Landscape Development of the Eşen Valley and Delta Plain (Letoôn and Patara Sites)

Öner, Ertuğ

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“…The overall interpretation of the sediments in the studied core and the correlation with other drilling sites (Öner, 1996, 2019; Écochard et al ., 2009) indicate the tsunami's volcanic origin. We speculate that marsh/lagoonal conditions prevailed at the drilling site.…”

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“…The LBAES distal ash constitutes a key horizon along Eşençay River with a constant thickness c . 5–10 cm, encountered a few metres below the present sea level (Öner, 1996, 2019). Based on this observation, we propose that the studied tephra, which shows no internal stratifications attributable to any reworking processes related to wind or current activity, is in place and constitutes a continuous layer toward inland.…”

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“…We speculate that marsh/lagoonal conditions prevailed at the drilling site. Öner (2019) also interpreted the preservation of the pumice layer in its in situ facies with the presence of the quiet environmental dynamics represented by a swamp or lagoon near Letoon. The tsunami associated with LBAES hit the study area within 30–45 min (Goodman‐Tchernov et al ., 2009: Fig.…”

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“…The associated tephra layers were mainly found in marine cores in the Mediterranean Sea (Sparks and Huang, 1980; Sparks et al ., 1983; Wulf et al ., 2002; Aksu et al ., 2008; Hamann et al ., 2010; Satow et al ., 2015), in the Black Sea (Guichard et al ., 1993; Cullen et al ., 2014) and as terrestrial tephra in Turkey, Egypt, Israel and on several Greek islands (Stanley and Sheng, 1986; Sullivan, 1990; Öner, 1996; Roberts et al ., 1997; Eastwood et al ., 1999, 2002; Écochard et al ., 2009; Sulpizio et al ., 2013; Öner, 2019).…”

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Volcanic ash and tsunami record of the Minoan Late Bronze Age Eruption (Santorini) in a distal setting, southwestern Turkey

Aydar

Çiner

Ersoy

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J Quaternary Science

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We present the volcanic ash and tsunami record of the Minoan Late Bronze Age Eruption of Santorini (LBAES) in a distal setting in southwestern Turkey. In one of the drilled cores at the Letoon Hellenic antique site on Eşençay Delta, we encountered a 4 cm thick tephra deposit underlain by 46 cm thick tsunami‐deposited sand (tsunamite), and an organic‐rich layer that we 14C dated to 3295 ± 30 bp or 1633 bc. The relationship between Santorini distal volcanic ash and underlying tsunamite is described and interpreted. LBAES occurred in four main phases: (1) plinian; (2) phreatomagmatic; (3) phreatomagmatic with mudflows; and (4) ignimbritic flows and co‐ignimbrite tephra falls. In this study, we aim to understand which eruptive phases generate distal ash during the Minoan eruptive sequence by examining the 3D surface morphology of ash formed by different fragmentation processes. To that end, we used numerous statistical multivariates, 3D fractal dimension of roughness, and a new textural parameter of surface area‐3D/plotted area‐2D to characterise the eruption dynamics. Based on ash surface morphologies and the calculated statistical parameters, we propose that that distal ash is represented by a single layer composed of well‐mixed (coarse to fine) magmatic and phreatomagmatic ash.

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Volcanic ash and tsunami record of the Minoan Late Bronze Age Eruption (Santorini) in a distal setting, southwestern Turkey

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Çiner

Ersoy

et al. 2021

J Quaternary Science

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“…Recently, they develop under the dry climatic condition in eastern Turkey and mild climatic condition in western Turkey (Kazancı and Roberts 2019;Kuzucuoğlu et al 2019a;Özsayın et al 2019;Şaroğlu and Güngör 2019). They can be found in different ages and in diverse tectonic regimes such as normal fault and strike slip fault in Turkey (Brückner 2019;Kayan 2019;Kuzucuoğlu 2019;Kuzucuoğlu et al 2019aKuzucuoğlu et al , 2019bOcakoğlu 2020;Öner 2019;Özsayın et al 2019;Sarıkaya et al 2015;Şaroğlu and Güngör 2019). SW Turkey hosts four different types of basins during the Neogene-Quaternary; piggyback basin, pull-apart basin along oblique strike-slip faults, intermontane basin, and graben (Görür et al 1995;Bozkurt and Mittwede 2005;Sözbilir 2005;Alçiçek 2007;Gürer et al 2013;Seyitoğlu and Işık 2015;Elmas et al 2019).…”

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Recent alluvial fan developments in Muğla (SW Turkey)

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The Muğla Polje (SW Turkey), which formed as a result of the Pleistocene activity of the Muğla Fault, is an example of a rift basin with two alluvial fans (the Muğla Fan, 3.33 km 2 and the Düğerek Fan, 1.26 km 2 ). This study focuses on the development of these fans through the evaluation of aerial photos, Google-Earth images, the measurements of sedimentary sections, lithological examinations, mineralogical discriminations, and in situ observations. Fractured Jurassic-Cretaceous limestone and upper Miocene-Pliocene clastics have been observed in drainage areas of both fans. In the drainage area of the Muğla Fan, where low strength upper Miocene-Pliocene clastics are abundant, the river incision is higher. As a result, higher amount of sediment supply led to formation of the larger Muğla Fan. Small scale tectonic activities and rainy periods led to the formation of poorly sorted, angular-subangular, and coarser-grained pebblestone-cobblestone deposits, whereas, tectonically quiescent and dry periods were represented by the finer-grained sediments at the apex and upper fan of both fans. They pass into the finer-grained deposits in the downdip direction. Recently, the Muğla and Düğerek fans surface has been covered by urbanization. Man-made channel was built to protect humans from floods, which starts from the apex and extends beyond the distal fan in Polje center. Thus, sediment and water required for fan development have been all cut. Both fan development were initially controlled by nature, such as tectonic activities and climate, and now by humans. Therefore, this study recommends the constant monitoring of the impact of human interference on fan development while regulating the feeding mechanism of fan basin interiors, natural balance of local environment, and urban lives.

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Landscape Development of the Eşen Valley and Delta Plain (Letoôn and Patara Sites)

Cited by 2 publications

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Volcanic ash and tsunami record of the Minoan Late Bronze Age Eruption (Santorini) in a distal setting, southwestern Turkey

Volcanic ash and tsunami record of the Minoan Late Bronze Age Eruption (Santorini) in a distal setting, southwestern Turkey

Recent alluvial fan developments in Muğla (SW Turkey)

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