three different sedimentary units: (1) the Lower Unit, (2) the Middle Unit, and (3) the Upper Unit. The Lower Unit crops out on the Buldan horst which is located between the Buyuk Menderes and AlaAYehir grabens. The sequence starts as a coarse conglomerate and sandstone (A degrees salar Formation) and continues as lagoonal-lacustrine mudstone, interbedded with coal seams and shales (Bostanyeri Formation) and also with lacustrine limestones. The age of this succession is Lower-Middle Miocene. The development of the basin is structurally controlled by NNW-trending normal faults. The Middle Unit begins with a conglomerate-mudstone sequence (KA +/- zA +/- lburun Formation), followed by a sandstone-mudstone-marl sequence (Saraykoy Formation). A lacustrine limestone-marl unit occurs at the top (Aktepe Formation). Some thin gypsum lenses and layers are observed in the Saraykoy Formation. The unit contains some brackish-water fossils. The rocks of the Middle Unit crop out mostly at the low altitudes of the Buldan horst, i.e. the southeast piedmont, around the junction of the Buyuk Menderes and the Gediz grabens. The Middle Unit was deposited in fluvial and lacustrine environments during the Late Miocene-Pliocene period. These rocks were formed in response to the uplift of the Buldan horst. The Upper Unit, which is composed of conglomerates, was deposited within the Buyuk Menderes Graben-Gediz Graben depressions as alluvial fill.
dc.description.sponsorshipTurkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO)
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author is deeply indepted to Prof. Yucel Yilmaz for his guidance and help throughout this research. This study was supported by the Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO). The author sincerely thanks Prof. Erdinc Yigitbas, and Prof. Dogan Perincek for their helpful reviews. I am also grateful to Prof. B. Clark Burchfiel for valuable and constructive comments and contributions. Catherine Yig. it is thanked for proof reading.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00531-009-0431-7
dc.identifier.endpage861
dc.identifier.issn1437-3254
dc.identifier.issn1437-3262
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-77952426314
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage851
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-009-0431-7
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/21478
dc.identifier.volume99
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000277641600009
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Earth Sciences
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectBuldan horst
dc.subjectNeogene basins
dc.subjectNeotectonic
dc.subjectWestern Anatolia
dc.titleGeology of Neogene basins of Buldan-SarA±caova region and their importance in Western Anatolia neotectonics
dc.typeArticle

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