Aim of the study
is to evaluate the Paleogene-Neogene sequences of Babaeski- Lüleburgaz-
Muratlı-Çorlu (Southeastern Thrace, Turkey) region using the
micropaleontological analysis on two borehole samples collected by Mineral
Research and Exploration (MTA), measured sections and point samples taken from
the neighborhood of Silivri, Türkmenli-Çorlu, Babaeski-Lüleburgaz, Edirne –Babaeski
regions and Tekirdağ-Hayrabolu road. There the lignite sandstone, siltstone (Early
Oligocene aged Danişmen Formation) and silts (Late Miocene-Pliocene aged Ergene
Formation) with well-preserved ostracod fauna obtained from the the upper
levels of the sequence along with some
micro-Mollusca at some levels. The study results showed that lacustrine and
lagoonal ostracods including marine species were generally found in the
claystone, siltstone and marl of the lower and upper levels of lignite cuts in
borehole. The ostracod assemblages identified in the study were compared with
other ostracod studies in the Thrace Basin and other parts of Turkey as well as
in the Oligocene in Paris, the Akiten Basin, Belgium. In the Early Oligocene sediments,
the presence of the Tethys effect was observed in the investigated area. In addition,
the ostracod species defined in the Late Miocene-Pliocene are compared with other
ostracod studies carried out in the Thrace Basin and other parts of Turkey as
well as in the Western and Eastern Carpathians, Caspian Basin and Baltic Sea.
According to obtained fauna, the Paratethys effect was determined more than in Tethys
in Late Miocene-Pliocene in the studied region.
This paper was supported by the Scientific Research Projects Unit of Çukurova University (Project No. MMF 2012 BAP5). I would also like to thank the Head of Geology Department and the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration Mineral (MTA).
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Engineering |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | December 27, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 160 Issue: 160 |
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