Ichnology of the Miocene Guneyce Formation (Southwest Turkey): Oxygenation and Sedimentation Dynamics

NIELSEN J. K. , GÖRMÜŞ M. , UYSAL K. , Kanbur S.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, vol.21, no.3, pp.391-405, 2012 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 21 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.3906/yer-1011-40
  • Title of Journal : TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
  • Page Numbers: pp.391-405

Abstract

The Guneyce Formation is well exposed in the Lake District of southwestern Turkey. It was deposited in the early Miocene in the Neotethys ocean and contains a large variety of trace fossils. The following ichnotaxa were recognized: Chondrites intricatus, C. targionii, ?Cosmorhaphe isp., Helminthopsis isp., Helminthorhaphe flexuosa, Lorenzinia isp., Naviculichnium marginatum, ?Nereites isp., Ophiomorpha rudis, ?Phycosiphon incertum, Planolites beverleyensis, cf. Rhizocorallium isp. and Thalassinoides suevicus. There is a lateral trend from proximal turbiditic successions to distal low-oxygen shaly mudstone. Ophiomorpha rudis ichnosubfacies, Paleodictyon ichnosubfacies of the Nereites ichnofacies and Zoophycos ichnofacies were identified.