Bu çal›flma; ‹zmit Körfezi’nin do¤usu, Adapazar›, Sakarya Deltas› ve çevrelerinde Holosen yafll› çökeller içinde gerçeklefltirilmifl olup, karotlu sondajlardan derlenen 86 örne¤in ayr›nt›l› incelenmesine dayanmaktad›r. Adapazar› çevresi sondajlar›ndan elde edilen polen diyagram›nda Erken Holosen (yaklafl›k olarak 11.300 BP y›l)’de özellikle Chenopodiaceae ve Compositae’li yüksek otsul polen yüzdesi ve Pinus ile Quercus’un varl›¤› gözlenmektedir. Deltaik ortamda hiçbir foraminifer türünün bulunmam›fl olmas›, delta üzerinde deniz etkisinin olmad›¤›n›n göstergesidir. Orta Pleyistosen’de Sakarya Nehri ile ba¤lant›l› olan ‹zmit Körfezi’nin Geç Holosen’de bat›ya çekildi¤i saptanm›flt›r. Ayr›ca sondaj kotlar› dikkate al›nd›¤›nda, de¤iflik derinliklerde, birbirinden çok farkl› say›sal yafllar›n elde edilmifl olmas› (11.300-3.780 BP y›l), bölgenin alçalma ve yükselmeler fleklinde tektonizma kontrolünde oldu- ¤unu belirtmektedir. 

This study is carried out on the settings of Holocene at eastern Gulf of ‹zmit, Adapazar›, Sakarya Delta and its vicinity, and based on 86 samples collected from the boreholes. The pollen diagram, based on the data from the boreholes drilled at Adapazar› and its vicinity, suggested that high herbaceous pollen percentages of particularly Chenopodiaceae and Compositae, and Pinus and Quercus were present during the Early Holocene (approximately 11.300 BP years). Absent of the foraminifers in deltaik environment indicates that there was no any sea effecton the delta. In addition, the Gulf of ‹zmit, which was connected to Sakarya River in the Middle Pleistocene, moved to west. Moreover, when the elevations of the boreholes and different numerical ages (11.000-3.780 BP years) assigned at different depths are considered, it can be concluded that the region was under the control of tectonic activities in the forms of subsidence and uplift.