@article{article_52420, title={Biostratigraphy of Thanetian-ilerdian Benthic Foraminifera in the Akçataş-Cebeci (NW Tosya-SE Kastamonu) region}, journal={Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration}, volume={137}, pages={49–59}, year={2008}, author={Özgen, Nazire}, keywords={Benthic Foraminifera,Ilerdian,Thanetian,Tosya}, abstract={<h5 style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:3.65pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:5.85pt;text-align:justify;line-height:104%;"> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:104%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#363435;">In <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>this <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>stud <span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt;">y </span>, <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>the <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>benthic <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>foraminiferal <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>biostratigraphy <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>and <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>paleoecological <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>features <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>of Thanetian- Ilerdian <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>unit <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>were <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>investigated <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>in <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>the <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>northwest <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>of <span style="letter-spacing:-1pt;">T </span>osya <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>(SE <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>Kastamonu). The <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>range <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>of <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>the <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>unit, <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>which <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>had <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>been determined <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>as <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>Paleocene-Eocene <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>by <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>former <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>studies, <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>was <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>established <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>as Thanetian-Ilerdian <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>after <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>conducting detailed <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>paleontological <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>research <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>works <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>on <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>this <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>unit. The <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>unit <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>begins <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>with <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>conglomerates <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>from <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>the <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>base <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>and <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span>continues with sandstones, sandy limestones and limestones upwards. <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt;"> </span> <i>Haymanella paleocenica </i>Sirel, <i>Idalina sinjaica <span style="letter-spacing:.1pt;"> </span> </i>Grimsdale, <span style="letter-spacing:.1pt;"> </span> <i>Mississippina <span style="letter-spacing:.1pt;"> </span>binkhorsti <span style="letter-spacing:.1pt;"> </span> </i>(Reuss) <span style="letter-spacing:.1pt;"> </span>and <span style="letter-spacing:.1pt;"> </span> <i>Pseudocuvillierina </i>? <span style="letter-spacing:.1pt;"> </span>sp. <span style="letter-spacing:.1pt;"> </span>was <span style="letter-spacing:.1pt;"> </span>described <span style="letter-spacing:.1pt;"> </span>in <span style="letter-spacing:.1pt;"> </span>the <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt;"> </span>Thanetian <span style="letter-spacing:.1pt;"> </span>levels <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>of <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>the <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>unit. The <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>Ilerdian <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>levels <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>are <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>characterized <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>by <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>the <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>following <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>benthic <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>foraminifera <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt;"> </span>assemblages: <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt;"> </span> <i>Glom- alveolina lepidula </i>Schwage <span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt;">r </span>, <i>G. subtilis </i>Hottinge <span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt;">r </span>, <i>G. pilula </i>Hottinge <span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt;">r </span>, <i>G. karsica </i>Sirel, <i>Alveolina ellipsoidalis </i>Schwage <span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt;">r </span>, <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt;"> </span> <i>A. moussoulensis </i>Hottinge <span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt;">r </span>, <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt;"> </span> <i>A. corbarica </i>Hottinge <span style="letter-spacing:-.}, number={137}, publisher={Maden Tetkik ve Arama Genel Müdürlüğü}