Upper Cretaceous stratigraphy of the Bey Daǧlarι carbonate platform, Korkuteli area (western Taurides, Turkey) Bey Daǧlarι Karbonat Platformunun Üst Kretase Stratigrafisi, Korkuteli Bölgesi (Batι Toroslar, Türkiye)

The Upper Cretaceous Korkuteli (Antalya) carbonate sequence of the Bey Daǧlari autochthonous unit (western Taurides) comprises two formations. The Cenomanian-Santonian Bey Daǧlari formation lies at the base of this sequence and can be divided into two parts. Neritic part is characterized by platform-type, peritidal limestones and compṙises an approximately 600-m-thick sequence that contains two main rudistid horizons corresponding to Cenomanian and early Santonian. The neritic limestones pass gradually upward into the 15-m- thick, middle-upper Santonian massive hemipelagic limestones that form the upper part. The 'upper Campanian- middle Maastrichtian Akdaǧ formation consists totally of pelagic limestones that indicate basinal conditions and disconformably overlies different stratigraphic levels of the Bey Daǧlari formation. Palaeogene pelagic marls form the base of the Tertiary sequence and disconformably overlie different stratigraphic levels of the Upper Cretaceous sequence. The presence of two erosional phases in the Upper Cretaceous sequence is obvious. The autochthonous unit was subaerially exposed after post-Santonian and middle Maastrichtian regressions