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

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dc.authoridLeroy, Suzanne/0000-0002-2556-2339
dc.authoridKoc, Koray/0000-0003-1065-7973
dc.authoridGURBUZ, ALPER/0000-0002-8448-9629
dc.authoridIREN, KAAN/0000-0002-9053-8693
dc.authoridkazanci, Nizamettin/0000-0003-0724-2347
dc.contributor.authorKazanci, Nizamettin
dc.contributor.authorErgun, Zeynep
dc.contributor.authorIren, Kaan
dc.contributor.authorLeroy, Suzanne A. G.
dc.contributor.authorBoyraz Arslan, Sonay
dc.contributor.authorOncel, Salim
dc.contributor.authorKoc, Koray
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T13:35:25Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T13:35:25Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentNiğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis 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 km(2)) 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.
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) [109K363]; Mugla Sitki Kocman University Funds (BAP); Ministry of Culture and Tourism; Ankara University Scientific Research Funds [12B4343002]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was a part of the geological survey of Project 109K363 supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), coordinated by Kaan Iren. This project also provided the material of the MSc thesis of Zeynep Ergun. Cores SK1-SK7 were extracted graciously by the Balikesir Branch of the DSI in 2011 under the supervision of Dr Nazif Demir. For its generous logistic and financial support, Kaan Iren also thanks the Mugla Sitki Kocman University Funds (BAP) and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Mehmet Tarik Ozcan gave great support both in the field and laboratory. Dr Kiymet Deniz helped in performing geochemical analyses. Dr Esra Gurbuz made some topographical analyses and drafted Figure 2. Three additional dating results were obtained thanks to the financial contribution of the Ankara University Scientific Research Funds (Grant No: 12B4343002). Three anonymous reviewers of the journal improved the manuscript significantly. The authors are grateful for all the support and contributions.
dc.identifier.doi10.3906/yer-1902-35
dc.identifier.endpage+
dc.identifier.issn1300-0985
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85071258334
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage479
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3906/yer-1902-35
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11480/16487
dc.identifier.volume28
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000477003100001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTubitak Scientific & Technological Research Council Turkey
dc.relation.ispartofTurkish Journal of Earth Sciences
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241106
dc.subjectQuaternary
dc.subjectLake Manyas
dc.subjectDaskyleion
dc.subjectMarmara region
dc.subjectHolocene
dc.subjectAntic settlements
dc.titleLate Quaternary landscape evolution of the southern Marmara region: paleogeographic implications for settlements, NW Turkey
dc.typeArticle

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