BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF MALATYA OLIGO-MIOCENE SUCCESSION (EASTERN TAURIDS, EASTERN TURKEY) | Zendy

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BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF MALATYA OLIGO-MIOCENE SUCCESSION (EASTERN TAURIDS, EASTERN TURKEY)

Author(s) -

Fatma Gedik

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

bulletin of the mineral research and exploration

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.224

H-Index - 8

ISSN - 0026-4563

DOI - 10.19111/bmre.67646

Subject(s) - biostratigraphy , benthic zone , geology , ecological succession , paleontology , oceanography , biology , ecology

The benthic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of Oligo-Miocene aged Muratli and Petekkaya formations which crop out over wide regions around Akcadag town, west of Malatya pro- vince in Eastern Taurids were revealed in this study. Systematical sampling was carried out in measured stratigraphical sections in four locations in order to perform stratigraphical and paleontological investigations. Benthic foraminifera taken from 182 hard rock samples were defined and three biozones were determined as; SBZ 21-22, belonging to Oligocene (Rupe- lian - Early Chattian), SBZ 23 (Late Chattian) and SBZ 25 belonging to Lower Miocene in shallow marine deposits in the region. It was stated that the assemblage of planktic forami- nifer and nannoplankton which stratigraphically detected within Chattian - Burdigalian units in the succession most probably indicated Aquitanian age. Besides; Oligo-Miocene transition in the region was approved with this study based on biostratigraphical locations of benthic foraminiferal taxa.

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