Güvem Formation Explained

The Güvem Formation is a geologic formation in Turkey. It contains plant fossils dating back to the Early Miocene, and is especially notable for preserving evidence of insect damage to plants.^[1] The formation is roughly thick and is made up of pyroclasts, rhyolite, andesite and various dacites.^[2] Pollen grains from this formation have been researched and indicate the presence of mixed-mesophytic forest in the range .^[3]

Notes and References

1. Adroit . Benjamin . Teodoridis . Vasilis . Güner . Tuncay H. . Denk . Thomas . April 2021 . Patterns of insect damage types reflect complex environmental signal in Miocene forest biomes of Central Europe and the Mediterranean . . en . 199 . 103451 . 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103451 . 5 November 2024 . Elsevier Science Direct.
2. Denk . Thomas . Güner . Tuncay H. . Kvaček . Zlatko . Bouchal . Johannes M. . 2017-12-01 . The early Miocene flora of Güvem (Central Anatolia, Turkey): a window into early Neogene vegetation and environments in the Eastern Mediterranean . Acta Palaeobotanica . 57 . 2 . 237–338 . 10.1515/acpa-2017-0011 . 2082-0259.
3. Yavuz-Işık . Nurdan . May 2008 . Vegetational and climatic investigations in the Early Miocene lacustrine deposits of the Güvem Basin (Galatean Volcanic Province), NW Central Anatolia, Turkey . Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology . en . 150 . 1-4 . 130–139 . 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.02.001.