Journal of Geology & Geophysics
Open Access
ISSN: 2381-8719
ISSN: 2381-8719
Department of Geological Engineering, Çukurova University, Engineering Faculty, Adana, Turkey
Research Article
Planktonic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy, Microfacies and Mineralogy Analyses of Lower-Middle Eocene and Middle Miocene Carbonates in the Silifke-Ta?ucu Region (Mersin, Southern Anatolia)
Author(s): Ümit Şafak*
The present study focused on the planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy, microfacies features of lower-middle
Eocene and middle Miocene sediments of the Şıhlar (lower-middle Eocene), Silifke and Mut formations (middle
Miocene) in the Silifke-Taşucu region (Southern Anatolia, Turkey). This study was performed on 31 samples from
these units (this information needs more details). As a result of planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy study,
32 species belonging to 17 planktonic foraminifera genera and four planktonic foraminiferal zones as Turborotalia
frontosa, Turborotalia possagnoensis (lower-middle Eocene), Orbulina suturalis, and Orbulina universa (middle Miocene).
Petrographic analysis indicates that the carbonates examined occur in four microfacies, containing packstone,
wackestone, mudstone and grainstone... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2381-8719.23.12.1062