Palaeoflora and palaeoclimate of the coal bearing sediments in the Tinaz Mugla-Yatagan) and surround

The sedimentary deposits which occurred due to tectonic features of Western Anatolia are formed in lacustrine depositional setting and most of these sediments contain coal. This thesis based on detailed palynological and paleobotanical investigation of Neogene aged coal deposits exposed at Southwest Aegean region which conducted in Muğla, Yatağan-Tınaz and its surroundings. This study consists of two parts as detailed paleobotanical analyses of leaf fossils collected from Sekköy formation that main coal seam is at the bottom and marls at the upper parts and palynological analyses of samples collected from the oldest Turgut formation of basin. After fieldworks carried out in different times, 1132 identifiable macro fossils was collected from marls of Sekköy formation. In these samples, 13 algae, 2 ferns, 23 Gymnosperm and 1094 Angiosperm fossil samples identified. Gymnosperm specimens assembled as 3 taxa from 2 family, Angiosperm specimens assembled as 76 taxa from 13 family (2 of them are Monocotiledon, 74 of them are Dicotiledon). 300 specimens of 1094 Angiosperm couldn't be identified and named as Indet.. Furthermore, well preserved leaf fossil flora that threatened by dense coal mining processes in Tınaz coal mine area has been sampled and protected with this study. IPR and Climstat analyse program results of identified macro fossil specimens from Sekköy formation and palynological evaluations of specimens from Turgut formation shows that temperate broadleaf decidious forest was in Tınaz basin.