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ESR and 230Th/234U dating of speleothems from Aladağlar Mountain Range (AMR) in Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Ülkü Ulusoy ,
Gül Anbar ,
Serdar Bayarı  and
Tonguç Uysal
Ülkü Ulusoy*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics Engineering, Hacettepe University, Beytepe, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
Gül Anbar
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics Engineering, Hacettepe University, Beytepe, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
Serdar Bayarı
Affiliation:
Dept. of Geological Engineering, Hacettepe University, Beytepe, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
Tonguç Uysal
Affiliation:
Earth Sciences and Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
*
*Corresponding author. Fax: + 90 312 299 2037. E-mail address:ulusoy@hacettepe.edu.tr (Ü. Ulusoy).
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Abstract

Electron spin resonance (ESR) and 230Th/234U ages of speleothem samples collected from karstic caves located around 3000 m elevation in the Aladağlar Mountain Range (AMR), south-central Turkey, were determined in order to provide new insight and information regarding late Pleistocene climate. ESR ages were validated with the 230Th/234U ages of test samples. The ESR ages of 21 different layers of six speleothem samples were found to range mostly between about 59 and 4 ka, which cover the Marine Oxygen Isotope Stages (MIS) MIS 3 to MIS 1. Among all, only six layers appear to have deposited during MIS 8 and 5. Most of the samples dated were deposited during the late glacial stage (MIS 2). It appears that a cooler climate with a perennial and steady recharge was more conducive to speleothem development rather than a warmer climate with seasonal recharge in the AMR during the late Quaternary. This argument supports previous findings that suggest a two -fold increase in last glacial maximum mean precipitation in Turkey with respect to the present value.

Keywords

ESR dating230Th/234U datingSpeleothemLast glacial stageMIS 2Late PleistoceneAladağlarTurkey
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Research Article
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Quaternary Research , Volume 81 , Issue 2 , March 2014 , pp. 367 - 380
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University of Washington

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