U-series dating and origin of Yaprakhisar (Güzelyurt-Aksaray) travertines in Central Anatolian Volcanic Province, Turkey

This study reveals the age, setting, and geochemistry of fissure ridge travertines outcropping in Yaprakhisar (Güzelyurt-Aksaray) that is located in the Central Anatolian Volcanic Province (CAVP) and investigates their relationship with main tectonic structures. Dating studies with the U-series anal...

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Published in:Arabian journal of geosciences 2018-11, Vol.11 (22), p.1-14, Article 699
Main Authors: Temiz, Uğur, Koçak, İsmail, Öksüz, Nursel, Akbay, Serkan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acidity
Anomalies
Barium
Chronology
Dating
Deformation
Dolomite
Dolostone
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth science
Earth Sciences
Evaporites
Fault zones
Geochemistry
Geological faults
Limestone
Low temperature
Magma
Original Paper
Oxic conditions
Strontium
Trace elements
Travertine
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Summary:This study reveals the age, setting, and geochemistry of fissure ridge travertines outcropping in Yaprakhisar (Güzelyurt-Aksaray) that is located in the Central Anatolian Volcanic Province (CAVP) and investigates their relationship with main tectonic structures. Dating studies with the U-series analysis method identified that travertine formations were deposited from 3 to 147 ka BP. The travertines in the study area were divided into two groups based on the age and extension direction. The first group consists of fissure ridge travertines with 70° NE and deposited in the range of 126–147 ka BP. The second group has 10° NW strike and are fissure ridge travertines dated to 3–47 ka BP. The association between the travertine groups and the significant fault zones in the region was investigated, and three different formation models are presented. The relationship between the fissure ridge travertines and faults deforming the CAVP was determined using paleo-discontinuities. The Yaprakhisar travertines were determined to have Ce and Eu anomalies, along with low Ba and relatively low Sr values. When the trace element and REE content of the Yaprakhisar travertines are considered together, the travertines are concluded to have been deposited under oxic conditions from limestone-evaporite-dolomite-sourced hypogene water with low acidity and relatively low temperature.
ISSN:1866-7511
1866-7538
DOI:10.1007/s12517-018-4046-9