简介:Thisstudyisthefirsttoreporttheradiocarbonages,mineralogical,morphological,geochemicalandstableisotopecompositionsofcalcretesfromNeogenesedimentsaroundlakesEymirandMoganintheG?lba??BasinofCentralAnatolia.MorphologicallydifferentformsofcalcretesintheG?lba??Basinincludepowdery,nodular,fractureinfill,laminarandhardpantypes.Calciteisthedominantmineralofcalcretecompositions;thediagnosticfeaturesofdessicationcracks,randomfractures,MnOliningsanddensespariticinfillingsareobserved.Chemicalanalysesshowaridconditionswithmeanannualprecipitationof<50mm.δ13Ccompositionsofthecalcretesrangefrom-6.77‰to-9.32‰PDB,typicalformostpedogeniccalcretes,reflectingthedevelopmentunderseasonallyaridclimatesandC3-dominatedvegetationcover.δ18Ovaluesarebetween-5.57‰and-7.80‰PDB,indicatingtheformationfrommeteoricwaterinavadosezoneenvironment.TheresultssuggestthattheMiddlePleistocenewasariderandwarmer,favouringtheformationofpalygorskiteinassociationwiththedifferentformsofcalcreteoccurrences,whereastheLatePleistocenewasdryerandcooler,supportingthedevelopmentofcalcretes.
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