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Vegetation and climate changes during the late Pliocene and early Pleistocene in SW Anatolia, Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno ,
Hülya Alçiçek ,
M. Cihat Alçiçek ,
Lars van den Hoek Ostende  and
Frank P. Wesselingh
Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Universidad de Granadan, Fuente Nueva s/, 18002 Granada, Spain
Hülya Alçiçek
Affiliation:
Pamukkale University, Dept. of Geology, 20070 Denizli, Turkey
M. Cihat Alçiçek
Affiliation:
Pamukkale University, Dept. of Geology, 20070 Denizli, Turkey
Lars van den Hoek Ostende
Affiliation:
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Frank P. Wesselingh
Affiliation:
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
*
*Corresponding author at: Avda. Fuentenueva S/N, 18002, Granada, Spain.Email Address:gonzaloj@ugr.es, halcicek@pau.edu.tr, alcicek@pau.edu.tr, lars.vandenhoekostende@naturalis.nl, frank.wesselingh@naturalis.nl
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Abstract

Pollen analysis was done on lacustrine sedimentary sequences dated by micromammals as late Pliocene–early Pleistocene that outcrop in two Neogene graben basins from SW Turkey. This study shows vegetation changes from steppe-like to more forested environments, very similar to the cyclic oscillations related to late Pleistocene glacial–interglacial climate changes. Artemisia was abundant during cold–arid periods, indicating that this species was already widespread in this area during the latest Pliocene and the beginning of the Pleistocene. A review of pollen records from Anatolia agrees with this study, suggesting that the spreading of this arid species occurred during a major climatic change: the beginning of the first glaciations and probably a change in seasonality towards summer aridity. Artemisia temporarily disappeared from the region during warm–wet periods and thus we suggest that glacial–interglacial-type oscillations already occurred in the area during the late Pliocene–early Pleistocene.

Keywords

Pollen analysisPaleovegetationPaleoclimatePliocenePleistoceneSW Anatolia
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Quaternary Research , Volume 84 , Issue 3 , November 2015 , pp. 448 - 456
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University of Washington

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