Quantitative analysis of Calabrian planktic foraminifer assemblages and paleoecology of the Eastern Mediterranean from the onshore epibathyal sedimentary archives (Mersin, Turkey)

Year 2022, Volume: 43 Issue: 1, 18 - 36, 29.03.2022

Nazik Öğretmen

https://doi.org/10.17824/yerbilimleri.945728

Abstract

The youngest epibathyal marine deposits in the Eastern Mediterranean Region giving Calabrian age have been recently discovered in the southern Central Anatolian Plateau, Turkey. Hence the Calabrian planktic foraminifer paleoecology of the Eastern Mediterranean surface waters has not been investigated yet. This study reports the planktic foraminifer assemblages of the two Calabrian aged marine successions in the Mersin district in southern Turkey and their ecological properties in the Eastern Mediterranean sea-surface waters in terms of various ecological parameters such as temperature and nutrient availability. The multivariate statistical analysis revealed that the older marine succession, Gülnar East, is represented by four main assemblages: Globorotalia spp. assemblage, Globigerinella spp. assemblage, Globigerina spp. assemblage, and Orbulina spp. Assemblage; whereas the second and the younger section, Tol, is represented by three assemblages: Globigerinoides spp. and Globigerinella obesa assemblage, Orbulina spp. and Globigerinodes spp. assemblage, and Orbulina spp. assemblage. Examining the statistical correlations between the assemblages, three ecological factors for the Gülnar East section and one ecological factor for the Tol section were identified.

Keywords

planktic foraminifers, Eastern Mediterranean, paleoecology, Calabrian

Supporting Institution

Roma Tre Üniversitesi

Project Number

607996

Thanks

This study is part of the Anatolian Plateau Climate and Tectonic Hazards (ALErT) project, funded by the European Union Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions “Innovative Training Networks” program (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN)” [grant agreement number 607996]. The author is grateful to Domenico Cosentino, Elsa Gliozzi, Paola Cipollari, Costanza Faranda, Giuditta Radeff, and Virgilio Frezza for their contributions during the data production which constitutes the basis of this study. The Max Planck Society supported NÖ during the preparation of this manuscript.

Doğu Akdeniz epibatiyal kıyı ҫökelleri arşivlerinden Kalabriyen yaşlı planktik foraminifer topluluklarının sayısal analizi ve paleoekolojisi (Mersin, Türkiye)

Abstract

Doğu Akdeniz’de epibatiyal derinlikte oluşmuş en genҫ denizel ҫökeller Kalabriyen yaşlı olup, Orta Anadolu Platosu’nun güney kesiminde yakın zamanda keşfedilmiştir. Dolayısıyla Kalabriyen yaşlı planktik foraminiferlerin yaşadığı Doğu Akdeniz’in o döneme ait ekolojisi bu zamana kadar incelenmemiştir. Bu ҫalışma Türkiye’nin güneyinde Mersin civarında bulunan iki adet Kalabriyen yaşlı denizel birime ait planktik foraminifer topluluklarını ve Doğu Akdeniz’in yüzey sularının sıcaklık ve besin gibi ҫevresel parametreler bağlamında ekolojik özelliklerini ortaya koymaktadır. Ҫok değişkenli istatiksel analiz sonuҫları, daha yaşlı olan Doğu Gülnar denizel biriminin Globorotalia spp., Globigerinella spp., Globigerina spp., ve Orbulina spp. olarak dört ana toplulukla temsil edildiğine; ҫökelme ortamının daha genҫ kesimi olan Tol istifinin ise Globigerinoides spp. ve Globigerinella obesa, Orbulina spp. ve Globigerinoides spp., ve Orbulina spp. olmak üzere üҫ ana toplulukla temsil edildiğine işaret etmektedir. Topluluklar arasındaki istatiksel ilişki incelendiğinde Doğu Gülnar denizel birimi iҫin üҫ temel ekolojik faktör, Tol birimi iҫin ise tek bir ekolojik faktör tanımlanabilmiştir.

Keywords

planktik foraminiferler, Doğu Akdeniz, paleoekoloji, Kalabriyen

Project Number

607996

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