Türkiye Jeoloji Bülteni

A Possible Ancient Carbonate-Storm Deposite in Carboniferous Succesion of Naltaş (Saimbeyli, MW-Adana/Turkey)

Abstract: The alternating deposition of resedimented muds tone, bioclastic packgrainstone and fi*nely grain quarz sandstone have been formed as cyclic sediments during storm stages in the Carboniferous succession of Naltaş area. High energy conditions effective during the storm gave rise to laterallmovement of the carbonate sediments and erosion of sea bottom from opening shore to nearshor. Innerstructure of the storm deposite, «Tenıpestite» that may be misinterpreted as türbidite beds, shows fi*ning upward sequence, of which lower and middle part have been characterized by coarse grain skele^tal pack-wackestone with essentially paralel oriantation of the biogenic contituents, whereas the upperpart composed of paralel or cross-laminated silt-mud stone. The last produce, mudstone include rich orga*nic material would be originated from plant, possible source sea grass eroded from sea floor. The stormdeposites were covered with thick carbonate mud as autochtonous sedimentation during post-stormperiods.