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Stratigraphy and Depositional History of the Middle–Upper Jurassic Platform Carbonate Succession in Kıraç Mountain (Western Central Taurides, S Turkey)

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This study covers a detailed stratigraphy, microfacies analysis and depositional history of the Middle–Upper Jurassic succession in the central part of the Taurides Carbonate Platform (TCP), southern Turkey (Kıraç Mountain, west of Central Taurides). The succession is subdivided into four units (Unit-1–Unit-4) and nine microfacies (MF1–MF9) are distinguished. Based on microfacies three depositional facies belts are determined and the depositional history of the platform part is explained. The Aalenian is represented by occasionally sandy, oolitic limestones (Unit-1), which indicate predominantly high-energy platform edge environmental conditions (shoal facies belt). The Bajocian–Kimmeridgian?/Tithonian? is represented by limestones with occasionally interlayered dolomite–dolomitic limestones (Unit-2–Unit-3), which are dominated by inner platform conditions (lagoon facies belt). During the Late Jurassic (Кimmeridgian?/Tithonian?)–Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) a significant environmental change occurred, recording a rapidly occurring platform drowning event. This period is represented by dolomite–dolomitic limestone–limestone (Unit-4) containing interlayers of ammonite, radiolarite, laminated limestone, mudstone, and limestone blocks that indicate an open shelf environment (open-marine facies belt). The Middle–Upper Jurassic carbonate succession in Kıraç Mountain has characteristics similar to other parts of the Taurides Carbonate Platform. However, it differs in that it contains Unit-4 characterizing the open shelf environment in the latest Jurassic–earliest Cretaceous.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful to Dr. Kemal Taslı (Mersin University) for the determination of benthic foraminifera and algae, Dr. Cemile Solak (Mersin University) for their help in the fieldwork, and also the technician Samet Salar (Mersin University), who prepared the thin sections. We are grateful to A.S. Alekseev and Merve Özyurt for their careful reviews and comments which improved the manuscript.

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This work was financially supported by the Research Fund of Mersin University in Turkey with Project no. 2017-2-TP2-2524.

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Author and date of all the species mentioned in the text.

Benthic foraminifera

Amijiella amiji (Henson, 1948)

Bosniella croatica (Gušić, 1969)

Chablasia chablaisensis Septfontaine, 1978

Crescentiella morronensis (Crescenti, 1969)

Haurania deserta Henson, 1948

Karaisella uzbekistanica Kurbatov, 1971

Kilianina blancheti Pfender, 1933

Kastamonica abanica Sirel, 1993

Kurnubia palastiniensis Henson, 1948

Kurnubia wellingsi (Henson, 1948)

Kurnubia jurassica (Henson, 1948)

Nautiloculina oolithica Mohler, 1938

Paleopfenderina salernitana (Sartoni et Crescenti, 1962)

Paleopfenderina trochoidea (Smout et Sugden, 1962)

Praekurnubia crusei Redmond, 1964

Protopeneroplis striata Weynschenk, 1950

Pseudomarssonella maxima Redmond, 1965

Redmondoides lugeoni (Septfontaine, 1977)

Riyadhella regularis Redmond, 1965

Satorina apuliensis Fourcade ve Chorowicz, 1980

Siphovalvulina variabilis Septfontaine, 1988

Dasycladalean algae

Cylindroporella anici (Nikler et Sokač, 1965)

Salpingoporella annulata Carozzi, 1953

Salpingoporella sellii (Crescenti, 1959)

Selliporella donzellii (Sartoni et Crescenti, 1962)

Sponge

Cladocoropsis mirabilis Felix, 1907

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Hayati Koç, Özge Sağaltıcı Stratigraphy and Depositional History of the Middle–Upper Jurassic Platform Carbonate Succession in Kıraç Mountain (Western Central Taurides, S Turkey). Stratigr. Geol. Correl. 32, 64–88 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869593824020035

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