Messinian forced regressions in the Adana Basin: a near ... - Tübitak
Messinian forced regressions in the Adana Basin: a near ... - Tübitak
Messinian forced regressions in the Adana Basin: a near ... - Tübitak
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delta topset<br />
delta foreset<br />
ILGAR et al. / Turkish J Earth Sci<br />
B C<br />
E F<br />
foreset<br />
backset<br />
Figure 4. Outcrop details of <strong>the</strong> Muratlı delta, <strong>Adana</strong> Bas<strong>in</strong>. (a) Longitud<strong>in</strong>al outcrop section show<strong>in</strong>g an<br />
erosional angular contact between <strong>the</strong> delta’s foreset and topset deposits. (b) Conglomeratic foreset deposits<br />
compris<strong>in</strong>g planar parallel-stratified and massive beds. Note <strong>the</strong> rapid upward <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> bedd<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>cl<strong>in</strong>ation. (c) Close-up detail of <strong>the</strong> delta topset, show<strong>in</strong>g submature gravel composed of bedrock limestone<br />
and serpent<strong>in</strong>ite clasts mixed with large fragments of Miocene corals and reefal limestones. (d) Delta foreset<br />
deposits <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g massive, <strong>in</strong>versely graded, and nongraded conglomerate beds. (e) Delta foreset detail show<strong>in</strong>g<br />
a backset of upslope-dipp<strong>in</strong>g gravelly cross-strata. (f) Slump deposits with<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> delta foreset. Picture A is from<br />
locality 1, pictures B–E from locality 2, and picture F from locality 3 <strong>in</strong> Figure 1c.<br />
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coral fragment<br />
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