@article{article_660430, title={Sedimentation, Facies and Stratigraphy in the Southern part of the Neogene Basin of Iskenderun}, journal={Türkiye Jeoloji Bülteni}, volume={3}, pages={47–64}, year={1952}, author={Dam, A. Ten}, keywords={Sedimentation,Facies,Neogene Basin,İskenderun}, abstract={This is a study of the sedimentary and facies conditions in the Neogene of the southern part of the Iskenderun basin. The continous downwarping of this basin during neogene times resulted in the accumulation of marine sediments of miocene age up to a thickness of 1300 meters and of continental sediments of probable pliocene age up to a thickness over 1200 meters. It is possible that the deep neritic sediments of miocene age, towards the centre of the basin, in the form of blue marls or marly claystone hame constituted a source-rock for petroleum, whereas a part of the sandy banks in the shallow neritic facies towards the border of the basin may have constituted a reasonably good reservoir - rock. So it seems possible that there exists petroleum-accumulation in these sandy parts if favorable structures can be discovered. The presence of petroleum in the miocene rocks is proven by the petroleum seepages near the village of Çengen aind by the gas-seepages near Yanantaş. It is however probable that these sandstones and sands wedge out too rapidly towards the centre of the basin, so that it will be impossible to find any sufficiently porous rocks in the parts of the basin where we might expect some favorable structures although it is possible that the sandy beds in the upper parts of the miocene, wedge out somewhat farther from the basin-border than the lower miocene sandstones. It must be excluded to expect any accumulation in the reef-limestone of the Miocene, because those limestones are only to be found on the border of the basin, where they constitute a fringing eerf.}, number={2}, publisher={TMMOB Jeoloji Mühendisleri Odası}, organization={Maden Tetkik Arama Entitüsü}