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Figure 15: Field photographs from the Çetinyatak section (ÇS) in the west of the Memlik region, a. View from the basal part of the section, including spilitic basalt slice of the ophiolitic mélange, b. Detailed view of the second slice in the ophiolitic mélange composed of an olistostrome of semi-rounded spilitic basalt pebbles and blocks within a volcaniclastic matrix, c. Unconformable relations between the ophiolitic mélange, the Elmadağ Olistostrome, and the basal clastics of Unaz Formation, respectively, d. Detailed view from the Elmadağ Olistostrome composed of mainly pelagic, clayey limestone with dark gray-colored chert lenses within a gray- to beige-colored, loosely packed clayey-carbonate matrix, e. View from the basal clastics of the Unaz Formation consists of alternating gray- to green-colored, thin- to medium-bedded conglomerate and sandstone, f-h. Views from the upper limestone part of the Santonian Unaz Formation, f. View from the lower part of the clayey limestone in the Unaz Formation showing red- to pink-colored, thin-bedded marl with coarse volcaniclastics, g. General view from the upper limestone part of the Santonian Unaz Formation, displaying the lower red-colored marl, central red-colored, thin-bedded pelagic limestone with planktonic foraminifers, and upper red-colored marl, h. Detail view from the central red-colored, thin-bedded clayey limestone of the Unaz Formation from which planktonic foraminifer-bearing sample Çet-3 was retrieved, i-j. Views from the Campanian-Maastrichtian Haymana Formation; i. Detailed view from the uppermost part of the ÇS, showing alternating green- to dark green-colored, medium- to thick-bedded claystone and sandstone, j. View from the uppermost part of the section to the northeast direction, highlighting the general outline of the Haymana Formation; thick interlayers in this unit with gravel and coarse sandstone constitute the distributary channels within the turbiditic facies formed in the fore-arc basin.