MINERALOGICAL, GEOCHEMICAL AND GENETIC IMPLICATION OF SMECTITE AND SEPIOLITE IN THE OLIGO/MIOCENE LACUSTRINE CLAYEY SEDIMENTS OF THE KURTULMUSTEPE FORMATION, AKTOPRAK BASIN, NIGDE, CENTRAL ANATOLIA, TURKEY

Kelling G . Robertson A. & Van Buchem F. Cenozoic sedimentary basins of southern Turkey: an introduction. Sedimentary Geology, 173, pp 1-13, 2005

Clark M. The latest Cretaceous –Early Tertiary Ulukişla basin, S Turkey: Sedimentation and tectonics of an evolving Tethyan suture zone. Unpublished, University of Edinburgh, PhD thesis, 2002, pp 450.

Demirtaşlı E. Turhan N. Bilgin A.Z. & Selim M. Geology of the Bolkar Mountains. In: Tekeli, O. and Göncüoğlu, M.C. (eds) Geology of the Taurus Belt. Proceedings of the International Symposium. MTA Dergisi, Ankara, pp 125-141, 1984.

Clark M. & Robertson A.H.F. Uppermost Cretaceeous- Lower Tertiary Ulukişla Basin, south-central Turkey: sedimentary evolution of part of a unified basin complex within an evolving Neotethyan suture zone. Sedimentary Geology, 173: pp 15-51, 2005.

Oktay F.Y. Stratigraphy and geological history of Ulukısla and its surroundings. Bulletin of Turkish Geological Society, 25, pp 15-23, 1982, (in Turkish with English abstract).

Gürel A. Sedimentological and mineralogical investigation of the Late Miocene successions of Aktoprak Basin (Central Turkey): Implication for sediment source and palaeoclimates, Clay and Clay Minerals, 56, pp 660-676, 2008. GeoConference on Science and Technologies in Geology, Exploration and Mining

Gürel A. & Kadir S. Palaeoenvironmental approach to the geology, mineralogy and geochemistry of an Early Miocene alluvial-fan to cyclic shallow-lacustrine depositional system in the Aktoprak Basin (central Anatolia), Turkey, Clay Minerals, Volume, 45, 1, 75-85, 2010.

Yıldız A. & Gürel A. Palaeontogical, diagenetic and facies characteristics of Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary sediments in the Ordu, Yavuzlu and Uzunisa areas Eastern Pontides, NE Turkey, Cretaceous Research, 26, 329-341, 2005 .

Alpaslan M. Frei R. Boztuğ D. Kurt M.A. & Temel A. Geochemical and Pb- Sr-Nd isotopic constraints indicating an enriched mantle source for late Cretaceous to early Tertiary volcanism, Central Anatolia, Turkey. International Geology Review, 46, 102- 104, 2004 .

Wedepohl K.H. Die Zusammenzetzung der oberen Erdkruste und natürlicher Kreislauf ausgewalter Metalle. In Merian, E., Metalle in der Unwelt, Weinheim: Verlag Chemie, pp 856, 1984.

Kelling G . Robertson A. & Van Buchem F. Cenozoic sedimentary basins of southern Turkey: an introduction. Sedimentary Geology, 173, pp 1-13, 2005

Clark M. The latest Cretaceous –Early Tertiary Ulukişla basin, S Turkey: Sedimentation and tectonics of an evolving Tethyan suture zone. Unpublished, University of Edinburgh, PhD thesis, 2002, pp 450.

Demirtaşlı E. Turhan N. Bilgin A.Z. & Selim M. Geology of the Bolkar Mountains. In: Tekeli, O. and Göncüoğlu, M.C. (eds) Geology of the Taurus Belt. Proceedings of the International Symposium. MTA Dergisi, Ankara, pp 125-141, 1984.

Clark M. & Robertson A.H.F. Uppermost Cretaceeous- Lower Tertiary Ulukişla Basin, south-central Turkey: sedimentary evolution of part of a unified basin complex within an evolving Neotethyan suture zone. Sedimentary Geology, 173: pp 15-51, 2005.

Oktay F.Y. Stratigraphy and geological history of Ulukısla and its surroundings. Bulletin of Turkish Geological Society, 25, pp 15-23, 1982, (in Turkish with English abstract).

Gürel A. Sedimentological and mineralogical investigation of the Late Miocene successions of Aktoprak Basin (Central Turkey): Implication for sediment source and palaeoclimates, Clay and Clay Minerals, 56, pp 660-676, 2008. GeoConference on Science and Technologies in Geology, Exploration and Mining

Gürel A. & Kadir S. Palaeoenvironmental approach to the geology, mineralogy and geochemistry of an Early Miocene alluvial-fan to cyclic shallow-lacustrine depositional system in the Aktoprak Basin (central Anatolia), Turkey, Clay Minerals, Volume, 45, 1, 75-85, 2010.

Yıldız A. & Gürel A. Palaeontogical, diagenetic and facies characteristics of Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary sediments in the Ordu, Yavuzlu and Uzunisa areas Eastern Pontides, NE Turkey, Cretaceous Research, 26, 329-341, 2005 .

Alpaslan M. Frei R. Boztuğ D. Kurt M.A. & Temel A. Geochemical and Pb- Sr-Nd isotopic constraints indicating an enriched mantle source for late Cretaceous to early Tertiary volcanism, Central Anatolia, Turkey. International Geology Review, 46, 102- 104, 2004 .

Wedepohl K.H. Die Zusammenzetzung der oberen Erdkruste und natürlicher Kreislauf ausgewalter Metalle. In Merian, E., Metalle in der Unwelt, Weinheim: Verlag Chemie, pp 856, 1984.