Early Cambrian trace fossils at the northern margin of the Arabian Plate; Telbesmi Formation, Turkey

Demircan H., GÜRSU S., GÖNCÜOĞLU M. C.

ACTA GEOLOGICA POLONICA, cilt.68, sa.2, ss.135-145, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 68 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1515/agp-2017-0024
  • Dergi Adı: ACTA GEOLOGICA POLONICA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.135-145
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Ichnnofossils, Telbesmi Formation, Early Cambrian, Derik (SE Turkey), EARLY PALEOZOIC EVOLUTION, ARC VOLCANISM, BOUNDARY, SOUTHERN, FACIES, MIDDLE, STRATOTYPE, MOUNTAINS, REGION, VALLEY
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The Telbesmi Formation, at the northern margin of the Arabian Plate, Turkey, is composed of alternating dark-brown, pinky-brown fluvial arkosic sandstone/mudstones with thin-bedded cherry limestones and channel conglomerates. The formation contains rare and poorly diversified trace fossils. The siltstone/sandstone beds of levels 1 and 2 of the formation yielded, however, a moderately diverse assemblage composed of: Cochlichnus isp., Palaeophycus isp., Planolites beverleyensis, Teichichnus isp. and ?Treptichnus rectangularis. This assemblage, made up of traces left by deposit feeding organisms, represents the Scoyenia ichnofacies. Treptichnus rectangularis and Palaeophycus isp., of the assemblage, can be considered markers for the base of the Cambrian in southeast Turkey.