Türkiye Jeoloji Bülteni

Palaentological Findings on Historical Coastal Inundation Events on the Eastern Coastal Plain of the Gulf of Saros, Turkey.

Abstract: Significantly rich assemblages of foraminifera (11 samples), ostracoda (8 samples) and mollusca (7samples) have been detected from the 14 samples recovered from the salty swamp plain behind a dunefield alongthe eastern coast of the Gulf of Saros, North Aegean Sea. Preliminary paleontological findings, together with theOptically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) late Quaternary dating technique, have indicated that big-scale stormwaves and occasional tsunamis have inundated the large coastal areas at the eastern part of gulf, as much as a fewkilometres, in the past, at least during the last 2200 years.