The Taurus mountains, which developed in the conjoining zone of the Anatolian and Arabian Plates, underwent a disruption
between Bolkar mountain and Engizek mountain. This can be explained by the fact that the area was traversed and transformed by two major
strike-sup faults situated at Mersin-east Bolkar mountain-Kayseri in the west and Antakya (Hatay)-Elazığ-Bingöl in the east In fact, the
east-west oriented 200 km. wide area, covering the gulf of İskenderun and the northern pan of Adana, was compressed and deflected as far
as the north of Sarız and the Arabian Plate was dislocated prior to the faulting, and moved circa 120 km. inside Anatolia. Linked to this
movement, the Miocene Nappe cover was dragged too far in the exactly opposite direction, i.e., to the south, and changed the original form
of the mountain sequence. This relocation resulting from tectonic activities has emphasized, from the viewpoint of the settling of the formations
belonging to the Arabian Plate, the importance of the area north of Bolkar mountain-Engizek mountain line or the Taurus sequence and
defined the hydrocarbon potential of Elbistan region. As to the Kahramanmaraş area, the fact that the oil-producing formations of the Southeast
Anatolia are found in this also, it continues to be an important objective.
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Konular | Mühendislik |
Bölüm | Makaleler |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 1 Haziran 1991 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 1991 Cilt: 113 Sayı: 113 |
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