Optically Stimulated Luminescence to Date Coastal Dunes and a Possible Tsunami Layer on the Kavak Delta (Saros Gulf, NW Turkey)

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dc.contributor.authorErginal, Ahmet Evren
dc.contributor.authorKiyak, Nafiye Guenec
dc.contributor.authorOzcan, Hasan
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:54:29Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:54:29Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractOptically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating was used to determine the timing of initial dune formation and reconstruct the evolution of coastal dunes that developed on the Kavak Delta, Saros Gulf, Turkey. Along a 500-m-long representative transect, dune sands were extracted from foredune, semistable (grey) dune, stable (dark) dune and dune-swamp boundary defined by a scarp 50-75 cm high. The data obtained showed that dune drift initiated 670 years ago. A pumice layer 15-20-cm-thick interbedded with marine clay and sand showed an OSL age of 340 years coinciding with underlying dune sand. XRF analysis showed that pumices were of similar composition to those erupted by plinian activity of Thera (Santorini) in 1628 BC. On the basis of OSL ages, these deposits, which are widely distributed on the western Anatolian coasts of Turkey, might have presumably transported landward along tide channels on the delta during a tsunami event that occurred in 1672 near Bozcaada and Kos islands according to tsunami history of the Aegean Sea.
dc.description.sponsorshipTUBITAK [105Y128]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was financially supported by TUBITAK ( Project Number: 105Y128). Dr. Jasper Knight is thanked for proofreading. The paper benefited from critical comments provided by Ashok Singhvi. Erdin Bozkurt is greatly appreciated for editorial handling. English of the final text is edited by John A. Winchester.
dc.identifier.doi10.3906/yer-0805-3
dc.identifier.endpage474
dc.identifier.issn1300-0985
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-70350270057
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage465
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3906/yer-0805-3
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/26088
dc.identifier.volume18
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000270803900007
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTubitak Scientific & Technological Research Council Turkey
dc.relation.ispartofTurkish Journal of Earth Sciences
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectcoastal dune
dc.subjectcoastal geomorphology
dc.subjectdune boundary
dc.subjectOSL dating
dc.titleOptically Stimulated Luminescence to Date Coastal Dunes and a Possible Tsunami Layer on the Kavak Delta (Saros Gulf, NW Turkey)
dc.title.alternativeKavak deltasında (Saros Körfezi, KB Türkiye) kıyı kumulları ve olası bir tsunami tabakasının işık uyarımlı luminesan yöntemiyle yaşlandırılması
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