Palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental interpretations of the Late Oligocene, Late Miocene-Early Pliocene in the Cankiri-Corum Basin


Kayseri-Ozer M. S., KARADENİZLİ L., Akgun F., OYAL N., SARAÇ G., ŞEN S., ...More

PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, vol.467, pp.16-36, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 467
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.05.022
  • Journal Name: PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.16-36
  • Keywords: Late Oligocene, Mio-Pliocene, Palynomorphs, Ostracods, Palaeoclimate, Palaeovegetation, Cankiri-Corum Basin, NEOGENE ZONAL VEGETATION, INTEGRATED PLANT RECORD, CENTRAL ANATOLIA, RECONSTRUCTING PALEOTEMPERATURES, COEXISTENCE APPROACH, CENTRAL-EUROPE, TURKEY, CLIMATE, EVOLUTION, REGION
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental interpretations are reconstructed from the sedimentary sequences of the Late Oligocene and Miocene-Pliocene boundary in the cankm-corum Basin based on evidence obtained from palynofloras and ostracod and mammal faunas. Information on the main role of mixed mesophytic and broad-leaved evergreen forests was obtained from the Late Oligocene data from the Giivendik Formation. The pollen records of the formation showed a greater proportion of the hygrophytic forest communities. Thermophilic taxa and the taxonomic diversity of these forest communities developed mainly under dry subtropical climate conditions.