Lake level changes and paleo-precipitation estimations based on colluvial stratigraphy of Holocene sediments in West Anatolia (Simav Graben)

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Ocakoglu, Faruk, Akbulut, Aydin, Kuzucuoglu, Catherine, Cilingiroglu, Ciler
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: Sediment facies analyses; Hydrological balance model; Quantitative precipitation data; Drought events; Holocene; Western Anatolia; Eastern Mediterranean Region; North-Atlantic Oscillation; Climate-Change; Organic-Matter; Environmental-Change; Central Turkey; Landscape Change; Stable-Isotopes; Ulucak Hoyuk; Human Impact; Rapid Lake; Record Lake; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11454/76797; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.111001

Time-controlled quantitative climate data are crucial for reconstructing past environmental contexts of human history. In west Anatolia, the Simav Graben used to be occupied by a lake. However, today it is drained and associated with Holocene sediments that record lake level changes. An initial dril...