Origin of the Sea of Marmara as Deduced from Neogene to Quaternary Paleogeographic Evolution of its Frame

Görür, Nací; Çağatay, M. Namık; Sakınç, Mehmet; Sümengen, Muhsin; Şentürk, Kamil; Yaltırak, Cenk; Tchapalyga, Andrey

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“…Terraces of 110 m refer to the Siciliyen phases. As can be seen from the PCA and DTMs merged images, the levels of the terraces which are located at the SW and SE coasts are in agreement with each other contrary to other coastlines (Görür, et al, 1997). The iron faces with different sizes and elevations along the northern coasts show a gradual uplift of the northern part of the peninsula (Figure 5 a,d-e).…”

Section: Geomorphology Of Kapıdağ Peninsula By Geomatic Techniquessupporting

confidence: 64%

“…According to (Aksoy, 1995;Ertin, 1994;Görür, et al, 1997), the peninsula is raised before Permiyen. The general shape of the peninsula, north coast structures and suspended valleys are the most important morphologic evidences of the uplift of the peninsula separately from the southern Sea of Marmara coasts.…”

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Morphologic Features of Kapıdağ Peninsula and its Coasts (NW-Turkey) using by Remote Sensing and DTM

Gazioğlu

Aipar

Yücel

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International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics

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Although it is an inland sea, the Sea of Marmara and its surroundings have rather complex morphology due to the active tectonics of the North Anatolian Fault (NAF) zone in this region. The Kapıdağ Peninsula which is located at its southern coasts also represents a complex morphology. Macro morphologic units of Kapıdağ Peninsula are N-S trending deep valley systems, mountain areas and Belkıs isthmus. The most coastal area of peninsula has terraces, coastal plains and alluvial valley floors. These unique morphologic features can explain some parameters of active tectonics of the Sea of Marmara region. In order to investigate these geomorphologic features of the Kapıdağ peninsula in detail, some land observations, satellite data, Digital Terrain Models (DTMs which have been evaluated from topographic maps with a vertical precision of ±3m and cell size of 8m), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), traditional methods and some integrated techniques such as image processing were used.

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Section: Geomorphology Of Kapıdağ Peninsula By Geomatic Techniquessupporting

confidence: 64%

Section: Geomorphology Of Kapıdağ Peninsula By Geomatic Techniquesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Morphologic Features of Kapıdağ Peninsula and its Coasts (NW-Turkey) using by Remote Sensing and DTM

Gazioğlu

Aipar

Yücel

et al. 2014

International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics

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“…Admixtures of marine, lagoonal and non-marine ostracod shell layers in İzmit Gulf dated at 1.5 ka have been interpreted to result from tsunamis or strong storms (Mischke et al 2012). The mixed faunas in the cores of the present study possibly also reflect North Anatolian Fault activity (Barka and Kadinsky-Cade 1988;Wong et al 1995;Görür et al 1997;Yaltırak 2002;Gasperini et al 2011).…”

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Postglacial floodings of the Marmara Sea: molluscs and sediments tell the story

Büyükmeriç

2016

Geo-Mar Lett

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“…4). Around the Izmit Gulf, Quaternary marine terraces and delta deposits occur on the southern coast (Paluska et al, 1989;Bargu and Sakinç, 1989;Gö rü r et al, 1997;Ç agatay et al, 2003). Sediments of similar age, and even older (late Pliocene-Quaternary), have been drilled in the inner part of the Izmit Gulf (Meriç, 1995b).…”

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Science versus myth: was there a connection between the Marmara Sea and Lake Sapanca?

Gürbüz

Leroy

2010

J Quaternary Science

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The existence of an alternative strait between the Black and Marmara Seas, east of today's Istanbul Strait, on the route of Izmit Gulf-Lake Sapanca-Lower Sakarya Valley, was already claimed at the end of the 19th century and has also been considered in several recent studies. Firstly, in historical documents over the last 2500 years, some natural and artificial waterways between the Marmara Sea and Lake Sapanca have been reported. Secondly, according to the present geomorphological research between the Izmit Gulf and Lake Sapanca, the gutter-like morphology, which was formed by the tectonics of the North Anatolian Fault in the centre of the plain, is suggested as a suitable geomorphic feature for a possible waterway between the gulf and the lake. Thirdly, the Izmit Plain that lies between the Izmit Gulf and Lake Sapanca is studied in this paper through its sedimentology. The facies associations of the basin-fill deposits are examined here through the lithological descriptions and fossil assemblages in nine cores drilled in the plain. All these data suggest that the shoreline in the Quaternary did not lie much further landward from its current position, that the inner part of the plain was covered by a lagoon/coastal-swamp environment and that a connection may have existed at an unknown time (perhaps for the last time during the Middle/Late Pleistocene) with perhaps only partial reuse during the last millennia in the course of catastrophic seismic movements and consecutive floods.

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Origin of the Sea of Marmara as Deduced from Neogene to Quaternary Paleogeographic Evolution of its Frame

Cited by 84 publications

References 27 publications

Morphologic Features of Kapıdağ Peninsula and its Coasts (NW-Turkey) using by Remote Sensing and DTM

Morphologic Features of Kapıdağ Peninsula and its Coasts (NW-Turkey) using by Remote Sensing and DTM

Postglacial floodings of the Marmara Sea: molluscs and sediments tell the story

Science versus myth: was there a connection between the Marmara Sea and Lake Sapanca?

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