Quaternary glaciations of Turkey

Mehmet Akif Sarikaya; Attila Çiner; Marek Zreda

doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-53447-7.00030-1

Quaternary glaciations of Turkey

Mehmet Akif Sarikaya, Attila Çiner, Marek Zreda

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Abstract

The cosmogenic exposure ages obtained from glacial landforms in several Turkish mountains provided a basis to reconstruct glacio-chronology and paleoclimate of Turkey. Glacier-related landforms occur in three major regions of Turkey; (1) the Taurus Mountains, along the Mediterranean coast and southeast Turkey, (2) mountain ranges along the Eastern Black Sea Region, and (3) volcanoes and independent mountain chains scattered across the Anatolian Plateau. ¹⁰Be ²⁶Al and ³⁶Cl ages show that the oldest and most extensive mountain glaciers were developed during the Last Glacial Maximum. Unusual Early Holocene glaciations, dated to 9 ka-10 ka, were also reported from Mount Erciyes and Aladaĝlar.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	393-403
Number of pages	11
Journal	Developments in Quaternary Science
Volume	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-53447-7.00030-1
State	Published - 2011

Keywords

Cosmogenic surface dating
Early Holocene
Glacier
Last Glacial Maximum
Turkey

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Geology
Earth-Surface Processes

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Sarikaya, M. A., Çiner, A., & Zreda, M. (2011). Quaternary glaciations of Turkey. Developments in Quaternary Science, 15, 393-403. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-53447-7.00030-1

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