The geomorphological regions of Turkey

C Kuzucuoğlu, A Çiner, N Kazancı - Landscapes and landforms of Turkey, 2019 - Springer
The core of Turkey's land is the Anatolian Peninsula, which is surrounded by several seas
(Mediterranean, Aegean, Marmara and Black Sea). Offering a high variety of morphological …

Triassic Latemar cycle tops—Subaerial exposure of platform carbonates under tropical arid climate

N Christ, A Immenhauser, F Amour, M Mutti… - Sedimentary …, 2012 - Elsevier
Abstract The Triassic Latemar platform in the Dolomites, Italy, is the site of several ongoing
controversies. Perhaps the most interesting debate focuses on apparent cyclic deposition …

Environmental and climatic significance of the Pliocene-Pleistocene calcretes in North Africa

F Jarraya, M Rogerson, N Kallel, B Mauz, N Elmejdoub… - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The North African calcretes formed during the Plio-Pleistocene are a prominent and
stratigraphically significant palaeoclimatic marker. We studied the calcrete along a north …

Hydrothermal carbonate mineralization, calcretization, and microbial diagenesis associated with multiple sedimentary phases in the Upper Cretaceous Bekhme …

N Salih, H Mansurbeg, K Kolo, A Préat - Geosciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Hydrothermal diagenesis during the Zagros Orogeny produced three phases of saddle
dolomites (SD1, SD2, and SD3) and two phases of blocky calcites (CI and CII) in the studied …

Carbonate cementing minerals in rhizoliths from Badain Jaran Desert: Implication for pedo-diagenesis and environment of dune soil

Q Sun, K Zamanian, A Huguet, GLB Wiesenberg… - Rhizosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Pedogenic carbonates are a good proxy of soil formation and functioning because the
morphology of minerals is directly related with the processes of dissolution–precipitation …

Mineralogical, geochemical and isotopic characteristics of Quaternary calcretes in the Adana region, southern Turkey: Implications on their origin

MY Kaplan, M Eren, S Kadir, S Kapur - Catena, 2013 - Elsevier
Calcretes are widespread, and form as nodular, columnar/tubular, fracture-infill, laminated
hardpan and conglomeratic crust in the Adana region. X-ray powder diffractometry (XRD) …

Palustrine carbonates and pedogenic calcretes in the Çal basin of SW Anatolia: Implications for the Plio-Pleistocene regional climatic pattern in the eastern …

H Alçiçek, MC Alçiçek - Catena, 2014 - Elsevier
Sedimentologic and stable isotopic studies in the Çal basin-fill provide new insights on the
late Neogene–Quaternary climatic pattern in the eastern Mediterranean. Long-term …

Colour origin of Tortonian red mudstones within the Mersin area, southern Turkey

M Eren, S Kadir, S Kapur, J Huggett, C Zucca - Sedimentary Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
Fluvial red mudstones of Tortonian age (overbank deposits) are widespread in the Mersin
area in southern Turkey. The XRD analysis reveals that the mudstones consist …

Dolocretes and associated palygorskite occurrences in siliciclastic red mudstones of the Sariyer formation (Middle Miocene), southeastern side of the Çanakkale strait …

S Kadir, M Eren, E Atabey - Clays and Clay Minerals, 2010 - cambridge.org
The origins of dolocrete and associated palygorskite in the Çanakkale region of Turkey have
been little studied, but are of fundamental importance for a more complete understanding of …

Genesis of Late Miocene-Pliocene lacustrine palygorskite and calcretes from Kırşehir, central Anatolia, Turkey

S Kadir, M Eren, T Külah, N Önalgil, M Cesur… - Clay Minerals, 2014 - cambridge.org
This paper addresses the mineralogy, geochemistry, and genesis of palygorskite and
associated calcretes in the Kırşehir region. In this area, the Quaternary calcretes are present …