Türkiye Jeoloji Bülteni

Foraminifera Contents of Upper Cretaceous-Paleocene Kırandağ and Düdenyaylası Formations in Niksar-Tokat Region.

Abstract: Niksar-Ba§çiftİik (Tokat) area, according to the variety and. the characteristics of the fauna is an important region. Measuredstratigraphy sections were done and. the foraminifera contents of the sediments in the study area were detennined; stratigraphicaldistribution of the benthic and planktic foraminifera were fixed. Kırandağ fonnation is detennined as Middle-Upper MaastrichtianDanian aged and- Düdenyayla formation is evaluated as Danian aged.