Research Article

Sedimentological and mineralogical-petrographic characteristics of Miocene evaporitic deposits (SW Erzincan)

Volume: 9 Number: 2 December 6, 2021
Pelin Güngör Yeşilova *, Şeyma Yavuz
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Sedimentological and mineralogical-petrographic characteristics of Miocene evaporitic deposits (SW Erzincan)

Abstract

 This study aimed to find the depositional environment and formation conditions of the gypsum-dominated Miocene succession alternated and intercalated with clastics and carbonates in the southwestern part of the Erzincan Basin. As a result of sedimentological, mineralogical-petrographic investigations, it was determined that the gypsum in this sequence was formed as primary and secondary. Primary lithofacies; nodular anhydrite, selenitic, discoidal, gypsum arenitic secondary lithofacies; It is divided into massive, laminated, banded, nodular, brecciated, satin-spar. The facies repetitions and folds, fractures, cracks and faulting in the sequence showed the effect of tectonism with the water level fluctuations in the basin. In addition, these investigations revealed sedimentary structures such as cross-bedding, ripple undulations, chicken-wire, enterolithic and bacterial-algal structures, parallel laminations in gypsum lithofacies. In addition to these, it was understood that gypsum lithofacies were exposed to diagenetic processes under the influence of a hot-humid and semi-arid climate, organic matter activity, meteoric/underground-water and hydrothermal solution factors, and were subjected to high temperature, pressure, salinity and pH conditions.

Keywords

evaporite, lagoon, playa lake, Miocene, Erzincan

Supporting Institution

Yüzüncü Yıl University Scientific Research Projects

Project Number

FYL-2019-8742

Thanks

This study was carried out within the scope of Yüzüncü Yıl University Scientific Research Projects project no " FYL-2019-8742". I would like to thank Çetin Yeşilova for their contribution in the preparation of the article and field studies.

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APA
Güngör Yeşilova, P., & Yavuz, Ş. (2021). Sedimentological and mineralogical-petrographic characteristics of Miocene evaporitic deposits (SW Erzincan). MANAS Journal of Engineering, 9(2), 169-183. https://doi.org/10.51354/mjen.954609
AMA
1.Güngör Yeşilova P, Yavuz Ş. Sedimentological and mineralogical-petrographic characteristics of Miocene evaporitic deposits (SW Erzincan). MJEN. 2021;9(2):169-183. doi:10.51354/mjen.954609
Chicago
Güngör Yeşilova, Pelin, and Şeyma Yavuz. 2021. “Sedimentological and Mineralogical-Petrographic Characteristics of Miocene Evaporitic Deposits (SW Erzincan)”. MANAS Journal of Engineering 9 (2): 169-83. https://doi.org/10.51354/mjen.954609.
EndNote
Güngör Yeşilova P, Yavuz Ş (December 1, 2021) Sedimentological and mineralogical-petrographic characteristics of Miocene evaporitic deposits (SW Erzincan). MANAS Journal of Engineering 9 2 169–183.
IEEE
[1]P. Güngör Yeşilova and Ş. Yavuz, “Sedimentological and mineralogical-petrographic characteristics of Miocene evaporitic deposits (SW Erzincan)”, MJEN, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 169–183, Dec. 2021, doi: 10.51354/mjen.954609.
ISNAD
Güngör Yeşilova, Pelin - Yavuz, Şeyma. “Sedimentological and Mineralogical-Petrographic Characteristics of Miocene Evaporitic Deposits (SW Erzincan)”. MANAS Journal of Engineering 9/2 (December 1, 2021): 169-183. https://doi.org/10.51354/mjen.954609.
JAMA
1.Güngör Yeşilova P, Yavuz Ş. Sedimentological and mineralogical-petrographic characteristics of Miocene evaporitic deposits (SW Erzincan). MJEN. 2021;9:169–183.
MLA
Güngör Yeşilova, Pelin, and Şeyma Yavuz. “Sedimentological and Mineralogical-Petrographic Characteristics of Miocene Evaporitic Deposits (SW Erzincan)”. MANAS Journal of Engineering, vol. 9, no. 2, Dec. 2021, pp. 169-83, doi:10.51354/mjen.954609.
Vancouver
1.Pelin Güngör Yeşilova, Şeyma Yavuz. Sedimentological and mineralogical-petrographic characteristics of Miocene evaporitic deposits (SW Erzincan). MJEN. 2021 Dec. 1;9(2):169-83. doi:10.51354/mjen.954609