The Tepearasi Formation of the autochthonous Geyikdagi Group in the CentralTauride Belt, SE of Beysehir, is Dogger in age and consists dominantly of massive limestones andgreyish dolomites occurring within the middle ...The Tepearasi Formation of the autochthonous Geyikdagi Group in the CentralTauride Belt, SE of Beysehir, is Dogger in age and consists dominantly of massive limestones andgreyish dolomites occurring within the middle to upper sections. The total thickness of thedolomitic levels ranges from 100-300 m and laterally extends 500-700 m. Three types of dolomite weredistinguished through petrographic analyses: homogeneous, mottled (saddle-crystalline) andjoint-filling dolomite, which were interpreted to have formed in two different stages, earlydiagenetic and late diagenetic. The homogeneous dolomite of the early diagenetic stage islight-coloured and monotonous-textured and shows the form of a dolosparite mosaic. The mottleddolomite formed in the late diagenetic stage is light- to dark-coloured and coarsely granularidiomorphic. The other type of late diagenetic dolomite, described as the joint-filling type,presents a crystal growth pattern from the joint walls towards the centre of the joint space. It isassociated with coarse calcite crystals as well as primary dolomite crystal clasts which were formedin the early diagenetic stage. In addition to these characteristics, cataclastic texture indicatingthe influence of tectonism is also observed. Microtexture-oriented scanning electron microscopy(SEM) studies indicate that mottled dolomites show zonal structures and contain secondarydissolution vugs. SEM studies also revealed the existence of some remains (calcite, clay etc.) injoint-filling dolomites. Analyses by energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS) indicate the existence ofclay minerals (likely to be illite) in the pores of dolomite. Isotope studies conducted to shedlight onto the origin of the dolomites of the Tepearasi Formation yielded the results of delta^18O=-2.48 to - 3.87 per thousand and delta^13C=0.93 to l.12 per thousand for the early diagenetichomogeneous dolomites. Mottled and joint-filling type dolomites of the late diagenetic stage, on theother hand, gave the results of delta^18O = -5.42 to -7.12 per thousand, and delta^13C= -2.29 and-5.70 respectively. X-Ray diffractometry (XRD) and energy dispersive analysis X-Ray (EDAX), atomicabsorption spectrometry (AAS) analyses, results of petrographic data, and delta^18O and delta^13Cvalues suggest that the early diagenetic dolomitization in the Tepearasi Formation occurred underthe control of hypersaline (rich in Mg) and fresh water mixing zone. The late diagenetic dolomitespartly developed under the control of tectonic thrusting.展开更多
文摘The Tepearasi Formation of the autochthonous Geyikdagi Group in the CentralTauride Belt, SE of Beysehir, is Dogger in age and consists dominantly of massive limestones andgreyish dolomites occurring within the middle to upper sections. The total thickness of thedolomitic levels ranges from 100-300 m and laterally extends 500-700 m. Three types of dolomite weredistinguished through petrographic analyses: homogeneous, mottled (saddle-crystalline) andjoint-filling dolomite, which were interpreted to have formed in two different stages, earlydiagenetic and late diagenetic. The homogeneous dolomite of the early diagenetic stage islight-coloured and monotonous-textured and shows the form of a dolosparite mosaic. The mottleddolomite formed in the late diagenetic stage is light- to dark-coloured and coarsely granularidiomorphic. The other type of late diagenetic dolomite, described as the joint-filling type,presents a crystal growth pattern from the joint walls towards the centre of the joint space. It isassociated with coarse calcite crystals as well as primary dolomite crystal clasts which were formedin the early diagenetic stage. In addition to these characteristics, cataclastic texture indicatingthe influence of tectonism is also observed. Microtexture-oriented scanning electron microscopy(SEM) studies indicate that mottled dolomites show zonal structures and contain secondarydissolution vugs. SEM studies also revealed the existence of some remains (calcite, clay etc.) injoint-filling dolomites. Analyses by energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS) indicate the existence ofclay minerals (likely to be illite) in the pores of dolomite. Isotope studies conducted to shedlight onto the origin of the dolomites of the Tepearasi Formation yielded the results of delta^18O=-2.48 to - 3.87 per thousand and delta^13C=0.93 to l.12 per thousand for the early diagenetichomogeneous dolomites. Mottled and joint-filling type dolomites of the late diagenetic stage, on theother hand, gave the results of delta^18O = -5.42 to -7.12 per thousand, and delta^13C= -2.29 and-5.70 respectively. X-Ray diffractometry (XRD) and energy dispersive analysis X-Ray (EDAX), atomicabsorption spectrometry (AAS) analyses, results of petrographic data, and delta^18O and delta^13Cvalues suggest that the early diagenetic dolomitization in the Tepearasi Formation occurred underthe control of hypersaline (rich in Mg) and fresh water mixing zone. The late diagenetic dolomitespartly developed under the control of tectonic thrusting.
