Research Article

Sedimentation, Facies and Stratigraphy in the Southern part of the Neogene Basin of Iskenderun

Volume: 3 Number: 2 January 31, 1952
  • A. Ten Dam *
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Sedimentation, Facies and Stratigraphy in the Southern part of the Neogene Basin of Iskenderun

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.

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References

  1. H. VAUTRIN :Le Miocène de la région côtière d’Alexandrette - Contr. à l’etude géol. de la Syrie Septentrional-Tome I - 1933.
  2. D.B. ERICSON :Report on the Geology of Hatay-MTA Report No. 1118 - dd. 20. 5. 1940.
  3. I. ORTYNSKI : Geological Report on Aşaği Çengen-MTA Report No. 1635 - dd. 28. 12. 1944.

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

General Geology, Mineralogy- Petrography, Geological Sciences and Engineering (Other), Physical Geography and Environmental Geology, Limnology, Palaeontology

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

A. Ten Dam * This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

January 31, 1952

Submission Date

November 1, 1951

Acceptance Date

January 1, 1952

Published in Issue

Year 1952 Volume: 3 Number: 2

APA
Dam, A. T. (1952). Sedimentation, Facies and Stratigraphy in the Southern part of the Neogene Basin of Iskenderun. Türkiye Jeoloji Bülteni, 3(2), 47-64. https://izlik.org/JA87CS59MY
AMA
1.Dam AT. Sedimentation, Facies and Stratigraphy in the Southern part of the Neogene Basin of Iskenderun. Geol. Bull. Turkey. 1952;3(2):47-64. https://izlik.org/JA87CS59MY
Chicago
Dam, A. Ten. 1952. “Sedimentation, Facies and Stratigraphy in the Southern Part of the Neogene Basin of Iskenderun”. Türkiye Jeoloji Bülteni 3 (2): 47-64. https://izlik.org/JA87CS59MY.
EndNote
Dam AT (January 1, 1952) Sedimentation, Facies and Stratigraphy in the Southern part of the Neogene Basin of Iskenderun. Türkiye Jeoloji Bülteni 3 2 47–64.
IEEE
[1]A. T. Dam, “Sedimentation, Facies and Stratigraphy in the Southern part of the Neogene Basin of Iskenderun”, Geol. Bull. Turkey, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 47–64, Jan. 1952, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA87CS59MY
ISNAD
Dam, A. Ten. “Sedimentation, Facies and Stratigraphy in the Southern Part of the Neogene Basin of Iskenderun”. Türkiye Jeoloji Bülteni 3/2 (January 1, 1952): 47-64. https://izlik.org/JA87CS59MY.
JAMA
1.Dam AT. Sedimentation, Facies and Stratigraphy in the Southern part of the Neogene Basin of Iskenderun. Geol. Bull. Turkey. 1952;3:47–64.
MLA
Dam, A. Ten. “Sedimentation, Facies and Stratigraphy in the Southern Part of the Neogene Basin of Iskenderun”. Türkiye Jeoloji Bülteni, vol. 3, no. 2, Jan. 1952, pp. 47-64, https://izlik.org/JA87CS59MY.
Vancouver
1.A. Ten Dam. Sedimentation, Facies and Stratigraphy in the Southern part of the Neogene Basin of Iskenderun. Geol. Bull. Turkey [Internet]. 1952 Jan. 1;3(2):47-64. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA87CS59MY

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