Late Quaternary landscape evolution of the southern Marmara region:  paleogeographic implications for settlements, NW Turkey

Nizamettin KAZANCI; Zeynep ERGUN; Kaan İREN; Suzanne A LEROY; Sonay Boyraz ASLAN; Mehmet Salim ÖNCEL; Koray KOÇ; Alper GÜRBÜZ

Makale detayları

Late Quaternary landscape evolution of the southern Marmara region: paleogeographic implications for settlements, NW Turkey

Yazarlar:

Nizamettin KAZANCI | Zeynep ERGUN | Kaan İREN | Suzanne A LEROY | Sonay Boyraz ASLAN | Mehmet Salim ÖNCEL | Koray KOÇ | Alper GÜRBÜZ

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 2019 Vol.28 Issue 4, pp.479-499

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2019

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000730990

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

1303-619X

pISSN:

1300-0985

Özet:

 

This study presents the late Quaternary evolution of the southern Marmara region in northwestern Turkey and discusses  the suitability of the area for settlements. It is based on interpretation of sediment analyses together with radiometric dates obtained  from drilling cores. As three-fourths of the southern Marmara region (ca. 30,000 km2) is covered by the Susurluk Drainage Basin  (SDB), the study focuses on this basin. The SDB has a concave surface morphology dipping northward, with highlands in the south (ca.  1300-1700 m a.s.l.) and lowlands in the north (ca. 0-250 a.s.l.). Lake Manyas, Lake Ulubat, and south-north flowing rivers, together  with deep gorges and large valleys, are basic elements of the landscape. Quaternary deposits are largely confined to the late Pleistocene  and Holocene time interval. Results suggest that, as a whole, the Southern Marmara region has been subjected to intense erosion up to  the Late Pleistocene. During the Late Pleistocene and Holocene, depositional dynamics and channel migrations are recorded in river  valleys, where sediments evidence occurrences of flooding and backswamps. Landscape analyses show that the SDB was not attractive  for human settlements in the Late Holocene, with the exception of the Daskyleion and Appolonia sites, in opposition to other parts of  western Anatolia, which have been densely occupied since the Chalcolithic Age. According to our results, the location of Daskyleion on  a hill near Lake Manyas was likely chosen for security reasons. Lake water and large permanently wet areas (swamps) may have indeed  provided a natural contribution to the defense of this Phrygian town.

Makale detayları

Late Quaternary landscape evolution of the southern Marmara region: paleogeographic implications for settlements, NW Turkey

Yazarlar: Nizamettin KAZANCI | Zeynep ERGUN | Kaan İREN | Suzanne A LEROY | Sonay Boyraz ASLAN | Mehmet Salim ÖNCEL | Koray KOÇ | Alper GÜRBÜZ

Yayıncı: TUBITAK

Dergi: Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 2019 Vol.28 Issue 4, pp.479-499

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 7/2019

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000730990

Sıklık: İki Aylık

eISSN: 1303-619X

pISSN: 1300-0985

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Nizamettin KAZANCI | Zeynep ERGUN | Kaan İREN | Suzanne A LEROY | Sonay Boyraz ASLAN | Mehmet Salim ÖNCEL | Koray KOÇ | Alper GÜRBÜZ

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 2019 Vol.28 Issue 4, pp.479-499

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2019

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000730990

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

1303-619X

pISSN:

1300-0985