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Characteristic Mollusc, Larger Foraminifera Findings And Environmental Interpretations Of The Middle Eocene Kocaçay Formation Deposits Around Ayvalıca (Bayat, Çorum), Müjde Gürsoy, Muhittin Görmüş

Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration

Although the Çankırı-Çorum Basin was studied for various purposes such as geological, stratigraphical, tectonic, coal and oil exploration, studies on fossils are limited. Especially there have not been detailed studies on molluscs and larger foraminifera. The research area is located at the vicinity of Ayvalıca (north of Çankırı-Çorum basin). The Middle Eocene Kocaçay formation, which outcrops in the Çankırı-Çorum Basin, is widespread around Bayat Çorum in the north of the basin, Sulakyurt Kırıkkale in the west, Çiçekdağı Kırşehir in the south and Sungurlu Çorum in the middle of the basin. The formation is composed of conglomerate, carbonated sandstone, limestone and …

Early Miocene Seed Like Plant Remain Fossils And Facies Associations From The Nallıhan District (Nw Turkey), Muhittin Görmüş, Yusuf Kağan Kadioğlu, Baki Erdoğan Varol, Muhammed Sami Us

Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration

Seed like fossils recognized by their distinctive orbicular in shape are seen in the early Miocene of the Nallıhan area (NW Türkiye). We examined more than one hundred specimens and facies associations for interpreting of fossil morphology and its paleoenvironment. The fossils as dark crystallized dots on the bedding surface of clayey limestones are characterized by a thick edged lenticular shape with a smooth one side and concave another side with circular nucleus. Their internal structures have circular a few whorlings, too often radial calcitic lamellae on the upper side and a few circular coiling at the bottom side. SEM, …

Drilling And Core Data From The Gulf Of Gemlik (Se Sea Of Marmara): Holocene Fauna And Flora Assemblages, Engin Meri̇ç, Zeki Yümün, Atike Nazi̇k, Enis Kemal Sagular, M.Baki Yokeş, Yeşim Büyükmeri̇ç, Ayşegül Yildiz, Gülin Yavuzlar

Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration

This study was conducted to determine fauna and flora assemblages of Holocene sequences from Gemlik Gulf (SE Marmara Sea) and to obtaine their similarities and differences between the assemblages of Gemlik and İzmit Bays. Total of 201 dark gray colored, fine to medium grained sandy clay samples were studied. In the drilled samples, 22 genera and 38 species were identified from the foraminifera characterizing the infralittoral zone. 40 genera and 58 species of foraminifera characterizing the upper circalittoral zone were identified. In addition, Black Sea originated Ammonia parasovica was found for the first time in cores taken from Gemlik Gulf. …

First Turolian Findings In The Neogene Sequence Of Denizli Basin (Sw Anatolia) And Its Regional Palaeobiogeographic Significance, Adil Doğan, Serdar Mayda, M.Cihat Alçi̇çek

Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration

The large fossil vertebrates obtained from the alluvial flood-plain deposits of the Kolankaya formation are determined as Skoufotragus laticeps (Andree, 1926) and Hipparion brachypus (Hensel, 1862), as representative elements of palaeomammal faunas spanning from the eastern Mediterranean to Iranian domains during the late Miocene (early-middle Turolian, MN11-12). These first Turolian records from the basin fill succession bear importance on reconstruction for the palaeobiogeographic diversity of relevant taxons as well as admit of interbasinal stratigraphic correlation for the Western Anatolian terrestrial Neogene basins.

https://doi.org/10.19111/bulletinofmre.651620