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Figure 11: View from the Elmadağ Olistostrome in the Yakacık region; a. General view of the eastern bank of Damlaağaçderesi creek, showing the gray- to beige-colored pelagic cherty limestone and rare green-colored tuffite blocks in the Elmadağ Olistostrome, b. General view of the beige- to gray-colored cherty limestone block within the calcareous fine-grained matrix at the southeastern bank of the Damlaağaçderesi creek, c. Detailed view of the same block shown in Fig. 11.b, where sample Damla-1 with radiolarians of Hauterivian age was retrieved, d. Detailed view from the small block (sample Damla-6) made up of alternating gray- to red-colored cherty limestone and mudstone with abundant early Callovian-early Kimmeridgian radiolarians in the Elmadağ Olistostrome, e. General view of the Acısu section measured on the Acısu mega-block at the southeastern bank of Damlaağaçderesi creek; f. Detailed view from the central part corresponding to sample Acı-3 of the Acısu section, highlighting the alternating gray- to red-colored cherty limestone with abundant ammonoids and radiolarians and red mudstone of the early Callovian- early Kimmeridgian age, g. View from the overlying level (sample Acı-4), showing the red chert drops within the gray- to green-colored limestone beds with the early Callovian-middle to late Tithonian radiolarians, h. Ammonoid from the upper part of the Acısu section where the sample Acı-5 was collected.