The first record of the "Mid-Barremian" Oceanic Anoxic Event and the Late Hauterivian platform drowning of the Bilecik platform, Sakarya Zone, western Turkey


YILMAZ İ. Ö., ALTINER D., TEKİN U. K., OCAKOĞLU F.

CRETACEOUS RESEARCH, vol.38, pp.16-39, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 38
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.04.010
  • Journal Name: CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.16-39
  • Keywords: Late Hauterivian, Carbonate platform drowning, Mid-Barremian anoxia, Bilecik platform, Sakarya, Turkey, CARBON-ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY, RED BEDS CORBS, BLACK SHALES, EVOLUTION, CLIMATE, BIOSTRATIGRAPHY, GEOCHEMISTRY, ATLANTIC, SECTION, OXYGEN
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The late Hauterivian platform drowning has been recorded in the Hauterivian/Barremian boundary beds in western Turkey. This drowning event recorded by presence of hardgrounds, glauconite- and phosphate-bearing facies over the platform carbonates is followed up by pelagic carbonates.