Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences
DOI
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Abstract
Neogene sediments having both fluvial and lacustrine characteristics are widespread in the Konya region of central Anatolia. The fluvial units are typically green in colour and thick at the margin of the basin and thinning laterally basinwards. The lacustrine sediments are represented by white, beige and cream, pure, dolomitic, sandy and clayey limestone alternating with claystone. Grain size, components and matrix of the fluvial and lacustrine sediments decrease from the margin of the basin toward its center. Smectite and chlorite in detrital fluvial sediments are associated with amphibole, illite and quartz, while sepiolite and palygorskite formed diagenetically in the carbonate units of the central part of basin.
Keywords
clay minerals, Konya, lacustrine environment, Neogene, Turkey
First Page
161
Last Page
167
Recommended Citation
KADİR, SELAHATTİN and KARAKAŞ, ZEHRA (2002) "Distribution and Origin of Clay Minerals in Konya Neogene Sedimentary Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey," Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences: Vol. 11: No. 2, Article 4. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/earth/vol11/iss2/4
