Geochemical and palaeontological characterization of a new K-Pg Boundary locality from the Northern branch of the Neo-Tethys: Mudurnu - Goynuk Basin, NW Turkey

S. Acikalin; J. Vellekoop; F. Ocakoglu; I.O. Yilmaz; J. Smit; S.O. Altiner; S. Goderis; H.B. Vonhof; R.P. Speijer; L. Woelders; E. Fornaciari; H. Brinkhuis

doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2014.07.011

Geochemical and palaeontological characterization of a new K-Pg Boundary locality from the Northern branch of the Neo-Tethys: Mudurnu - Goynuk Basin, NW Turkey

S. Acikalin
, J. Vellekoop
, F. Ocakoglu
, I.O. Yilmaz
, J. Smit
, S.O. Altiner
, S. Goderis
, H.B. Vonhof
, R.P. Speijer
, L. Woelders
, E. Fornaciari
, H. Brinkhuis

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A Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) succession is studied in detail in the Mudurnu-Göynük basin in northwestern Turkey. To characterize the K-Pg transition in this basin, two stratigraphic sections were measured and sampled at high resolution: the Okçular and the Göynük North sections. These sections were analysed for siderophile trace elements, including Ir and other platinum group elements (PGE: Ru, Rh, Pd, Ir, Pt), bulk stable carbon isotopes, calcareous nannofossils, planktic foraminifera and organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts (dinocysts). In this basin, the upper Maastrichtian consists of monotonous grey mudstones, mostly intercalated with turbidites and the basal Danian is characterised by grey mudstones, that are overlain by a rhythmic alternation of limetones and mudstones. The K-Pg boundary is marked by a thin, reddish ejecta layer, characterized by an enrichment of PGE and an abrupt negative shift in bulk δ

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	251-267
Journal	Cretaceous Research
Volume	52
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2014.07.011
Publication status	Published - 2015

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PT: J; NR: 62; TC: 1; J9: CRETACEOUS RES; PN: A; PG: 17; GA: AY6GY; UT: WOS:000347666300020

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Acikalin, S., Vellekoop, J., Ocakoglu, F., Yilmaz, I. O., Smit, J., Altiner, S. O., Goderis, S., Vonhof, H. B., Speijer, R. P., Woelders, L., Fornaciari, E., & Brinkhuis, H. (2015). Geochemical and palaeontological characterization of a new K-Pg Boundary locality from the Northern branch of the Neo-Tethys: Mudurnu - Goynuk Basin, NW Turkey. Cretaceous Research, 52, 251-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2014.07.011

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