The studied area is situated to the northern part of Amanos mountains, to the west of Türkoğlu. It contains
sediments ranging from Lower Palcozoic to Miocene. Lower Paleozoic units are exposed within the core of a large anticline and
are parallel to the general trend of the main orogenic belt. Lower Paleozoic consists of a continuous succession ranging from Lower
Cambrian to Upper Ordovician and Devonian is represented by Hasanbeyli formation. Mesozoic succession is characterized by
thick platform carbonates which are, due to extensive dolomitization, very difficult to subdivide. The carbonate deposition was
continuous until the Lower Maastrichtian. Koçali complex was emplaced post-Lower Maastrichtian, causing imbrication of the
platform carbonates. The studied area was uplifted during the Eocenc and was later inundated by extensive Miocene transgression.
The area has been uplifted at the end of Miocene and has gained the present day topography. N—S compressional regime in the
Southeastern Anatolia, which was caused because of the collision of Arabic and Anatolian Plates, was responsible for the emplacement
of ophiolites. This event resulted in a number of thrusting in the basement, generating extensive rock cleavage at the
bottom of Mesozoic succession. This is, in effect, caused the easily crumbling nature of carbonates. Fold axis, vertical ant thrust
fault planes are approximately parallel to each other. Neo-tectonic development of the region is thought to have been effected
by the on going Southeast Anatolian compressional regime, yet the control of East Anatolian and Dead Sea faults were evident.
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Konular | Mühendislik |
Bölüm | Makaleler |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 1 Ocak 1988 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 1988 Cilt: 108 Sayı: 108 |
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