Cenomanian–Turonian drowning of the Arabian Carbonate Platform, the İṅisḑere section, Adıyaman, SE Turkey

Autor(en)
O. Mulayim, O. I. Yilmaz, B. Sari, K. Tasli, M. Wagreich
Abstrakt

The Cenomanian–Turonian carbonate ramp in the Adıyaman Region of SE Turkey (Northern Arabian Platform) records an abrupt shift from benthic carbonate deposits to pelagic deposits near the Cenomanian– Turonian boundary event (CTBE) in the Iṅisḑere stratigraphic section and surrounding borehole sections. A positive δ13C excursion of up to 2.15% is recorded in carbonate and organic carbon deposited around the CTBE and provides evidence of a direct link between the CTBE and oceanic anoxic events and the demise of the shallow carbonate production in the Derdere Formation. The microfacies analyses, biostratigraphic dating and palaeoenvironmental interpretations suggest that the platform was drowned near the CTBE as a result of changing environmental conditions. The microfacies indicating significant deepening show a contemporaneity to equivalent surfaces globally and thus strongly support an isochronous formation of Cenomanian–Turonian facies by eustatic sea-level changes. Anoxia spreading over the platform drastically reduced the carbonate production as observed in the studied sections and, therefore, resulted in a reduction in carbonate accumulation rates. Regional/local subsidence and a coeval sea-level rise during the late Cenomanian to early Turonian interval were the cause of the drowning of the platform, including regional anoxia at the northern Arabian platform linked to the Cenomanian–Turonian oceanic anoxic event (OAE2).

Organisation(en)
Institut für Geologie
Externe Organisation(en)
Turkish Petroleum International Corporation, Middle East Technical University, Dokuz Eylül University, Mersin University
Seiten
189-210
Anzahl der Seiten
22
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1144/SP498-2018-130
Publikationsdatum
01-2020
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
105121 Sedimentologie, 105123 Stratigraphie, 105103 Erdölgeologie
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Geology
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/150e9d14-2d02-4e24-a312-65a560a3f4fc