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Punctuated Exhumation And Foreland Basin Formation And Infilling In (Circum)-Central Anatolia (Turkey) Associated With The Neo-Tethyan Closure, Durmuş Boztuğ, Haluk Temi̇z, Raymond Jonckheere, Lothar Ratscbacher Jan 2008

Punctuated Exhumation And Foreland Basin Formation And Infilling In (Circum)-Central Anatolia (Turkey) Associated With The Neo-Tethyan Closure, Durmuş Boztuğ, Haluk Temi̇z, Raymond Jonckheere, Lothar Ratscbacher

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Apatite fission-track data indicate that the (circum)-central Anatolian granitoids (CAG) were exhumed during successive shortening phases following continent-continent collisions within the Neo-Tethyan domain in central and east-central Anatolia. The Early to Middle Paleocene exhumation of the CAG is thought to be a consequence of the collision between the Tauride-Anatolide platform (TAP) and the Eurasian plate (EP) following the consumption of the İzmir-Ankara-Erzincan strand of the northern Neo-Tethys. The Oligocene exhumation documented by the data for the Kösedağ pluton in east-central Anatolia is considered to be related to the compression due to continuing convergence between the EP and TAP which seems …


Post-Miocene Deformation In The South Of The Galatean Volcanic Province, Nw Of Central Anatolia (Turkey), Bora Rojay, A. Karaca Jan 2008

Post-Miocene Deformation In The South Of The Galatean Volcanic Province, Nw Of Central Anatolia (Turkey), Bora Rojay, A. Karaca

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Central Anatolia, located on the immense Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt, has a complicated neotectonic evolution, and NE-SW-trending Neogene horsts-graben systems that rejuvenate pre-existing palaeostructures are among the most important structures which help us understand the tectonic evolution of Central Anatolia. Post-Miocene deformational studies were carried out in Miocene-Quaternary sequences situated at the southeastern margin of the Galatean Volcanic Province (NW of Central Anatolia, Turkey) in order to understand the deformational history of Central Anatolia. The structural analyses were based on bedding attitude data and fault plane slip data. Fold analysis in Miocene units gave an asymmetrical fold axis trending 046ºN. Although …


The Ampullinid Gastropod Globularia (Swainson 1840) From The Late Thanetian-Early Ilerdian Kırkkavak Formation (Polatlı-Ankara) Of The Tethyan Realm, Yavuz Okan, İzzet Hoşgör Jan 2008

The Ampullinid Gastropod Globularia (Swainson 1840) From The Late Thanetian-Early Ilerdian Kırkkavak Formation (Polatlı-Ankara) Of The Tethyan Realm, Yavuz Okan, İzzet Hoşgör

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Ampullinid gastropods are useful in correlating the Palaeogene marine strata of Central Anatolia. Ampullinid gastropods are found in the Late Paleocene-Early Eocene Kırkkavak Formation in the Macunköy area (Polatlı, west of Ankara). In the Haymana-Polatlı Basin, a variety of Globularia (Swainson 1840) species is described from the upper part of the Kırkkavak Formation, including G. sireli n.sp. The other taxa are G. vapincana (d´Orbigny 1850), G. grossa (Deshayes 1864) and G. crassatina (Lamarck 1804). The Kırkkavak fauna is known in western and central Europe, and central Asia. Some of the ampullinid gastropods and associated cerithid and neritid gastropods as well …


Statistical Earthquake Frequency Analysis For Western Anatolia, Esi̇n Fi̇ruzan Jan 2008

Statistical Earthquake Frequency Analysis For Western Anatolia, Esi̇n Fi̇ruzan

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

In order to apply a statistical earthquake frequency analysis to western Anatolia, the area has been restricted within coordinates 36.50º-40º North and 26.00º-30.00º East. Data used in the analysis belong to the instrumental period from 1.1.1900 to 10.11.2006 (Ms ≥ 4.0). The earthquake record was assumed to be representative of longer periods and the possibility of clusters of seismicity or of extreme magnitude events were ignored. The study area has been divided into eight zones with different seismotectonic properties. All computations have been performed for these zones separately. The earthquake magnitude series is termed as the instantaneous peak over the …


Platinum-Group Minerals (Pgm) And Other Solid Inclusions In The Elbistan-Kahramanmaraş Mantle-Hosted Ophiolitic Chromitites, South-Eastern Turkey: Their Petrogenetic Significance, İbrahi̇m Uysal Jan 2008

Platinum-Group Minerals (Pgm) And Other Solid Inclusions In The Elbistan-Kahramanmaraş Mantle-Hosted Ophiolitic Chromitites, South-Eastern Turkey: Their Petrogenetic Significance, İbrahi̇m Uysal

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Elbistan-Kahramanmaraş podiform ophiolitic chromitites, in southeastern Turkey, contain abundant primary inclusions of platinum-group minerals (PGM), base-metals sulphides (BMS) and silicates. These inclusions are very small, generally less than 15 microns in size, and mostly occur in chromian spinel. The following PGM have been recognized: laurite, iridium, irarsite, ruarsite and several unidentified PGE phases. Millerite, pentlandite, bornite, digenite, chalcopyrite and betekhtinite are the BMS that have been identified. Mg-rich hornblende, accompanied by rare olivine, clinopyroxene and phlogopite, are the most abundant silicate inclusions. Most of the PGM, BMS and silicate inclusions are considered primary, i.e. formed during the high temperature …


Ankara Orogenic Phase, Its Age And Transition From Thrusting-Dominated Paleotectonic Period To The Strike-Slip Neotectonic Period, Ankara (Turkey), Ali̇ Koçyi̇ği̇t, Şule Deveci̇ Jan 2008

Ankara Orogenic Phase, Its Age And Transition From Thrusting-Dominated Paleotectonic Period To The Strike-Slip Neotectonic Period, Ankara (Turkey), Ali̇ Koçyi̇ği̇t, Şule Deveci̇

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Ankara section of the İzmir-Ankara-Erzincan Suture Zone (IAESZ) is characterized by two major groups of contractional structures, namely the Ankara forced folds-monoclines and the southward-verging foreland fold-imbricate thrust to reverse fault zone (AFITFZ). In the Ankara region, one of the areas where the various phases of deformation and related structures are particularly well-preserved and exposed is the Edige (Elmadağ) area, 48 km east-southeast of the city of Ankara. The youngest palaeotectonic unit in the AFITFZ, and deformed in the last phase of the palaeotectonic period (the Ankara orogenic phase) is the Edige formation. It consists of a fluvio-lacustrine sedimentary …


Relative Sea-Level Changes Of The Lower Cretaceous Deposits In The Chotts Area Of Southern Tunisia, Lazzez Marzouk, Mohamed Ben Youssef Jan 2008

Relative Sea-Level Changes Of The Lower Cretaceous Deposits In The Chotts Area Of Southern Tunisia, Lazzez Marzouk, Mohamed Ben Youssef

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

A transition facies between evaporate and clay, carbonate and siliciclastic deposits occurs within the Lower Cretaceous of Southern Tunisia. The sedimentary deposits comprise four major transgressive-regressive sedimentary sequences with distinctive sabkha, tidal to shallow carbonate marine platform, and mixed siliciclastic ramp environments. Sedimentation rates, as well as thickness and facies changes were controlled by tectonic, climatic and eustatic factors. Transgression pulses encompassing the whole Late Hauterivian-Barremian, Early Aptian and Late Albian have controlled the basin infill. Evaporate and siliciclastic systems pass gradually to carbonate deposition in the Chotts area. Our sedimentation model helps to decipher the roles of tectonics and, …


The R/V Meteor Cruise Leg M44/1 In February 1999 In The Sea Of Marmara: The First Multibeam Bathymetric Study And Analysis Of Methane In Sediment And Water Columns, İsmai̇l Kuşçu, Peter Halbach, Maik Inthorn, Thomas Kuhn, Richard Seifert Jan 2008

The R/V Meteor Cruise Leg M44/1 In February 1999 In The Sea Of Marmara: The First Multibeam Bathymetric Study And Analysis Of Methane In Sediment And Water Columns, İsmai̇l Kuşçu, Peter Halbach, Maik Inthorn, Thomas Kuhn, Richard Seifert

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

During the first leg of R/V Meteor cruise M44 in February 1999, geoscientific studies in two areas in the Sea of Marmara were carried out. The studies mainly focused on cool fluid and gas (mainly methane) emanations in the deepest zones of the Sea of Marmara along the northern strand of the North Anatolian Fault Zone, which were particularly expected because of the availability of fault zones as a preferential pathway for fluid migration. Fluids and gases both within the pore water and the benthic water were investigated through long cores and water samples to reveal their relationship with the …


The Geochemistry And Setting Of The Demirci Paragneisses Of The Sünnice Massif, Nw Turkey, Erdi̇nç Yi̇ği̇tbaş, John A. Winchester, Christopher J. Ottley Jan 2008

The Geochemistry And Setting Of The Demirci Paragneisses Of The Sünnice Massif, Nw Turkey, Erdi̇nç Yi̇ği̇tbaş, John A. Winchester, Christopher J. Ottley

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Demirci migmatitic quartzofeldspathic gneisses of the Sünnice Massif, exposed in the İstanbul Zone north of Bolu, have compositions that show them to be paragneisses, associated with subordinate para-amphibolites. They consist principally of metamorphosed, rather calcareous greywackes, with sediment derived from a continental arc source. They occur in the para-autochthon below a nappe pile (Çele meta-ophiolite), deformed and subjected to amphibolite facies metamorphism before the emplacement of late Neoproterozoic metavolcanic rocks later subjected to greenschist-facies metamorphism (Yellice volcanics). As they are overlain in sequence by nappes comprising sections of the Çele meta-ophiolite with ocean floor basalt and island arc tholeiite …


Fresh And Brackish Water Ostracods Of Upper Miocene Deposits, Arguvan/Malatya (Eastern Anatolia), Ati̇ke Nazi̇k, İbrahi̇m Türkmen, Cali̇be Koç, Ercan Aksoy, Ni̇yazi̇ Avşar, Hülya Yayik Jan 2008

Fresh And Brackish Water Ostracods Of Upper Miocene Deposits, Arguvan/Malatya (Eastern Anatolia), Ati̇ke Nazi̇k, İbrahi̇m Türkmen, Cali̇be Koç, Ercan Aksoy, Ni̇yazi̇ Avşar, Hülya Yayik

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Neogene Alibonca, Küseyin, Parçikan, Boyaca formations and the Mamaar volcanic unit occur at Arguvan (Malatya, Eastern Anatolia). Nine species of ostracods were identified and assigned to four genera in samples collected from the Küseyin and Parçikan formations. The faunal content in these units was characterized by few ostracod species and abundant individuals. Most samples contained fewer than nine species. Ilyocypris bradyi, Ilyocypris gibba, Candona parallela pannonica and Heterocypris salina are described in the Küseyin Formation. Cyprideis pannonica, Cyprideis anatolica, Cyprideis torosa, Ilyocypris gibba, Candona angulata, Candona neglecta, Candona parallela pannonica and Heterocypris salina are described in Parçikan Formation. Cyprideis, …


Thematic Set: Active Tectonics And Earthquake Hazard Of Western Anatolia -- Preface, Hasan Sözbi̇li̇r, Serdar Akyüz, Erhan Altunel, Hali̇l Gürsoy Jan 2008

Thematic Set: Active Tectonics And Earthquake Hazard Of Western Anatolia -- Preface, Hasan Sözbi̇li̇r, Serdar Akyüz, Erhan Altunel, Hali̇l Gürsoy

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

No abstract provided.


Timing Of The Quaternary Elazığ Volcanism, Eastern Turkey, And Its Significance For Constraining Landscape Evolution And Surface Uplift, Ali̇ Seyrek, Rob Westaway, Malcolm Pringle, Sema Yurtmen, Tuncer Demi̇r, George Rowbotham Jan 2008

Timing Of The Quaternary Elazığ Volcanism, Eastern Turkey, And Its Significance For Constraining Landscape Evolution And Surface Uplift, Ali̇ Seyrek, Rob Westaway, Malcolm Pringle, Sema Yurtmen, Tuncer Demi̇r, George Rowbotham

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The eastern part of the Anatolian plateau in eastern Turkey has experienced dramatic landscape evolution in the Late Cenozoic, surface uplift having been associated with the disruption of former lake basins and the development of the modern high-relief landscape, incised by the upper reaches of the River Euphrates and its major tributary, the Murat. Overall, the altitude of the plateau decreases gradually westward, and it has been assumed that uplift on any given timescale has varied regionally in a similar manner. However, using the Ar-Ar method, we have dated an episode of basaltic volcanism around the city of Elazığ to …


Isostatic Compensation In Western Anatolia With Estimate Of The Effective Elastic Thickness, Oya Pamukçu, Ayça Yurdakul Jan 2008

Isostatic Compensation In Western Anatolia With Estimate Of The Effective Elastic Thickness, Oya Pamukçu, Ayça Yurdakul

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Isostasy is concerned with how the crust and mantle adjusts to shifting loads of limited spatial and temporal dimensions. By analysing the frequency content of gravity and topography data, it has been possible to determine the compensation scheme of a region. In this study, the compensation mechanism of the Western Anatolia, which has dynamic loads, was investigated by isostatic response functions. Effective elastic thickness in Western Anatolia region was estimated based on admittance and coherence between gravity and topography data. The two most reliable indicators of lithospheric strength are the focal depth distribution of earthquakes and relation of gravity anomalies …


Earthquake Hazard Of The Aegean Extension Region (West Turkey), Orhan Polat, Elçi̇n Gök, Doğuser Yilmaz Jan 2008

Earthquake Hazard Of The Aegean Extension Region (West Turkey), Orhan Polat, Elçi̇n Gök, Doğuser Yilmaz

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

West Turkey, one of the most seismically active regions of Turkey, has been analysed to reveal seismic hazard by using fractal behaviour, seismic quiescence z- and Gutenberg-Richter b-parameters. Starting from raw earthquake catalogue, we performed completeness analysis on recorded events, and a final catalogue, could be accepted as homogeneous, was obtained. According to the results obtained from the Frequency-Magnitude Distribution (FMD), seismic activity rates (b- and z-values) and fractal correlation dimension, we detected three anomalous zones throughout the Aegean Extension Region (AER). These are: (1) Çandarlı Bay and Bergama-Zeytindağ Fault Zone, (2) İzmir fault and Orhanlı Fault Zone, and (3) …


In Memoriam Jean Philippe Marcoux, A.M. Celal Şengör Jan 2008

In Memoriam Jean Philippe Marcoux, A.M. Celal Şengör

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

No abstract provided.


Stratigraphic And Structural Evidence For Fault Reactivation: The Active Manisa Fault Zone, Western Anatolia, Çağlar Özkaymak, Hasan Sözbi̇li̇r Jan 2008

Stratigraphic And Structural Evidence For Fault Reactivation: The Active Manisa Fault Zone, Western Anatolia, Çağlar Özkaymak, Hasan Sözbi̇li̇r

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

In this paper, we aim to present stratigraphic and structural evidence for fault reactivation that is linked with evolution of the western part of the Manisa fault zone - a major range-bounding fault that is geomorphologically expressed as a trace of north-facing scarps bounding the southern margin of the Manisa basin which is subsidiary to the Gediz Graben. We identify that the Manisa fault zone, at its western end, consists of three fault segments which are en échelon arranged in left step. Each segment is identified as steep topographic scarps visible on topographic maps and in landsat images. Fault scarps …


Geochemistry And Tectonic Environment Of Diverse Magma Generations Forming The Crustal Units Of The Kızıldağ (Hatay) Ophiolite, Southern Turkey, Utku Bağci, Osman Parlak, Volker Höck Jan 2008

Geochemistry And Tectonic Environment Of Diverse Magma Generations Forming The Crustal Units Of The Kızıldağ (Hatay) Ophiolite, Southern Turkey, Utku Bağci, Osman Parlak, Volker Höck

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Kızıldağ (Hatay) ophiolite is one of the best preserved Neotethyan oceanic lithospheric remnants in southern Turkey. It is represented by, from bottom to top, mantle tectonites, ultramafic to mafic cumulates, isotropic gabbros, sheeted dike complex, plagiogranites and extrusives (low-K tholeiites and boninites). The ultramafic to mafic cumulate rocks are composed of dunite, wehrlite, olivine gabbro, olivine gabbronorite and gabbro. The crystallization order of cumulus phases, and the presence of highly magnesian olivines and pyroxenes as well as highly calcic plagioclases in the cumulates, indicate a subduction-related tectonic environment and suggest derivation from an island arc tholeiitic magma. The isotropic …


Sr And Nd Isotopic Characteristics Of Some S-, I- And A-Type Granitoids From Central Anatolia, Serhat Köksal, M. Cemal Göncüoğlu Jan 2008

Sr And Nd Isotopic Characteristics Of Some S-, I- And A-Type Granitoids From Central Anatolia, Serhat Köksal, M. Cemal Göncüoğlu

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The petrogenesis of some Late Cretaceous S-, I- and A-type granitoids in the Aksaray and Kırşehir regions of Central Anatolia is investigated by means of whole-rock Sr and Nd isotope data with supplementary field, petrographic, and whole-rock geochemical studies. The S-type Central Anatolian granitoids (Sinandı and Namlıkışla) have calc-alkaline peraluminous characteristics and show LILE and LREE enrichment. The I-type Central Anatolian granitoids (Borucu, Terlemez, Hisarkaya, Baranadağ), on the other hand, are calc-alkaline (excepting the alkaline Baranadağ sample) and metaluminous or slightly peraluminous with LILE and LREE enriched patterns and variable Eu-anomalies. Additionally, the A-type Çamsarı granitoid is alkaline and metaluminous …


Late Cenozoic Sedimentary Evolution Of The Antalya Basin, Southern Turkey, Atti̇la Çi̇ner, Mustafa Karabiyikoğlu, Olivier Monod, Max Deynoux, Sevi̇m Tuzcu Jan 2008

Late Cenozoic Sedimentary Evolution Of The Antalya Basin, Southern Turkey, Atti̇la Çi̇ner, Mustafa Karabiyikoğlu, Olivier Monod, Max Deynoux, Sevi̇m Tuzcu

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Late Cenozoic Antalya Basin developed unconformably on a foundered basement comprising Mesozoic autochthonous carbonate platform(s) overthrust by the Lycian Nappes, the Antalya Nappes and the Alanya Massif metamorphics within the Isparta Angle, southern Turkey. The present configuration of the basin consists of three distinct parts, referred herein as the Aksu, Köprüçay and Manavgat sub-basins, respectively, which are divided by the north-south-trending Kırkkavak Fault and the westward-verging Aksu Thrust. The Miocene fill of each sub-basin is characterized by thick accumulations of non-marine to marine clastics with locally developed coralgal reefs and reefal shelf carbonates. Based on lithostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic considerations, …


Palaeoenvironmental Investigation Of Sapropelic Sediments From The Marmara Sea: A Biostratigraphic Approach To Palaeoceanographic History During The Last Glacial-Holocene, Elmas Kirci Elmas, Oya Algan, İzver Özkar Öngen, Ulrich Struck, Alexander V. Altenbach, Eni̇s K. Sagular, Ati̇ke Nazi̇k Jan 2008

Palaeoenvironmental Investigation Of Sapropelic Sediments From The Marmara Sea: A Biostratigraphic Approach To Palaeoceanographic History During The Last Glacial-Holocene, Elmas Kirci Elmas, Oya Algan, İzver Özkar Öngen, Ulrich Struck, Alexander V. Altenbach, Eni̇s K. Sagular, Ati̇ke Nazi̇k

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

High-resolution micropalaeontological examination of two cores recovered from the Central Basin of the Marmara Sea distinguishes seven biostratigraphical zones within pre-sapropelic (Pr1 & 2 zones), sapropelic (Sap1 & 2 zones) and post-sapropelic (Po1-2-3 zones) sediments. The pre-sapropelic sediments at the basal section of the cores reflect the lake stage of the Marmara Sea when it was isolated both from the Black and Mediterranean seas. First colonization of foraminifers at about 11-10.4 ky BP indicate the beginning of marine conditions following the entry of Mediterranean waters through the Çanakkale Strait. Sapropelic sediments deposited at about 10.3-6.2 ky BP were associated with …


Petrology And ^{40}Ar-^{39}Ar Age Of The Bimodal Orduzu Volcanics (Malatya) From The Western End Of The Eastern Anatolian Neogene Volcanism, Turkey, Ayten Önal, Durmuş Boztuğ, Mehmet Arslan, Terry L. Spell, Sevcan Kürüm Jan 2008

Petrology And ^{40}Ar-^{39}Ar Age Of The Bimodal Orduzu Volcanics (Malatya) From The Western End Of The Eastern Anatolian Neogene Volcanism, Turkey, Ayten Önal, Durmuş Boztuğ, Mehmet Arslan, Terry L. Spell, Sevcan Kürüm

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Orduzu volcanics, which are part of the Yamadağ volcanics in the Malatya region, include rhyolite, rhyolitic dykes, trachyandesite and basaltic trachyandesitic dykes. Mafic globular occurrences within the basaltic trachyandesitic dykes, the existence of basaltic trachyandesite enclaves within the trachyandesite, and other textural and geochemical evidence all indicate magma mingling/mixing. Incremental ^{40}Ar-^{39}Ar dating on plagioclase from the rhyolite, from rhyolite dykes and basaltic trachyandesite yielded consistently 16 Ma (Middle Miocene). Primordial mantle-normalized spider diagrams of the rhyolite and rhyolitic dykes represent enrichments in some large ion lithophile elements (Cs, Rb, Ba, K, Th, U) but remarkably depletion in Sr, Nb, …


A First Record Of A Strike-Slip Basin In Western Anatolia And Its Tectonic Implication: The Cumaovası Basin, Bora Uzel, Hasan Sözbi̇li̇r Jan 2008

A First Record Of A Strike-Slip Basin In Western Anatolia And Its Tectonic Implication: The Cumaovası Basin, Bora Uzel, Hasan Sözbi̇li̇r

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Cumaovası basin, formerly known as the Çubukludağ Graben, is located at the western end of Gediz and Küçük Menderes grabens in the west Anatolian extensional province. It is 5-17-km wide and 35-km-long, NNE-SSW-trending, asymmetric basin that was formed under the control of strike-slip and oblique-slip normal faults. The basin contains two different infills that are separated by an angular unconformity: (1) an ancient basin fill consisting of Lower Miocene-Lower Pliocene sequences which accumulated in a fluvio-lacustrine depositional setting, and deformed by NE-SW-trending strike-slip faulting; and (2) a modern basin fill consisting of Plio-Quaternary units that are controlled by synchronous …


New Chemical Weathering Indices For Estimating The Mechanical Properties Of Rocks: A Case Study From The Kürtün Granodiorite, Ne Turkey, Şener Ceryan Jan 2008

New Chemical Weathering Indices For Estimating The Mechanical Properties Of Rocks: A Case Study From The Kürtün Granodiorite, Ne Turkey, Şener Ceryan

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The chemical weathering of rock proceeds by water-rock interaction. During weathering geochemically mobile elements, alkali and alkali-earth elements are easily leached from rocks, leaving the residual elements to combine with components from the atmosphere to form new minerals. No single weathering index given in the literature fits the model of the process involved in chemical weathering outlined above. This study deals with the derivation of three new chemical weathering indices by taking both chemical processes such as leaching and new mineral formation into account. The new indices are chemical leaching index (CLI), chemical weathering product index (CWPI) and total chemical …


Timidonella? Primitiva N. Sp. (Foraminiferida) From The Middle Jurassic Of The Eastern Taurides (Southern Turkey): Remarks On Evolutionary Steps Of Hauraniids, Erkan Ekmekci̇, Demi̇r Altiner Jan 2008

Timidonella? Primitiva N. Sp. (Foraminiferida) From The Middle Jurassic Of The Eastern Taurides (Southern Turkey): Remarks On Evolutionary Steps Of Hauraniids, Erkan Ekmekci̇, Demi̇r Altiner

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

A new species of complex benthic foraminifera, Timidonella? primitiva n.sp., has been identified from the Aalenian?-Bajocian of the eastern Taurides, Turkey. The new species, belonging to the family Hauraniidae SEPTFONTAINE, occurs in the lowermost beds of the Köroğlutepesi Formation and its test is composed of a planispirally coiled early stage followed by an uncoiled rectilinear portion. The internal structure is characterized by four different zones consisting of a subepidermal reticulate layer, a zone of subepidermal plates, a more internal empty zone in the chambers and a primitive interseptal pillar system in the most internal part of the chambers perforated by …


Textural And Compositional Evidence For Magma Mixing In The Evolution Of The Çamlıdere Volcanic Rocks (Galatean Volcanic Province), Central Anatolia, Turkey, Eli̇f Varol, Abi̇di̇n Temel, Alain Gourgaud Jan 2008

Textural And Compositional Evidence For Magma Mixing In The Evolution Of The Çamlıdere Volcanic Rocks (Galatean Volcanic Province), Central Anatolia, Turkey, Eli̇f Varol, Abi̇di̇n Temel, Alain Gourgaud

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Çamlıdere area, in the Galatean Volcanic Province (Ankara), Turkey, is composed of rhyolitic, andesitic, trachytic, dacitic and locally basaltic rocks. The older volcanic rocks in the studied area are rhyolitic and the younger ones basaltic. The phenocrysts from all the volcanic rocks exhibit some petrographic disequilibrium features such as: (a) coexistence of reversely, normally and oscillatory zoned sieved or unsieved plagioclase in the same rock; (b) wide compositional variation of An% in feldspar phenocrysts; (c) sieved, unsieved, normally and reversely zoned pyroxenes occur together in a single rock; (d) some orthopyroxene phenocrysts are surrounded by clinopyroxene; (e) reaction textures, …


Quaternary Calcrete Development In The Mersin Area, Southern Turkey, Muhsi̇n Eren, Selahatti̇n Kadi̇r, Zübeyde Hati̇poğlu, Murat Gül Jan 2008

Quaternary Calcrete Development In The Mersin Area, Southern Turkey, Muhsi̇n Eren, Selahatti̇n Kadi̇r, Zübeyde Hati̇poğlu, Murat Gül

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Quaternary calcretes are widespread in the Mersin area and occur in a variety of forms. Several distinct calcrete profiles are recognized and subdivided into two major groups defined by mature and immature profiles. Mature calcrete profiles comprise a generally isolated calcrete horizon at the base and hard laminated crust at the top with rarely pisolithic crust in the uppermost part. The immature calcrete profiles consist mainly of an isolated calcrete horizon which is rarely overlain by a laminated crust. Calcrete forms show three main stages of development: (i) a mottled or plugged horizon, comprising isolated calcrete forms such as powdery, …


Power Distortion Issues In Wind Turbine Power Systems Under Transient States, Tadeusz Lobos, Jacek Rezmer, Tomasz Sikorski, Zbigniew Waclawek Jan 2008

Power Distortion Issues In Wind Turbine Power Systems Under Transient States, Tadeusz Lobos, Jacek Rezmer, Tomasz Sikorski, Zbigniew Waclawek

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this paper time-frequency methods have been investigated for complex investigations of transient states in wind power plants. Application of parallel processing in time and frequency domain brought new findings in description of wind power plants working under transient conditions. Proposed algorithms represents standard Short-Time Fourier Transform (STFT) as well as alternative methods associated with Cohen's class: Choi-Williams Distribution (CWD) and Zhao-Atlas-Marks Distribution (ZAMD). In order to explore advantages and disadvantages of the method several experiments were performed using model of squirrel-cage induction machine connected directly to the grid. Investigated phenomena concerned power distortion caused by switching-on capacitor banks and …


Compounds Isolated From Tannacetum Polycephalum, . Azizuddin, Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary Jan 2008

Compounds Isolated From Tannacetum Polycephalum, . Azizuddin, Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Several known secondary metabolites, namely lupeol (1), \beta-sitosterol (2), stigmasterol (3), and 2,6-dimethoxy-4-hydroxy acetophenone (4) were isolated from a folkloric medicinal plant, Tannacetum polycephalum. The structures of these compounds were elucidated on the basis of various spectroscopic methods.


Diphenylthiocarbazone Immobilized On The Triacetyl Cellulose Membrane As An Optical Silver Sensor, Meissam Noroozifar, Mozhgan Khorasani-Motlagh, Aboozer Taheri, Rohhollah Zare-Dorabei Jan 2008

Diphenylthiocarbazone Immobilized On The Triacetyl Cellulose Membrane As An Optical Silver Sensor, Meissam Noroozifar, Mozhgan Khorasani-Motlagh, Aboozer Taheri, Rohhollah Zare-Dorabei

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

An optical sensor for the direct measurement of silver was developed. The basic element of this optode is the immobilization of diphenylthiocarbazone on a triacetyl cellulose membrane. This optode has a linear range of up to 40 \mu g mL^{-1} of Ag^+ ions, with a limit of detection of 0.01 \mu g mL^{-1}. The response time of the optode was 4-7 min, depending on the concentration of Ag^+ ions.


Interaction Of Mefenamic Acid With Cobalt(Ii) Ions In Aqueous Media: Evaluation Via Classic And Response Surface Methods, Mohammad Edrissi, Nima Razzaghi Asl, Behrooz Madjidi Jan 2008

Interaction Of Mefenamic Acid With Cobalt(Ii) Ions In Aqueous Media: Evaluation Via Classic And Response Surface Methods, Mohammad Edrissi, Nima Razzaghi Asl, Behrooz Madjidi

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Mefenamic acid reacts with cobalt(II) ions in aqueous alkaline medium to form a highly stable deep brown complex at ambient temperature. The complexation process was optimized in terms of pH, temperature, agitation rate, and contact time using classical studies. A response surface method based on Box-Behnken design was used to statistically model the complexation reaction and investigate factor effects along with their interactions. A quadratic model was developed using experimental data with a correlation coefficient of 0.9609. Numerical optimization was performed to achieve the optimum solutions of factor combinations. The results of the classical investigation and statistical method were in …