Figure 2. Generalized Gerze section in terms of lithology, fossils, and age.

(a) Lithologic column, index fossils, and magnetostratigraphic results with VGP latitude against the stratigraphic level, and correlations with the geological time scale of GTS2004¹⁷. (b) Young detrital zircon ages of our study section, with CL photos at same scale (MSWD = mean standard weighted deviation). (c) Photos and energy dispersion spectrometry analysis of the foraminifera fossils (the top-left photo is from layer 2, and the others are from layer 23).